KEY TO THE PRONUNCIATION AND TO THE ABBREVIATIONS AND SIGNS EMPLOYED. PRONUNCIATION. IN showing the pronunciation the simplest and most easily understood method has been adopted, that of re-writing the word in a different form. In doing so the same letter or combination of letters is made use of for the same sound, no matter by what letter or letters the sound may be expressed in the principal word. The key by this means is greatly simplified, the reader having only to bear in mind one mark for each sound. Accent. Words consisting of more than one syllable receive an accent, as the first syllable of the word labour, the second of delay, and the third of comprehension. The accented syllable is the most prominent part of the word, being made so by means of the accent. In this dictionary it is denoted by the mark'. This mark, called an accent, is placed above and beyond the syllable which receives the accent, as in the words la'bour, delay', and comprehen'sion. Many polysyllabic words are pronounced with two accents, the primary and the secondary accent, as the word excommunication, in which the third, as well as the fifth syllable is commonly accented. The accent on the fifth syllable is the primary, true, or tonic accent, while that on the third is a mere euphonic accent, and consists of a slight resting on the syllable to prevent indistinctness in the utterance of so many unaccented syllables. Where both accents are marked in a word, the primary accent is thus marked ", and the seco:.dary, or inferior one, by this mark', as in the word excommu'nica"tion. CHEMICAL ELEMENTS AND SYMBOLS. By means of chemical symbols, or formulas, the composition of the most complicated substances can be very easily expressed, and that, too, in a very small compass. An abbreviated expression of this kind often gives, in a single line, more information as to details than could be given in many lines of letterpress. (vi) When a symbol has a small figure or number underwritten, and to the right of it, such figure or number indicates the number of atoms of the element. Thus-O2 signifies two atoms of oxygen, S, five atoms of sulphur, and Co ten atoms of carbon. When two or more elements are united to form a chemical compound, their symbols are written one after the other, to indicate the compound. Thus-H2O means water, a compound of two atoms of hydrogen and one of oxygen; CH22O1 indicates cane-sugar, a compound of twelve atoms of carbon, twenty-two of hydrogen, and eleven of oxygen. These two expressions as they stand denote respectively a molecule of the substance they represent, that is, the smallest possible quantity of it capable of existing in the free state. To express several molecules a large figure is prefixed, thus: 2 H2O represents two molecules of water, 4(C12H22O11) four molecules of cane-sugar. When a compound is formed of two or more compounds the symbolical expressions for the compound are usually connected together by a comma; thus, the crystallized magnesic sulphate is MgSO4, 7 H2O. The symbols may also be used to express the changes which occur during chemical action, and they are then written in the form of an equation, of which one side represents the substances as they exist before the change, the other the result of the reaction. Thus, 2 H2+ O 2 H2O expresses the fact that two molecules of hydrogen, each containing two atoms, and one of oxygen, also containing two atoms, combine to give two molecules of water, each of them containing two atoms of hydrogen and one of oxygen. G. German. O. Fr. O. Prus. O.Sax. ornith. between A. Saxon and Modern English). Old High German, Old Prussian. Old Saxon. ornithology. var. v.i. Old French. V.N. trigonometry. typography. variety (of species). verb intransitive. verb neuter. x.t. verb transitive. W. Welsh. zool. zoology. + obsolete. Spanish. specific gravity. statute. subjunctive. superlative. THE IMPERIAL DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. SCREAM Scream (skrēm), v.i. [Comp. Icel. skramsa, to scream; probably imitative, like screech, shriek, &c.] 1. To cry out with a shrill voice; to utter a sudden, sharp outcry, as in a fright or in extreme pain; to utter a shrill, harsh cry; to shriek. I heard the owl scream and the crickets cry. Shak. So sweetly screams if it (a mouse) comes near her, She ravishes all hearts to hear her. Swift. 2. To give out a shrill sound; as, the railway whistle screamed. Scream (skrēm), n. 1. A shriek, or sharp shrill cry uttered suddenly, as in terror or in pain. 'Screams of horror rend the affrighted skies.' Pope.-2. A sharp, harsh sound. The scream of a madden'd beach dragg'd down by the wave.' Tennyson. Screamer (skrēm'èr), n. 1. One that screams. 2. A name given to two species of South American grallatorial birds, the Palamedea cornuta and Chauna chavaria. They are remarkable for their harsh and discordant voices, and for the sharp hard spurs with which the wings are armed. See PALAMEDEA.-3. Something very great; a whacker; a bouncing fellow or girl. [Slang.] Screaming (skrēm'ing), p. and a. 1. Crying or sounding shrilly.-2. Causing a scream; as, a screaming farce, one calculated to make the audience scream with laughter. Scree (skre), n. [Comp. Icel. skritha, a lanaslip on a hill-side.] A small stone or pebble; in the pl. debris of rocks; shingle; a talus; accumulations of loose stones and fragments at the base of a cliff or precipice. 'Grey cairns and screes of granite.' Kingsley. Before I had got half way up the screes, which gave way and rattled beneath me at every step. Southey. Screech (skrech), v.i. [A softened form of screak (which see), Icel. skrækja, skrækta, to screech, skrækr, a screech, Sw. skrika, Dan. skrige, to screech: an imitative word; comp. Sc. scraich, Gael. sgreach, W. ysgrechiaw, to screech.] To cry out with a sharp, shrill voice; to scream; to shriek. The screechowl screeching loud.' Shak. These birds of night... screeched and clapped their wings for a while. Bolingbroke. Screech (skrech), n. 1. A sharp, shrill cry, such as is uttered in acute pain or in a sudden fright; a harsh scream. The birds obscene... with hollow screeches.' Pope. A screech or shriek is the cry of terror or passion; perhaps it may be called sharper and harsher than a scream; but, in human beings especially, scarcely to be distinguished from it. C. Richardson. 2. A sharp, shrill noise; as, the screech of a railway whistle. Screech-owl (skrech'oul), n. An owl that utters a harsh, disagreeable cry at night, formerly supposed to be ominous of evil; an owl, as the barn-owl, that screeches, in opposition to one that hoots. The owl at Freedom's window scream'd, The screech-owl, prophet dire. Churchill. Screechy (skrēch'i), a. Shrill and harsh; like a screech. Cockburn. Screed (skred), n. [Prov. E. screed, a shred, A. Sax. scredde, a shred. See next entry.] In plastering, (a) a strip of mortar of about 6 or 8 inches wide, by which any surface about to be plastered is divided into bays or compartments. The screeds are 4, 5, or 6 feet apart, according to circumstances, and are accurately formed in the same plane by the plumbrule and straight-edge. They thus form gauges for the rest of the work, the interspaces being latterly filled out flush with them. (b) A strip of wood similarly used. Screed (skred), n. [A form of shred; a Scotch word. See above.] 1. The act of rending or tearing; a rent; a tear. Burns.-2. That which is rent or torn off; as, a screed of cloth. 3. A piece of poetry or prose; a harangue; a long tirade upon any subject.-A screed o' drink, a drinking bout. Sir W. Scott. Screed (skred), v. t. [Sc. See the noun.] 1. To rend; to tear.-2. To repeat glibly; to dash off with spirit. Burns. Screeket (skrek), v.i. Same as Screak. Screen (skren), n. [O. Fr. escren, escrein, escran, Fr. écran, a screen, perhaps from O.H.G. skranna, a bench, a table.] 1. An appliance or article that shelters from the sun, rain, cold, &c., or from sight; a kind of movable framework or partition, often hinged so that it may be opened out more or less as required, or be folded up to occupy less space, used in a room for excluding cold, or intercepting the heat of a fire. Your leafy screens.' Shak. Our fathers knew the value of a screen Cowper. 2. That which shelters or protects from danger; that which hides or conceals, or which prevents inconvenience. Some ambitious men seem as screens to princes in matters of danger and envy. Bacon. 3. A kind of riddle or sieve; more especially, (a) a sieve used by farmers for sifting earth or seeds. (b) A kind of wire sieve for sifting Builder's Screen. sand, lime, gravel, &c. It consists of a rectangular wooden frame with wires traversing it longitudinally at regular intervals. It is propped up in nearly a vertical position, and the materials to be sifted or screened are thrown against it, when the finer particles pass through and the coarser remain. A similar apparatus is used for separating lump coal from the small coal and dross, and also for sorting crushed ores, &c.-4. In arch. (a) a partition of wood. stone, or metal, usually so placed in a church pine, pin: note, not, möve: tube, tub, bull; g, go; j, job; h, Fr. ton; ng, sing; TH, then; th, thin; SCREW as to shut out an aisle from the choir, a private chapel from a transept, the nave from the choir, the high altar from the east end of the building, or an altar tomb from a public passage of the church. See PARCLOSE. (b) In medieval halls, a partition extending across the lower end, forming a lobby within the main entrance doors, and having often a gallery above. (c) An architecturally decorated wall, inclosing a courtyard in front of a building.-5. Naut. the name given to a piece of canvas hung round a berth for warmth and privacy. Screen (skren), v.t. [From the noun.] 1. To shelter or protect from inconvenience, injury, or danger; to cover; to conceal; as, our houses and garments screen us from cold; an umbrella screens us from rain and the sun's rays; to screen a man from punishment. Back'd with a ridge of hills, That screen'd the fruits of th' earth. Milton. 2. To sift or riddle by passing through a screen; as, to screen coal. Screening-machine (skren'ing-ma-shen), n. An apparatus, having a rotary motion, used for screening or sifting coal, stamped ores, and the like. Screenings (skren'ingz), n. pl. The refuse matter left after sifting coal, &c. Screigh-of-day (skrheč-ov-da), n. [Comp. D. krieken van den dag, peep of day; krieken, to peep, to chirp.] The first dawn. [Scotch.] Screw (skrö), n. [Same word as Dan. skrue, Sw. skruf, Icel. skrúfa, D schroef, O.D. schroeve, L.G. schruwe, G. schraube, a screw. Or perhaps from O. Fr. escroue, the hole in which a screw turns, Mod. Fr. écrou, which Littré regards as from one or other of the above words, but Diez, rather improbably, derives from L. scrobs, scrobis, a trench. The word does not appear very early in English. Shakspere uses the verb, and no doubt the noun was familiar before this.] 1. A cylinder of wood or metal having a spiral ridge (the thread) winding round it in a uniform manner, so that the successive turns are all exactly the same distance from each other, and a corresponding spiral groove is produced. The screw forms one of the six mechanical powers, and is simply a modification of the inclined plane, as may be shown by cutting a piece of paper in the form of a right-angled triangle, so as to represent an inclined plane, and applying it to a cylinder with the perpendicular side of the triangle, or altitude of the plane, parallel to the axis of the cylinder. If the triangle be then rolled about the cylinder, the hypotenuse which represents the length of the plane will trace upon the surface of the cylinder a spiral line, which, if we suppose it to have thickness, and to protrude from the surface of the cylinder, will form the thread of the screw. The energy of the power applied to the screw thus formed is transmitted by means of a hollow cylinder of equal diameter with the solid or convex one, and having a spiral channel cut on its inner surface so as to correspond exactly to the thread raised upon the solid cylinder. Hence the one will work within the other, and by turning the convex cylinder, while oil. pound; ü, Sc. abune: y, Sc. fey. w, wig; wh, whig; zh, azure.-See KEY. SCREW But the other remains fixed, the former will pass through the latter, and will advance every revolution through a space equal to the distance between two contiguous turns of the thread. The convex screw is called the external or male, and the concave or hollow screw the internal or female screw, or they are frequently termed simply the screw and nut respectively. As the screw is a modification of the inclined plane it is not difficult to estimate the mechanical advantage obtained by it. If we suppose the power to be applied to the circumference of the screw, and to act in a direction at right angles to the radius of the cylinder, and parallel to the base of the inclined plane by which the screw is supposed to be formed; then the power will be to the resistance as the distance between two contiguous threads to the circumference of the cylinder. as in practice the screw is combined with the lever, and the power applied to the extremity of the lever, the law becomes: The power is to the resistance as the distance between two contiguous threads to the circumference described by the power. Hence the mechanical effect of the screw is increased by lessening the distance between the threads, or making them finer, or by lengthening the lever to which the power is applied. The law, however, is greatly modified by the friction, which is very great. The uses of the screw are various. It is an invaluable mechanism for fine adjustments such as are required in good telescopes, microscopes, micrometers, &c. It is used for the application of great pressure, as in the screw-jack and screw-press; as a borer, in the gimlet; and in the ordinary screw nail we have it employed for fastening separate pieces of material together.-Archimedean screw. See ARCHIMEDEAN.-Endless screw or perpetual screw. See under ENDLESS. -Right and left screw, a screw of which the threads upon the opposite ends run in different directions.-Hunter's screw consists of a combination of two screws of unequal fineness, one of which works within the other, the external one being also made to play in a nut. In this case the power does not depend upon the interval between the threads of either screw, but on the difference between the intervals in the two screws. See HUNTER'S SCREW, and Differential screw under DIFFERENTIAL.-Screw propeller, an apparatus which, being fitted to ships and driven by steam, propels them through the water, and which, in all its various forms, is a modification of the common screw. Originally the thread had the form of a broad spiral plate, making one convolution De Bay Screw Propeller. round the spindle or shaft, but now it consists of several distinct blades. The usual position for the screw propeller is immediately before the stern-post, the shaft passing parallel to the keel, into the engine-room, where it is set in rapid motion by the steamengines. This rotatory motion in the surrounding fluid, which may be considered to be in a partially inert condition, produces, according to the well-known principle of the screw, an onward motion of the vessel more or less rapid, according to the velocity of the shaft, the obliquity of the arms, and the weight of the vessel. The annexed figure shows one of the recent forms of the screw propeller. Screw nails and wood screws, a kind of screws very much used by carpenters and other mechanics for fastening two or more pieces of any material together. When they are small they are turned by means of an instrument called a screw-driver. Screw wrench or key, a mechanical instrument employed to turn large screws or their nuts.-2. One who makes a sharp bargain; an extortioner; a miser; a 2 skin-flint.-3. An unsound or broken-down horse. [Colloq.]-4. A small parcel of tobacco twisted up in a piece of paper, somewhat in the shape of a screw.-5. A steamvessel propelled by means of a screw.-6. A screw-shell (which see). His small private box was full of peg-tops... screws, birds' eggs, &c. T. Hughes. 7. The state of being stretched, as by a screw. 'Strained to the last screw he can bear.' Cowper.-8. Wages or salary. [Slang.] -A screw loose, something defective or wrong with a scheme or individual. My uncle was confirmed in his original impression that something dark and mysterious was going forward, or, as he always said himself, that there was a Dickens. screw loose somewhere. -To put on the screw, to bring pressure to bear (on a person), often for the purpose of getting money. To put under the screw, to influence by strong pressure; to compel; to coerce. Screw (skrö), v. t. 1. To turn, as a screw; to apply a screw to; to move by a screw; to press, fasten, or make firm by a screw; as, to screw a lock on a door; to screw a press. 2. To force as by a screw; to wrench; to squeeze; to press; to twist. I partly know the instrument That screws me from my true place in your favour. Shak. We fail! But screw your courage to the sticking-place, And we'll not fail. Shak. 3. To raise extortionately; to rack. The rents of land in Ireland, since they have been so enormously raised and screwed up. Swift.-4. To oppress by exactions; to use violent means towards. Screwing and racking their tenants.' Swift. In the presence of that board he was provoked to exclaim that in no part of the world, not even in Turkey, were the merchants so screwed and wrung as in England. Hallam. 5. To deform by contortions; to distort. 'Grotesque habits of swinging his limbs and screwing his visage.' Sir W. Scott. He screw'd his face into a harden'd smile. Dryden, Screw (skrö), v.i. 1. To be oppressive or exacting; to use violent means in making exactions. 'Whose screwing iron-handed administration of relief is the boast of the parish.' Howitt. 2. To be propelled by means of a screw. 'Screwing up against the very muddy boiling current.' W. H. Russell. Screw-bolt (skrö'bōlt), n. A square or cylindrical piece of iron, with a knob or flat head at the one end and a screw at the other. It is adapted to pass through holes made for its reception in two or more pieces of timber, &c., to fasten them together, by means of a nut screwed on the end that is opposite to the knob. Screw-box (skrö'boks), n. A device for cutting the threads on wooden screws, similar in construction and operation to the screwplate. Screw-cap (skrö'kap), n. A cover to protect or conceal the head of a screw, or a cap or cover fitted with a screw. Screw-clamp (skrö'klamp), n. A clamp which acts by means of a screw. Screw-coupling (skrö-ku'pl-ing), n. A device for joining the ends of two vertical rods or chains and giving them any desired degree of tension; a screw socket for uniting pipes or rods. Screw-dock (skrö’dok), n. A kind of graving-dock furnished with large screws to assist in raising and lowering vessels. Screw-driver (skrö'driv-ér), n. An instrument resembling a blunt chisel for driving in or drawing out screw-nails. Screwed (skröd), a. Drunk. For she was only a little screwed.' Dickens. [Slang.] Screwer (skrö'èr), n. One who or that which screws. Screw-jack (skrö'jak), n. A portable machine for raising great weights, as heavy carriages, &c., by the agency of a screw. See JACK. Screw-key (skrökē), n. See under SCREW. Screw-nail (skro'nal), n. See under SCREW. Screw-pile (skrö'pil), n. See under PILE. Screw-pine (skro'pin), n. The common name for trees of the genus Pandanus, which forms the type of the nat.order Pandanaceæ. (See PANDANUS.) The screw-pines are trees which grow in the East Indies, the Isle of Bourbon, Mauritius, New South Wales, and New Guinea. They have great beauty, and some of them an exquisite odour; and their roots, leaves, and fruit are all found useful Screw-propeller (skrö'prō-pel-ér), n. An ap SCREW. Screw-rudder (skrö-rud'ér), n. cation of the screw to purposes of steer instead of a rudder. The direction of axis is changed, to give the required di tion to the ship, and its efficiency does depend upon the motion of the ship, as w a rudder. E. H. Knight. Screw-shell (skrö'shel), n. The Eng name for shells of the genus Turbo; wre shell. Screw-steamer (skrö'stēm-ér), n. A ste ship driven by a screw-propeller. Screw propeller under SCREW. Screw-stone (skrö'stön), n. A fami name for the casts of encrinites from t screw-like shape. Screw-tap (skrö'tap), n. The cutter which an internal screw is produced. Screw-tree (skrö'trē), n. Helicteres, a ge of plants, of several species, natives of w climates. They are shrubby plants, v clustered flowers, which are succeeded five carpels, which are usually twisted gether in a screw-like manner. See HE TERES. Screw-valve (skrö'valv), n. A stop-c furnished with a puppet-valve opened shut by a screw instead of by a spigot. Screw-well (skrö'wel), n. A hollow in stern of a ship into which a propeller is li after being detached from the shaft, w the ship is to go under canvas alone. Screw-wheel (skrö'whel), n. A wheel wh gears with an endless screw. Screw-wrench (skrö'rensh), n. See un SCREW. Scribablet (skrib'a-bl), a. Capable of be written, or of being written upon. Scribatious (skri-ba'shus), a. Skilful or fond of writing. Barrow. Scribbett (skrib'et), n. A painter's pen Scribble (skrib'l), v. t. pret. & pp. scribb ppr. scribbling. [A word that appears to based partly on scrabble, partly on L. scr to write; comp. O. H. G. skribeln, to scribb 1. To write with haste, or without care regard to correctness or elegance; as, scribble a letter or pamphlet.-2. To fill w careless or worthless writing. Every m gin scribbled, crost, and cramm'd.' Ten son. Scribble (skrib'l), v.i. To scrawl; to w without care or beauty. If Mævius scri in Apollo's spite.' Pope. Scribble (skrib'l), n. Hasty or careless w ing; a scrawl; as, a hasty scribble. Curr scribbles of the week.' Swift. Scribble (skrib'l), v.t. [Sw. skrubbla, schrabbeln, to card, to scribble.] To c or tease coarsely; to pass, as cotton or w through a scribbler. SCRIBBLEMENT A worth Scribblement (skrib'l-ment), n. less or careless writing; scribble. [Rare.] Scribbler (skrib'lér), n. 1. One who scribbles or writes carelessly, loosely, or badly; hence, a petty author; a writer of no reputation. Venal and licentious scribblers, with just sufficient talent to clothe the thoughts of a pandar in the style of a bellman, were now the favourite writers of the Macaulay. sovereign and of the public. 2. In a cotton or woollen manufactory, the person who directs or has charge of the operation of scribbling, or the machine which performs the operation. Scribbling (skrib'ling), a. Fitted or adapted for being scribbled on; as, scribbling paper; scribbling diary. 1. The act of Scribbling (skrib'ling), n. writing hastily and carelessly.-2. In woollen manuf the first coarse teasing or carding of wool, preliminary to the final carding. Scribblingly (skrib'ling-li), adv. In a scribbling way. Scribbling-machine (skrib'ling-ma-shen), n. A machine employed for the first coarse carding of wool. Called also Scribbler. Scribe (skrib), n. [Fr. scribe, from L. scriba, a clerk, a secretary, from scribo, to write.] 1. One who writes; a writer; a penman; especially, one skilled in penmanship. He is no great scribe. Rather handling the pen like the pocket staff he carries about with him. Dickens. 2. An official or public writer; a secretary; arches. Scribe (skrib), v. t. pret. & pp. scribed; ppr. Scribing (skrib'ing), n. Writing; handwrit- The heading of a cask has been brought aboard, but the scribing upon it is very indistinct. Capt. M'Clintock. Scribing-iron (skrib'ing-i-èru), n. An ironpointed instrument for marking casks or timber; a scriber. Scribism (skrib'izm), n. The character, manners, and doctrines of the Jewish scribes, Scrid (skrid), n. (See SCREED.] A fragment; Scrieve (skrev), v. i. To move or glide swiftly Scrike, v.i. [See SCREAK.] To shriek. Scrimert (skri'mér), n. [Fr escrimeur, from The scrimers of their nation, rence. Ain't there just fine scrummages then? T. Hughes. Scrimp (skrimp), e.t. [Dan. skrumpe, Sw. skrumpna, L.G. schrumpen, to shrink, to shrivel; A. Sax. scrimman, to dry, wither, shrivel, is an allied form.] To make too small or short; to deal sparingly with in regard to food, clothes, or money; to limit or straiten; to scant or make scanty. 3 Burns. Scantiness; Scrimp (skrimp), a. Scanty; narrow; defl- Scringe (skrinj), v.i. [A rare form of cringe; 'And in a bag, a wallet; L.G. schrap, Fris. skrap.] Scrip (skrip), n. [Icel. skreppa, Dan. skreppe, A small bag; a wallet; a satchel requital ope his leathern scrip. Milton. Scrip (skrip), n. [For script, L. scriptum, something written, from scribo, to write.] 1. A small writing; a certificate or schedule; a piece of paper containing a writing. Bills of exchange cannot pay our debts abroad till scrips of paper can be made current coin. Locke. 2. A slip of writing; a list, as of names; a catalogue. Call them man by man, according to the scrip. 3. In com, a certificate of stock subscribed to a bank or other company, or of a subscription to a loan; an interim writing entitling a party to a share or shares in any company, or to an allocation of stock in general, which interim writing, or scrip, is exchanged after registration for a formal certificate. Lucky rhymes to him were scrip and share. Tennyson. A company having shares which pass by deScrip-company (skrip'kum-pa-ni), n. livery, without the formalities of register or transfer. One who holds shares in a company or stock, the Scrip-holder (skrip'hōld-ér), n. title to which is a written certificate or scrip. Scrippaget (skrip'aj), n. That which is contained in a scrip. Though not with bag and baggage, yet with scrip and scrippage.' Shak. Script (skript), n. 1. A scrip or small writing. This sonnet, this loving script.' Beau. & Fl.-2. In printing, type resembling or in imitation of handwriting.-3. In law, the original or principal document. Scriptorium (skrip-to'ri-um), n. [L., from scriptor, a writer, scribo, to write.] In a monastery or abbey, the room set apart for the writing or copying of manuscripts. [L. scriptorius, Scriptory (skripto-ri), a. from scriptor, a writer, from scribo, to write. See SCRIBE. 1 1. Expressed in writing; not 'Wills are nuncupatory verbal; written. and scriptory.' Swift.-2. Used for writing. 'Reeds, vallatory, sagittary, scriptory, and others.' Sir T. Browne. [Rare.] Scriptural (skrip'tür-al), a. or according to the Scriptures; biblical; as, a scriptural phrase; scriptural doctrine. Scripturalism (skrip'túr-al-izm), n. quality of being scriptural; literal adherence to Scripture. Contained in The In a Scripturalist (skrip'tür-al-ist), n. One who Qua It is not only remembered in many scriptures, but There is not any action that a man ought to do or 3. Anything contained in the Scriptures; a The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose. Shak. SCROGGY Scripture (skrip'tür), a. Relating to the Bible or the Scriptures; scriptural; as, Scripture history. Locke. Why are Scripture maxims put upon us, without taking notice of Scripture examples. Bp. Atterbury, Scripture-reader (skrip'tür-red-ér), n. One employed to read the Bible in private houses among the poor and ignorant. Scripture-wort (skrip'tür-wért), n. A name applied to the species of Opegrapha or letter lichen. Scripturian (skrip-tü'ri-an), n. Same as Scripturist. [Rare.] Scripturient (skrip-tü'ri-ent), a. (L.L scripturio, from scribo, to write.] Having a desire or passion for writing; having a This grand liking or itch for authorship. scripturient paper-spiller. A. Wood, versed in the Scriptures. A shrill cry; a screech. Scripturist (skrip'tür-ist), n. Scritch (skrich), n. Perhaps it is the owlet's scritch. Coleridge. Scrivello (skri-vel'lō), n. An elephant's tusk under 20 lbs. weight. One well Scrivener (skriv'nėr), n. [0. Fr. escrivain, We'll pass this business privately and well: How happy in his low degree under WRITER. Scrobiculus cordis (skrō-bik'ü-lus kor'dis), n. (L.) In anat. the pit of the stomach. Scrod, Scrode (skrod, skrōd), n. Same as Escrod. Scrofula (skrof'ú-la), n. [L. scrofulæ, a swelling of the glands of the neck, scrofula, from scrofa, a breeding sow, so called because swine were supposed to be subject to a similar complaint.] A disease due to a deposit of tubercle in the glandular and bony tissues, and in reality a form of tuberculosis or consumption. It generally shows itself by hard indolent tumours of the glands in various parts of the body, but particularly in the neck, behind the ears and under the chin, which after a time suppurate and degenerate into ulcers, from which, instead of pus, a white curdled matter is discharged. Scrofula is not contagious, but it is often a hereditary disease; its first appearance is most usually between the third and seventh year of the child's age, but it may arise between this and the age of puberty; after which it seldom makes its first attack. It is promoted by everything that debilitates, but it may remain dormant through life and not show itself till the next generation. In mild cases the glands, after having suppurated, slowly heal; in others, the eyes and eyelids become inflamed, the joints become affected, the disease gradually extending to the ligaments and bones, and producing a hectic and debilitated state under which the patient sinks; or it ends in tuberculated lungs and pulmonary consumption. Called also Struma and King's-evil. 1. Pertaining Scrofulous (skrof'ú-lus), a. to scrofula or partaking of its nature; as, scrofulous tumours; a scrofulous habit of body.-2. Diseased or affected with scrofula. Scrofulous persons can never be duly nourished. Arbuthnot. Scrofulously (skrof'ū-lus-li), adv. scrofulous manner. Scrofulousness (skrof'u-lus-nes), n. of being scrofulous. [Gael. sgrogag, someScrog (skrog), n. thing shrivelled or stunted; sgrog, to shrivel, to compress; comp. scrag.] A stunted bush or shrub. In the plural it is generally used to designate thorns, briers, &c., and frequently small branches of trees broken off. [Provincial English and Scotch.] Scroggy, Scroggie (skrog'i), a. [A provincial word. See SCROG.] 1.Stunted; shrivelled. In a State w, wig; wh, whig; zh, azure.-See KEY. |