Webster's Dictionary 1828

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SCIAGRAPHY

SCIAG'RAPHY, noun [Gr. a shadow, and to describe.]1. The art of sketching or delineating.2. In architecture, the profile or section of a building to exhibit its interior structu...

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SCIATHERIC

SCIATHER'IC,SCIATHER'ICAL, adjective [Gr. a shadow, and a catching.]Belonging to a sun-dial. [Little used.]

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SCIATHERICALLY

SCIATHER'ICALLY, adverb After the manner of a sun-dial.

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SCIATIC

SCIAT'IC,SCIAT'ICA, noun [Latin sciatica, from Gr. pain in the hips, from the hip, from the loin.] Rheumatism in the hip.

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SCIATICA

SCIAT'ICA, n. [L. sciatica, from Gr. pain in the hips, from the hip, from the loin.] Rheumatism in the hip.

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SCIATICAL

SCIAT'ICAL, adjective1. Pertaining to the hip; as the sciatic artery.2. Affecting the hip; as sciatic pains.

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SCIENCE

SCI'ENCE, noun [Latin scientia, from scio, to know.]1. In a general sense, knowledge, or certain knowledge; the comprehension or understanding of truth or facts by the mind. The...

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SCIENT

SCI'ENT, adjective [Latin sciens.] Skillful. [Not used.]

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SCIENTIAL

SCIEN'TIAL, Producing science.

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SCIENTIFIC

SCIENTIF'IC,SCIENTIF'ICAL, adjective [Latin scientia and facio, to make.]1. Producing certain knowledge or demonstration; as scientific evidence.2. According to the rules or pri...

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SCIENTIFICAL

SCIENTIF'ICAL, a. [L. scientia and facio, to make.]1. Producing certain knowledge or demonstration; as scientific evidence.2. According to the rules or principles of science; as...

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SCIENTIFICALLY

SCIENTIF'ICALLY, adverb1. In such a manner as to produce knowledge.It is easier to believe, than to be scientifically instructed.2. According to the rules or principles of science.

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SCILLITIN

SCIL'LITIN, noun [See Squill.] a white transparent acrid substance, extracted from squills by Vogel.

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SCIMITAR

SCIM'ITAR, [See cimiter.]

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SCINK

SCINK, noun a cast calf. [Not in use or local.]

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SCINTILLANT

SCIN'TILLANT, adjective [See Scintillate.] emitting sparks or fine igneous particles; sparkling.

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SCINTILLATE

SCIN'TILLATE, verb intransitive [Latin scintillo. This word seems to be a diminutive formed on the Teutonic scinan, Eng. to shine.]1. To emit sparks or fine igneous particles.Ma...

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SCINTILLATING

SCIN'TILLATING, participle present tense emitting sparks; sparkling.

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SCINTILLATION

SCINTILLA'TION, noun the act of emitting sparks or igneous particles; the act of sparkling.

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SCIOLISM

SCI'OLISM, noun [See Sciolist.] Superficial knowledge.

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SCIOLIST

SCI'OLIST, noun [Latin sciolus, a diminutive formed on scio, to know.]One who knows little, or who knows many things superficially; a smatterer.These passages in that book, were...

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SCIOLOUS

SCI'OLOUS, adjective Superficially or imperfectly knowing.

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SCIOMACHY

SCIOM'ACHY, noun [Gr. a shadow, and a battle.]A battle with a shadow. [Little used.]

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SCION

SCION. [See Cion.]

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SCIOPTIC

SCIOP'TIC, adjective [Gr. shadow and to see.]Pertaining to the camera obscura, or to the art of exhibiting images through a hole in a darkened room.SCIOP'TIC, noun A sphere or g...

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SCIOPTICS

SCIOP'TICS, noun The science of exhibiting images of external objects, received through a double convex glass into a darkened room.SCIRE FA'CIAS, noun [Latin] In law, a judicial...

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SCIROC

SCI'ROC,SCIROC'CO, noun In Italy, a southeast wind; a hot suffocating wind, blowing from the burning deserts of Africa. This name is given also, in the northeast of Italy, to a ...