Squall
Squall (skwa̤l), n. [Cf. Sw. sqval an impetuous running of water, sqvalregn a violent shower of rain, sqvala to stream, to gush.] A sudden and violent gust of wind, often attend...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Squall (2)
Squall, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Squalled (skwa̤ld); p. pr. & vb. n.Squalling.] [Icel. skvala. Cf. Squeal.] To cry out; to scream or cry violently, as a woman frightened, or a child i...
Squall (3)
Squall, n. A loud scream; a harsh cry.There oft are heard the notes of infant woe, —The short, thick sob, loud scream, and shriller squall. Pope.
Squaller
Squall″er (–ẽr), n. One who squalls; a screamer.
Squally
Squall″y (–y̆), a. 1. Abounding with squalls; disturbed often with sudden and violent gusts of wind; gusty; as, squally weather.2. (Agric.) Interrupted by unproductive spots; — ...
Squalodon
Squa″lo‐don (skwā″lō̍‐dŏn), n. [NL. Squalus a genus of sharks + Gr. οδοὔσ, οδὄντοσ, a tooth.] (Paleon.) A genus of fossil whales belonging to the Phocodontia; — so called becaus...
Squalodont
Squa″lo‐dont (–dŏnt), a.(Zoöl.) Pertaining to Squalodon.
Squaloid
Squa″loid (skwā″loid), a. [NL. Squalus a genus of sharks (fr. L. squalus a kind of sea fish) + -oid.] (Zoöl.) Like or pertaining to a shark or sharks.
Squalor
Squa″lor (skwā″lôr), n. [L., fr. squalere to be foul or filthy.] Squalidness; foulness; filthiness; squalidity.The heterogeneous indigent multitude, everywhere wearing nearly th...
Squam
Squam (?), n. [From Squam, shortened fr. Annisquam, name of a village on the coast of Massachusetts.] An oilskin hat or southwester; — a fisherman's name.
Squam duck
Squam″ duck′ (skwŏm″ dŭk′). (Zoöl.) The American eider duck.
Squama
‖Squa″ma (skwā″mȧ), n.; pl.Squamæ (–mē). (Med.) A scale cast off from the skin; a thin dry shred consisting of epithelium.
Squamaceous
Squa‐ma″ceous (skwȧ‐mā″shŭs), a. Squamose.
Squamata
‖Squa‐ma″ta (skwȧ‐mā″tȧ), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. squamatus scaly.] (Zoöl.) A division of edentates having the body covered with large, imbricated horny scales. It includes the pang...
Squamate
{ Squa″mate (skwā″mā̍t), Squa″ma‐ted (–mā̍‐tĕd), } a. [L. squamatus.] Same as Squamose.
Squame
Squame (skwām), n. [L. squama scale.] 1. A scale. “Iron squames.” Chaucer.2. (Zoöl.) The scale, or exopodite, of an antenna of a crustacean.
Squamella
‖Squa‐mel″la (skwȧ‐mĕl″lȧ), n.; pl.Squamellæ (–lē). [NL., dim. fr. L. squama a scale.] (Bot.) A diminutive scale or bractlet, such as those found on the receptacle in many compo...
Squamellate
Squa‐mel″late (–lā̍t), a. Furnished or covered with little scales; squamulose.
Squamiform
Squa″mi‐form (skwā″mĭ‐fôrm), a. [L. squama a scale + -form.] Having the shape of a scale.
Squamigerous
Squa‐mig″er‐ous (skwȧ‐mĭj″ẽr‐ŭs), a. [L. squamiger; squama a scale + gerere to bear.] (Zoöl.) Bearing scales.
Squamipen
Squam″i‐pen (skwăm″ĭ‐pĕn or skwā″mĭ–), n.; pl.Squamipennes (–pĕn″nēz). [L. squama a scale + penna a fin: cf. F. squamipenne.] (Zoöl.) Any one of a group of fishes having the dor...
Squamoid
Squa″moid (skwā″moid), a. [L. squama scale + -oid.] Resembling a scale; also, covered with scales; scaly.
Squamosal
Squa‐mo″sal (skwȧ‐mō″sal), a.(Anat.) (a) Scalelike; squamous; as, the squamosal bone. (b) Of or pertaining to the squamosal bone. — n. The squamous part of the temporal bone, or...
Squamose
{ Squa‐mose″ (skwȧ‐mōs″ or skwā″mōs′), Squa″mous (skwā″mŭs), } a. [L. squamosus, fr. squama a scale: cf. F. squameux.] 1. Covered with, or consisting of, scales; resembling a sc...
Squamozygomatic
Squa′mo‐zyg′o‐mat″ic (skwā′mō̍‐zĭg′ō̍‐măt″ĭk), a.(Anat.) Of or pertaining to both the squamosal and zygomatic bones; — applied to a bone, or a center of ossification, in some fe...
Squamula
‖Squam″u‐la (skwăm″ū̍‐lȧ or skwā″mū̍‐lȧ), n.; pl.Squamulæ (–lē). [L., dim. of squama a scale.] (Bot.) One of the little hypogynous scales found in the flowers of grasses; a lodi...
Squamulate
Squam″u‐late (–lā̍t), a. Same as Squamulose.