Webster's Dictionary 1913

7723

Sparteine

Spar″te‐ine (?), n.(Chem.) A narcotic alkaloid extracted from the tops of the common broom (Cytisus scoparius, formerly Spartium scoparium), as a colorless oily liquid of anilin...

7724

Sparterie

Spar″ter‐ie (?), n. [F., from Sp. esparto esparto, L. spartum, Gr. �.] Articles made of the blades or fiber of the Lygeum Spartum and Stipa (orMacrochloa) tenacissima, kinds of ...

7725

Sparth

Sparth (?), n. [Cf. Icel. spar�a.] An Anglo-Saxon battle-ax, or halberd.He hath a sparth of twenty pound of weight. Chaucer.

7726

Sparve

Sparve (?), n.(Zoöl.) The hedge sparrow.

7727

Spary

Spar″y (?), a. Sparing; parsimonious.

7728

Spasm

Spasm (?), n. [F. spasme, L. spasmus, Gr. �, from �, �, to draw, to cause convulsion. Cf. Span, v. t.] 1. (Med.) An involuntary and unnatural contraction of one or more muscles ...

7729

Spasmatical

Spas‐mat″ic‐al (?), a. Spasmodic.

7730

Spasmodic

Spas″mod″ic (?), a. [Gr. �; � a convulsion + � likeness: cf. F. spasmotique.] 1. (Med.) Of or pertaining to spasm; consisting in spasm; occuring in, or characterized by, spasms;...

7731

Spasmodic (2)

Spas‐mod″ic, n.(Med.) A medicine for spasm.

7732

Spasmodical

Spas‐mod″ic‐al (?), a. Same as Spasmodic, a. — Spas‐mod″ic‐al‐ly (#), adv.

7733

Spastic

Spas″tic (?), a. [L. spasticus, Gr. �, fr. � to draw: cf. F. spastique. See Spasm.] (Med.) Of or pertaining to spasm; spasmodic; especially, pertaining to tonic spasm; tetanic.

7734

Spastically

Spas″tic‐al‐ly (?), adv. Spasmodically.

7735

Spasticity

Spas‐tic″i‐ty (?), n. 1. A state of spasm.2. The tendency to, or capability of suffering, spasm.

7736

Spat

Spat (?), imp. of Spit. [Obs. or R.]

7737

Spat (2)

Spat, n. [From the root of spit; hence, literally, that which is ejected.] A young oyster or other bivalve mollusk, both before and after it first becomes adherent, or such youn...

7738

Spat (3)

Spat, v. i. & t. To emit spawn; to emit, as spawn.

7739

Spat (4)

Spat, n. [Cf. Pat.] 1. A light blow with something flat.2. Hence, a petty combat, esp. a verbal one; a little quarrel, dispute, or dissension.

7740

Spat (5)

Spat, v. i. To dispute. Smart.

7741

Spat (6)

Spat, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Spatted; p. pr. & vb. n.Spatting.] To slap, as with the open hand; to clap together; as the hands.Little Isabel leaped up and down, spatting her hands. ...

7742

Spat (7)

Spat, n. [Short for Spatterdash.] 1. A legging; a gaiter.2. A kind of short cloth or leather gaiter worn over the upper part of the shoe and fastened beneath the instep; — chief...

7743

Spatangoid

Spa‐tan″goid (?), a.(Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Spatangoidea. — n. One of the Spatangoidea.

7744

Spatangoidea

‖Spat′an‐goi″de‐a (?), n. pl. [NL. See Spatangus, and -oid.] (Zoöl.) An order of irregular sea urchins, usually having a more or less heart-shaped shell with four or five petal-...

7745

Spatangus

‖Spa‐tan″gus (?), n. [NL., fr. L. spatangius a kind of sea urchin, Gr. �.] (Zoöl.) A genus of heart-shaped sea urchins belonging to the Spatangoidea.

7746

Spatchcock

Spatch″cock′ (?), n. See Spitchcock.

7747

Spate

Spate (?), n. [Of Celtic origin; cf. Ir. speid.] A river flood; an overflow or inundation. Burns.Gareth in a showerful springStared at the spate. Tennyson.

7748

Spatha

‖Spa″tha (?), n.; pl.Spathæ (#). (Bot.) A spathe.

7749

Spathaceous

Spa‐tha″ceous (?), a.(Bot.) Having a spathe; resembling a spathe; spathal.