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Southeast (?; by sailors sou-), n. The point of the compass equally distant from the south and the east; the southeast part or region.
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Southeast (?; by sailors sou-), a. Of or pertaining to the southeast; proceeding toward, or coming from, the southeast; as, a southeast course; a southeast wind.
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Southeaster (?), n. A storm, strong wind, or gale coming from the southeast.
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Southeaster, adv. Toward the southeast.
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Southeastern (?), a. Of or pertaining to the southeast; southeasterly.
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{ Southeastward (?), Southeastwardly }, adv. Toward the southeast.
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Souther (?), n. A strong wind, gale, or storm from the south.
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Southerliness (?), n. The quality or state of being southerly; direction toward the south.
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Southerly (?; 277), a. Southern.
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Southern (?; 277), a. [AS. sūðern. See .] Of or pertaining to the south; situated in, or proceeding from, the south; situated or proceeding toward the south.
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Coloq. Southern Cross (Astron.), a constellation of the southern hemisphere containing several bright stars so related in position as to resemble a cross. -- Coloq. Southern Fish (Astron.), a constelation of the southern hemisphere (Piscis Australis) containing the bright star Fomalhaut. -- Coloq. Southern States (U.S. Hist. & Geog.), the States of the American Union lying south of Pennsylvania and the Ohio River, with Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas. Before the Civil War, Missouri also, being a slave State, was classed as one of the Southern States.
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Southern, n. A Southerner. [R.]
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Southerner (?), n. An inhabitant or native of the south, esp. of the Southern States of North America; opposed to Northerner.
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Southernliness (?), n. Southerliness.
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Southernly (?), a. Somewhat southern. -- adv. In a southerly manner or course; southward.
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Southernmost (?), a. Farthest south.
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Southernwood (?), n. (Bot.) A shrubby species of wormwood (Artemisia Abrotanum) having aromatic foliage. It is sometimes used in making beer.
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Southing (?; 277), n. 1. Tendency or progress southward; as, the southing of the sun. Emerson.
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2. The time at which the moon, or other heavenly body, passes the meridian of a place.
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3. (Astron.) Distance of any heavenly body south of the equator; south declination; south latitude.
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4. (Surv. & Navigation) Distance southward from any point departure or of reckoning, measured on a meridian; -- opposed to northing.
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Southly (?), adv. Southerly. [Obs. & R.]
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Southmost (?), a. Farthest toward the south; southernmost. [R.] Milton.
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Southness, n. A tendency in the end of a magnetic needle to point toward the south pole. Faraday.
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Southpaw (?), a. (Baseball) Using the left hand in pitching; said of a pitcher. [Cant]
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Southpaw, n. A pitcher who pitches with the left hand. [Cant]
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Southren (?), a. Southern. [Obs.] “I am a Southren man.” Chaucer.
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Southron (?), n. An inhabitant of the more southern part of a country; formerly, a name given in Scotland to any Englishman.
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Southsay (?), v. i. See . [Obs.]
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Southsayer (?), n. See . [Obs.]
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South southerly (?). (Zoöl.) the old squaw; -- so called in imitation of its cry. Called also southerly, and southerland. See under .
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{ Southward (?; colloq. �), Southwards (?; colloq. �), } adv. Toward the south, or toward a point nearer the south than the east or west point; as, to go southward.
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Southward, a. Toward the south.
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Southward, n. The southern regions or countries; the south. Sir W. Raleigh.
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Southwardly, adv. In a southern direction.
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Southwest (?; colloq. sou-.), n. The point of the compass equally from the south and the west; the southwest part or region.
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Southwest, a. Pertaining to, or in the direction of, the southwest; proceeding toward the southwest; coming from the southwest; as, a southwest wind.
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Southwester (?; colloq. �), n. 1. A storm, gale, or strong wind from the southwest.
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2. A hat made of painted canvas, oiled cloth, or the like, with a flap at the back, -- worn in stormy weather.
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Southwesterly, a. To ward or from the southwest; as, a southwesterly course; a southwesterly wind.
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Southwestern (?), a. Of or pertaining to the southwest; southwesterly; as, to sail a southwestern course.
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{ Southwestward (?), Southwestwardly }, adv. Toward the southwest.
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{ Souvenance (?), Sovenaunce (?), } n. [F. souvenance.] Remembrance. [Obs.]
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Of his way he had no sovenance. Spenser.
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Souvenir (? or ?), n. [F., fr. souvenir to remember, fr. L. subvenire to come up, come to mind; sub under + venire to come, akin to E. come. See , and cf. .] That which serves as a reminder; a remembrancer; a memento; a keepsake.
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Sovereign (? or ?; 277), a. [OE. soverain, sovereyn, OF. soverain, suvrain, F. souverain, LL. superanus, fr. L. superus that is above, upper, higher, fr. super above. See , , and cf. . The modern spelling is due to a supposed connection with reign.] 1. Supreme or highest in power; superior to all others; chief; as, our sovereign prince.
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2. Independent of, and unlimited by, any other; possessing, or entitled to, original authority or jurisdiction; as, a sovereign state; a sovereign discretion.
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3. Princely; royal. “Most sovereign name.” Shak.
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At Babylon was his sovereign see. Chaucer.
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4. Predominant; greatest; utmost; paramount.
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We acknowledge him [God] our sovereign good. Hooker.
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5. Efficacious in the highest degree; effectual; controlling; as, a sovereign remedy. Dryden.
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Such a sovereign influence has this passion upon the regulation of the lives and actions of men. South.
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Coloq. Sovereign state , a state which administers its own government, and is not dependent upon, or subject to, another power.
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Sovereign (? or ?; 277), n. 1. The person, body, or state in which independent and supreme authority is vested; especially, in a monarchy, a king, queen, or emperor.
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No question is to be made but that the bed of the Mississippi belongs to the sovereign, that is, to the nation. Jefferson.
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2. A gold coin of Great Britain, on which an effigy of the head of the reigning king or queen is stamped, valued at one pound sterling, or about $4.86.
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3. (Zoöl.) Any butterfly of the tribe Nymphalidi, or genus Basilarchia, as the ursula and the viceroy.
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Syn. -- King; prince; monarch; potentate; emperor.
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Sovereignize (?), v. i. To exercise supreme authority. [Obs.] Sir T. Herbert.
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Sovereignly, adv. In a sovereign manner; in the highest degree; supremely. Chaucer.
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Sovereignty (?), n.; pl. Sovereignties (#). [OE. soverainetee, OF. sovraineté, F. souveraineté.] The quality or state of being sovereign, or of being a sovereign; the exercise of, or right to exercise, supreme power; dominion; sway; supremacy; independence; also, that which is sovereign; a sovereign state; as, Italy was formerly divided into many sovereignties.
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Woman desiren to have sovereignty
As well over their husband as over their love. Chaucer.
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Sovran (?), a. A variant of . [Poetic]
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On thy bald, awful head, O sovran Blanc. Coleridge.
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Sow (?), v. i. To sew. See . [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Sow (?), n. [OE. sowe, suwe, AS. sugu, akin to sū, D. zog, zeug, OHG. sū, G. sau, Icel. sȳr, Dan. so, Sw. sugga, so, L. sus. Gr. y^s, sy^s, Zend. hu boar; probably from the root seen in Skr. sū to beget, to bear; the animal being named in allusion to its fecundity. √294. Cf. , to stain, , .] 1. (Zoöl.) The female of swine, or of the hog kind.
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2. (Zoöl.) A sow bug.
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3. (Metal.) (a) A channel or runner which receives the rows of molds in the pig bed. (b) The bar of metal which remains in such a runner. (c) A mass of solidified metal in a furnace hearth; a salamander.
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4. (Mil.) A kind of covered shed, formerly used by besiegers in filling up and passing the ditch of a besieged place, sapping and mining the wall, or the like. Craig.
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Coloq. Sow bread . (Bot.) See . -- Coloq. Sow bug , or Coloq. Sowbug (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of terrestrial Isopoda belonging to Oniscus, Porcellio, and allied genera of the family Oniscidæ. They feed chiefly on decaying vegetable substances. -- Coloq. Sow thistle [AS. sugepistel] (Bot.), a composite plant (Sonchus oleraceus) said to be eaten by swine and some other animals.
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Sow (?), v. t. [imp. Sowed (?); p. p. Sown (?) or Sowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Sowing.] [OE. sowen, sawen, AS. sāwan; akin to OFries. s�a, D. zaaijen, OS. & HG. sājan, G. säen, Icel. sā, Sw. så, Dan. saae, Goth. saian, Lith. sēti, Russ. sieiate, L. serere, sevi. Cf. , , , .] 1. To scatter, as seed, upon the earth; to plant by strewing; as, to sow wheat. Also used figuratively: To spread abroad; to propagate. “He would sow some difficulty.” Chaucer.
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A sower went forth to sow; and when he sowed, some seeds fell by the wayside. Matt. xiii. 3, 4.
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And sow dissension in the hearts of brothers. Addison.
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2. To scatter seed upon, in, or over; to supply or stock, as land, with seeds. Also used figuratively: To scatter over; to besprinkle.
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The intellectual faculty is a goodly field, . . . and it is the worst husbandry in the world to sow it with trifles. Sir M. Hale.
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[He] sowed with stars the heaven. Milton.
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Now morn . . . sowed the earth with orient pearl. Milton.
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Sow, v. i. To scatter seed for growth and the production of a crop; -- literally or figuratively.
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They that sow in tears shall reap in joi. Ps. cxxvi. 5.
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Sowans (? or ?), n. pl. See .
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Sowar (?), n. [Per. sawār a horseman.] In India, a mounted soldier.
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Sowbane (?), n. (Bot.) The red goosefoot (Chenopodium rubrum), -- said to be fatal to swine.
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Sowce (?), n. & v. See . [Obs.]
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Sowdan (?), n. [F. soudan. See .] Sultan. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Sowdanesse (?), n. A sultaness. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Sowens (? or ?), n. pl. [Scottish; cf. AS. seáw juice, glue, paste.] A nutritious article of food, much used in Scotland, 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.]
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Sower (?), n. One who, or that which, sows.
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Sowins (? or ?), n. pl. See .
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{ Sowl, Sowle } (?), v. t. [Cf. prov. G. zaulen, zauseln, G. zausen to tug, drag.] To pull by the ears; to drag about. [Obs.] Shak.
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Sowl, v. i. See , v. i. [Obs.]
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Sown (?), p. p. of .
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Sowne (?), v. t. & i. To sound. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Sowse (?), n. & v. See . [Obs.] ryden.
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Sowter (?), n. See . [Obs.] B. Jonson.
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Soy (soi), Soya (soiȧ), n. [Chinese shōyū.] 1. A Chinese and Japanese liquid sauce for fish, etc., made by subjecting boiled beans (esp. soybeans), or beans and meal, to long fermentation and then long digestion in salt and water.
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2. (Bot.) The .
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Soybean (soibēn), n. 1. (Bot.) An Asiatic leguminous herb (Glycine max, formerly Glycine Soja) the seeds of which (also called soy beans) are used in preparing the sauce called soy. Called also soya bean and soya.
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2. the seeds of the Glycine max, which produce ; -- called also soya bean.
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Soybean oil (soibēn oil), n. an oil obtained from the soybean (Glycine max), rich in protein, fats, sterols, and phospholipids, used as a food and in paints and varnishes and in various industrial applications; -- called also soya oil. It is also used in preparing the sauce called soy or soy sauce.
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Soyle (?), v. t. [Aphetic form of assoil.] To solve, to clear up; as, to soyl all other texts. [Obs.] Tyndate.
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Soyle, n. [Cf. to feed.] Prey. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Soyned (? or ?), a. [F. soigner to care.] Filled with care; anxious. [Obs.] Mir. for Mag.
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Sozzle (?), v. t. [Freq. from soss, v.] 1. To splash or wet carelessly; as, to sozzle the feet in water. [Local, U.S.] Bartlett.
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2. To heap up in confusion. [Prov. Eng.] Forby.
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Sozzle, n. 1. One who spills water or other liquids carelessly; specifically, a sluttish woman. [Local, U.S.]
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2. A mass, or heap, confusedly mingled. [Prov. Eng.]
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Spa (?; 277), n. A spring or mineral water; -- so called from a place of this name in Belgium.
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Spaad (?), n. [Cf. G. spath spar. See the mineral.] (Min.) A kind of spar; earth flax, or amianthus. [Obs.] oodward.
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Space (spās), n. [OE. space, F. espace, from L. spatium space; cf. Gr. spa^n to draw, to tear; perh. akin to E. span. Cf. .] 1. Extension, considered independently of anything which it may contain; that which makes extended objects conceivable and possible.
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Pure space is capable neither of resistance nor motion. Locke.
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2. Place, having more or less extension; room.
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They gave him chase, and hunted him as hare;
Long had he no space to dwell [in]. R. of Brunne.
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While I have time and space. Chaucer.
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3. A quantity or portion of extension; distance from one thing to another; an interval between any two or more objects; as, the space between two stars or two hills; the sound was heard for the space of a mile.
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Put a space betwixt drove and drove. Gen. xxxii. 16.
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4. Quantity of time; an interval between two points of time; duration; time. “Grace God gave him here, this land to keep long space.” R. of brunne.
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Nine times the space that measures day and night. Milton.
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God may defer his judgments for a time, and give a people a longer space of repentance. Tillotson.
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5. A short time; a while. [R.] “To stay your deadly strife a space.” Spenser.
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6. Walk; track; path; course. [Obs.]
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This ilke [same] monk let old things pace,
And held after the new world the space. Chaucer.
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7. (Print.) (a) A small piece of metal cast lower than a face type, so as not to receive the ink in printing, -- used to separate words or letters. (b) The distance or interval between words or letters in the lines, or between lines, as in books, on a computer screen, etc.
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☞ Spaces are of different thicknesses to enable the compositor to arrange the words at equal distances from each other in the same line.
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8. (Mus.) One of the intervals, or open places, between the lines of the staff.
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9. that portion of the universe outside the earth or its atmosphere; -- called also outer space.
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Coloq. Absolute space , Coloq. Euclidian space , etc. See under , , etc. -- Coloq. deep space , the part of outer space which is beyond the limits of the solar system. -- Coloq. Space line (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. -- Coloq. Space rule (Print.), a fine, thin, short metal rule of the same height as the type, used in printing short lines in tabular matter.
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Space, v. i. [Cf. OF. espacier, L. spatiari. See , n.] To walk; to rove; to roam. [Obs.]
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And loved in forests wild to space. Spenser.
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Space, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spaced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Spacong (?).] [Cf. F. espacer. See , n.] (Print.) To arrange or adjust the spaces in or between; as, to space words, lines, or letters.
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Space age, n. the time during which humans engaged in space exploration; -- generally considered as beginning on October 4, 1957 when the Soviet Union placed the first artificial satellite into orbit around the earth.
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{ space bar or space key }. (Mach., Computers) A bar or key, in a typewriter, typesetting machine, or other keyboard (as a computer keyboard), used to insert a space between letters.
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Space cadet, n. a person who appears disconnected from reality, or living in his own world; -- sometimes used of people who are under the influence of mind-altering drugs. [derogatory]
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spacecraft, n. a vehicle capable of travelling in or into outer space; at present, all such vehicles are powered by rocket engine.
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Space flight, n. the process or event in which vehicles travel into outer space.
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Spaceful (?), a. Wide; extensive. Sandys.
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space heater, n. a portable heating device used for warming the air of a single room; -- it may be electrical or use a combustible fuel.
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Spaceless, a. Without space. Coleridge.
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spaceman, n. 1. an .
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2. an intelligent creature from outer space; an extraterrestrial; -- a fictional or hypothetical being, never actually observed.
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spaceport, n. [by analogy with airport.] a facility where vehicles are launched into space.
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space probe, n. an unmanned rocket carrying instruments to explore objects or conditions in outer space; -- used mostly for vehicles travelling beyond the earth's gravitational field, rather than in orbital or suborbital flight.
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space shuttle, n. a reusable vehicle that can carry people or objects into orbit around the earth and return to be used again for subsequent trips; -- distinguished from rockets that are used only once. The present (1997) American space shuttle is a manned vehicle, having an external fuel tank that is expendable and not re-used.
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space sickness, n. a group of symptoms, prominently nausea, but sometimes including lethargy, headache, and sweating, occuring under the weightless conditions of space flight. [RHUD]
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space station, n. a manned artificial satellite orbiting the earth designed for extended occupation and use by multiple crews in succession.
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Space suit, n. a protective suit covering the whole body, completely airtight and designed to withstand internal pressure, worn by astronauts to protect them from the vacuum and other hazards of outer space. It typically contains an air supply and other life-support equipment to allow functioning independent of any other equipment for a period of time while in space.
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space-time, n. the four-dimensional coordinate system in which all physical objects of the known universe are located, and in which all physical events occur; it consists of three spatial dimensions and one time dimension; -- also called the space-time continuum.
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Space travel, n. the process of travelling in or into outer space.
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Space walk, n. any activity by a human outside of the protective environment of a spacecraft while it is in outer space, requiring a space suit to protect the person from the vacuum and other hazards of space.
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Spacial (?), a. See .
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Spacially, adv. See . Sir W. Hamilton.
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Spacious (?), a. [L. spatiousus: cf. F. spacieux. See , n.] 1. Extending far and wide; vast in extent. “A spacious plain outstretched in circuit wide.” Milton.
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2. Inclosing an extended space; having large or ample room; not contracted or narrow; capacious; roomy; as, spacious bounds; a spacious church; a spacious hall. -- Spaciously, adv. -- Spaciousness, n.
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Spad (spăd), n. (Mining) A nail one or two inches long, of iron, brass, tin, or tinner iron, with a hole through the flattened head, used to mark stations in underground surveying.
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Spadassin (?), n. [F., fr. It. spadaccino a swordsman, from spada a sword.] A bravo; a bully; a duelist. Ld. Lytton.
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Spaddle (?), n. A little spade. [Obs.]
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Spade (?), n. [Cf. , n.] 1. (Zoöl.) A hart or stag three years old. [Written also spaid, spayade.]
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2. [Cf. L. spado.] A castrated man or beast.
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Spade, n. [AS. spæd; spada; akin to D. spade, G. spaten, Icel. spaði, Dan. & Sw. spade, L. spatha a spatula, a broad two-edged sword, a spathe, Gr. spaqh. Cf. , at cards, , .] 1. An implement for digging or cutting the ground, consisting usually of an oblong and nearly rectangular blade of iron, with a handle like that of a shovel. “With spade and pickax armed.” Milton.
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2. [Sp. espada, literally, a sword; -- so caused because these cards among the Spanish bear the figure of a sword. Sp. espada is fr. L. spatha, Gr. spaqh. See the Etymology above.] One of that suit of cards each of which bears one or more figures resembling a spade.
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“Let spades be trumps!” she said. Pope.
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3. A cutting instrument used in flensing a whale.
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Coloq. Spade bayonet , a bayonet with a broad blade which may be used digging; -- called also trowel bayonet. -- Coloq. Spade handle (Mach.), the forked end of a connecting rod in which a pin is held at both ends. See Illust. of Knuckle joint, under .
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