Syllabub
Syl″la‐bub (?), n. Same as Syllabub.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Syllabus
Syl″la‐bus (?), n.; pl. E. Syllabuses (#), L. Syllabi (#). [L., fr. the same source as E. syllable.] A compendium containing the heads of a discourse, and the like; an abstract.
Syllabus (2)
Syl″la‐bus (?), n.(Law) The headnote of a reported case; the brief statement of the points of law determined prefixed to a reported case. The opinion controls the syllabus, the ...
Syllepsis
‖Syl‐lep″sis (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. σύλληψισ a taking together, from �. See syllable, n.] 1. (Rhet.) A figure of speech by which a word is used in a literal and metaphorical sense...
Sylleptic
{ Syl‐lep″tic (?), Syl‐lep″tic‐al (?), } a. Of or pertaining to a syllepsis; containing syllepsis. — Syl‐lep″tic‐al‐ly, adv.
Syllidian
Syl‐lid″i‐an (?), n. [From NL. Syllis, the typical genus.] (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of marine annelids of the family Syllidæ.☞ Many of the species are phosphorescent;...
Syllogism
Syl″lo‐gism (?), n. [OE. silogisme, OF. silogime, sillogisme, F. syllogisme, L. syllogismus, Gr. συλλογισμόσ a reckoning all together, a reasoning, syllogism, fr. συλλογίζεσθαι ...
Syllogistic
{ Syl′lo‐gis″tic (?), Syl′lo‐gis″tic‐al (?), } a. [L. syllogisticus, Gr. �: cf. F. syllogistique.] Of or pertaining to a syllogism; consisting of a syllogism, or of the form of ...
Syllogistically
Syl′lo‐gis″tic‐al‐ly, adv. In a syllogistic manner.
Syllogization
Syl′lo‐gi‐za″tion (?), n. A reasoning by syllogisms. Harris.
Syllogize
Syl″lo‐gize (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Syllogized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Syllogizing (?).] [Gr. �: cf. F. syllogiser.] To reason by means of syllogisms.Men have endeavored... to teach...
Syllogizer
Syl″lo‐gi′zer (?), n. One who syllogizes.
Sylph
Sylph (?), n. [F. sylphe, m., fr. Gr. � a kind of grub, beetle, or moth; — so called by Paracelsus.] 1. An imaginary being inhabiting the air; a fairy.2. Fig.: A slender, gracef...
Sylphid
Sylph″id (?), n. [F. sylphide, fem. See Sylph.] A little sylph; a young or diminutive sylph. “The place of the sylphid queen.” J. R. Drake.Ye sylphs and sylphids, to your chief ...
Sylphine
Sylph″ine (?), a. Like a sylph.
Sylphish
Sylph″ish (?), a. Sylphlike. Carlyle.
Sylphlike
Sylph″like′ (?), a. Like a sylph; airy; graceful.Sometimes a dance...Displayed some sylphlike figures in its maze. Byron.
Sylva
‖Syl″va (?), n.; pl.Sylvæ (#). [L. sylva, better silva, a wood. See Silva.] (Bot.) Same as Silva.
Sylvan
Syl″van (?), a. [See Silvan, a.] 1. Of or pertaining to a sylva; forestlike; hence, rural; rustic.The traditional memory of a rural and a sylvan region... is usually exact as we...
Sylvan (2)
Syl″van, n. [L. Sylvanus, better Silvanus. See Silvan, a.] A fabled deity of the wood; a satyr; a faun; sometimes, a rustic.Her private orchards, walled on every side,To lawless...
Sylvan (3)
Syl″van, n. [Sylva + furfuran.] (Chem.) A liquid hydrocarbon obtained together with furfuran (tetrol) by the distillation of pine wood; — called also methyl tetrol, or methyl fu...
Sylvanite
Syl″van‐ite (?), n. [So called from Transylvania, where it was first found.] (Min.) A mineral, a telluride of gold and silver, of a steel-gray, silver-white, or brass-yellow col...
Sylvanite (2)
Syl″van‐ite (?), n. [Fr. Transylvania, where first found.] (Min.) A telluride of gold and silver, (Au, Ag)Te2, of a steel gray, silver white, or brass yellow. It often occurs in...
Sylvanium
Syl‐va″ni‐um (?), n. [NL., so called from Transylvania, where it was first found.] (Chem.) An old name for tellurium. [Written also silvanium.]
Sylvate
Syl″vate (?), n.(Chem.) A salt of sylvic acid.
Sylvatic
Syl‐vat″ic (?), a. [L. sylvaticus, better silvaticus. See Silvan, a.] Sylvan.
Sylvestrian
Syl‐ves″tri‐an (?), a. [L. sylvestris, better silvestris.] Sylvan.