Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S - Page 33

Scyphi (pl. ) of Scyphus

Scyphus (n.) A kind of large drinking cup, -- used by Greeks and Romans, esp. by poor folk.

Scyphus (n.) The cup of a narcissus, or a similar appendage to the corolla in other flowers.

Scyphus (n.) A cup-shaped stem or podetium in lichens. Also called scypha. See Illust. of Cladonia pyxidata, under Lichen.

Scythe (n.) An instrument for mowing grass, grain, or the like, by hand, composed of a long, curving blade, with a sharp edge, made fast to a long handle, called a snath, which is bent into a form convenient for use.

Scythe (n.) A scythe-shaped blade attached to ancient war chariots.

Scythe (v. t.) To cut with a scythe; to cut off as with a scythe; to mow.

Scythed (a.) Armed scythes, as a chariot.

Scythemen (pl. ) of Scytheman

Scytheman (n.) One who uses a scythe; a mower.

Scythestone (n.) A stone for sharpening scythes; a whetstone.

Scythewhet (n.) Wilson's thrush; -- so called from its note.

Scythian (a.) Of or pertaining to Scythia (a name given to the northern part of Asia, and Europe adjoining to Asia), or its language or inhabitants.

Scythian (n.) A native or inhabitant of Scythia; specifically (Ethnol.), one of a Slavonic race which in early times occupied Eastern Europe.

Scythian (n.) The language of the Scythians.

Scytodermata (n. pl.) Same as Holothurioidea.

Sdan (v. & n.) Disdain.

'Sdeath (interj.) An exclamation expressive of impatience or anger.

Sdeign (v. t.) To disdain.

Sea (n.) One of the larger bodies of salt water, less than an ocean, found on the earth's surface; a body of salt water of second rank, generally forming part of, or connecting with, an ocean or a larger sea; as, the Mediterranean Sea; the Sea of Marmora; the North Sea; the Carribean Sea.

Sea (n.) An inland body of water, esp. if large or if salt or brackish; as, the Caspian Sea; the Sea of Aral; sometimes, a small fresh-water lake; as, the Sea of Galilee.

Sea (n.) The ocean; the whole body of the salt water which covers a large part of the globe.

Sea (n.) The swell of the ocean or other body of water in a high wind; motion of the water's surface; also, a single wave; a billow; as, there was a high sea after the storm; the vessel shipped a sea.

Sea (n.) A great brazen laver in the temple at Jerusalem; -- so called from its size.

Sea (n.) Fig.: Anything resembling the sea in vastness; as, a sea of glory.

Sea acorn () An acorn barnacle (Balanus).

Sea adder () The European fifteen-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus spinachia); -- called also bismore.

Sea adder () The European tanglefish, or pipefish (Syngnathus acus).

Sea anchor () See Drag sail, under 4th Drag.

Sea amenone () Any one of numerous species of soft-bodied Anthozoa, belonging to the order Actrinaria; an actinian.

Sea ape () The thrasher shark.

Sea ape () The sea otter.

Sea apple () The fruit of a West Indian palm (Manicaria Plukenetii), often found floating in the sea.

Sea arrow () A squid of the genus Ommastrephes. See Squid.

Sea bank () The seashore.

Sea bank () A bank or mole to defend against the sea.

Sea-bar (n.) A tern.

Sea barrow () A sea purse.

Sea bass () A large marine food fish (Serranus, / Centropristis, atrarius) which abounds on the Atlantic coast of the United States. It is dark bluish, with black bands, and more or less varied with small white spots and blotches. Called also, locally, blue bass, black sea bass, blackfish, bluefish, and black perch.

Sea bass () A California food fish (Cynoscion nobile); -- called also white sea bass, and sea salmon.

Sea bat () See Batfish (a).

Seabeach (n.) A beach lying along the sea.

Sea bean () Same as Florida bean.

Sea bear () Any fur seal. See under Fur.

Sea bear () The white bear.

Seabeard (n.) A green seaweed (Cladophora rupestris) growing in dense tufts.

Sea beast () Any large marine mammal, as a seal, walrus, or cetacean.

Sea bird () Any swimming bird frequenting the sea; a sea fowl.

Sea blite () A plant (Suaeda maritima) of the Goosefoot family, growing in salt marches.

Sea-blubber (n.) A jellyfish.

Seaboard (n.) The seashore; seacoast.

Seaboard (a.) Bordering upon, or being near, the sea; seaside; seacoast; as, a seaboard town.

Seaboard (adv.) Toward the sea.

Seaboat () A boat or vessel adapted to the open sea; hence, a vessel considered with reference to her power of resisting a storm, or maintaining herself in a heavy sea; as, a good sea boat.

Seaboat () A chitin.

Seabord (n. & a.) See Seaboard.

Sea-bordering (a.) Bordering on the sea; situated beside the sea.

Sea-born (a.) Born of the sea; produced by the sea.

Sea-born (a.) Born at sea.

Seabound (a.) Bounded by the sea.

Sea bow () See Marine rainbow, under Rainbow.

Sea boy () A boy employed on shipboard.

Sea breach () A breaking or overflow of a bank or a dike by the sea.

Sea bream () Any one of several species of sparoid fishes, especially the common European species (Pagellus centrodontus), the Spanish (P. Oweni), and the black sea bream (Cantharus lineatus); -- called also old wife.

Sea brief () Same as Sea letter.

Sea bug () A chiton.

Sea-built (a.) Built at, in, or by the sea.

Sea butterfly () A pteropod.

Sea cabbage () See Sea kale, under Kale.

Sea calf () The common seal.

Sea canary () The beluga, or white whale.

Sea captain () The captain of a vessel that sails upon the sea.

Sea card () Mariner's card, or compass.

Sea catfish () Alt. of Sea cat

Sea cat () The wolf fish.

Sea cat () Any marine siluroid fish, as Aelurichthys marinus, and Arinus felis, of the eastern coast of the United States. Many species are found on the coasts of Central and South America.

Sea chart () A chart or map on which the lines of the shore, islands, shoals, harbors, etc., are delineated.

Sea chickweed () A fleshy plant (Arenaria peploides) growing in large tufts in the sands of the northern Atlantic seacoast; -- called also sea sandwort, and sea purslane.

Sea clam () Any one of the large bivalve mollusks found on the open seacoast, especially those of the family Mactridae, as the common American species. (Mactra, / Spisula, solidissima); -- called also beach clam, and surf clam.

Sea coal () Coal brought by sea; -- a name by which mineral coal was formerly designated in the south of England, in distinction from charcoal, which was brought by land.

Seacoast (n.) The shore or border of the land adjacent to the sea or ocean. Also used adjectively.

Sea cob () The black-backed gull.

Sea cock () In a steamship, a cock or valve close to the vessel's side, for closing a pipe which communicates with the sea.

Sea cock () The black-bellied plover.

Sea cock () A gurnard, as the European red gurnard (Trigla pini).

Sea cocoa () A magnificent palm (Lodoicea Sechellarum) found only in the Seychelles Islands. The fruit is an immense two-lobed nut. It was found floating in the Indian Ocean before the tree was known, and called sea cocoanut, and double cocoanut.

Sea colander () A large blackfish seaweed (Agarum Turneri), the frond of which is punctured with many little holes.

Sea colewort () Sea cabbage.

Sea compass () The mariner's compass. See under Compass.

Sea coot () A scoter duck.

Sea corn () A yellow cylindrical mass of egg capsule of certain species of whelks (Buccinum), which resembles an ear of maize.

Sea cow () The mantee.

Sea cow () The dugong.

Sea cow () The walrus.

Sea crawfish () Alt. of Sea crayfish

Sea crayfish () Any crustacean of the genus Palinurus and allied genera, as the European spiny lobster (P. vulgaris), which is much used as an article of food. See Lobster.

Sea crow () The chough.

Sea crow () The cormorant.

Sea crow () The blackheaded pewit, and other gulls.

Sea crow () The skua.

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