sci optics

(SCIOPTIC.) The art or proce of exhibiting luminous images, especially those of external objects, in a darkened room by means of lenses, . Sçi-õte, Sçi-õt, a. & s. [See det. A. As adj .: Of or pertaining to Scio, an island in the Egean Sea, or to its inhabitants. B. As subst.: A native or inhabitant of Scio. sçi-o-thër-ic, a . (SCIATHERIC.] Of or pertaining to sun-dials. sciotheric-telescope, s. Dialing: A horizontal dial with a telescope attached to it. scir-ě fā-çi-ăs (or c as sh), phr. [Lat.] Law : A writ to enforce the execution of judgments, patents, or matters of record, or to vacate, quash, or annul them. It is often abbreviated to sci.fa. suff. -ea.] scir-pě-æ, s. pl. [Lat. scirpus; fem. pl. adj. Bot.: A tribe of Cyperaceae (q. v.). scir-pŭs, subst. [Lat. Scirpus lacustris.] (See def.) Bot .: The typical genus of Scirpee (q. v.). Spikelets solitary, fascicled, or many-flowered, glumes imbricated on all sides; hypogynous bristles six or fewer; style deciduous; fruit compre ed or trigonous. Known species about fifty, widely diffused. S. lacustris and other species are sometimes used like rushes for making chair bottoms, baskets, . Its root is astringent and diuretic. The tubers of S. dubius are eaten in India, as those of S. tuberosus are in China, where they are cultivated. tscir-rhō-SIS, s. [SCIRRHUS.] scir-rhos-i-tys. [Eng. schirrous; -ity.] Med.: The quality or state of being scirrhous; a scirrhus. "The difficulty of swallowing and breathing, occasioned by schirrosities of the glands, is not to be cured any otherwise than by extirpation."- Arbuthnot : On Diet , ch. iii. scir-rhoŭs, *skir-rous, a . [SCIRRHUS.] Pro ceeding from, or of the nature of scirrhus; resembling a scirrhus; hard, indurated. "As sharp corrosives to the schirrhous flesh." Jago: Edge - Hill, bk. iii.