scythe (siTH)

[Early mod. E. sithe, sythe, the proper spelling being sithe (the c being ignorantly inserted after the analogy of scent, scituate, and other false spellings, prob. in this case to simulate a derivation from F. scier, saw, orig. cut, scier being itself a false spelling for sier ), IMG:content-0419.png:[blocks in formation] race, found in the steppe regions from the Car- pathian mountains eastward. The Scythians have been thought to be of Mongolian or more probably of Aryan descent. The barbarous Scythian. shall to my bosom Be as well neighbour'd, pitied, and relieved, Scythrops (sī'throps), n. [NL. (John Latham, 1790), σκυθρός , angry, + ώψ , face, coun- tenance.] A remarkable genus of Austra- lian Cuculidæ ; the channel bills, or horn-billed cuckoos. There is but one species, S. novæ- holland iæ , notable for its large size and elegant plumage, the singu- lar shape of the bill, and the naked scarlet sides of the head. See cut in preceding column. IMG:content-0420.png:[merged small][merged small][merged small][ocr errors] sdaint, v. t . [Early mod. E. also sdayn , sdeigne , sdeign, sdein; sdegnare , disdain, etc.: see disdain and deign .] Same as disdain . Yet durst she not disclose her fancies wound, Ne to himselfe, for doubt of being sdayned. She shrieks and turnes away her ' sdeigneful eyes From his sweet face. scytodepsic (sī-to-dep's ik), a. [ σκυτοδεψι- κός , pertaining to a tanner (fem. σκυτοδεψική , sc. τέχνη, the art of tanning), σκυτοδέψης , a tan- ner, currier, σκῦτος , skin, hide, anything made of hide, + δέψειν , soften, make supple, δέφειν , soften, esp. by moisture.] Pertaining to the busine of a tanner. [Rare.] - Scytodepsic acid, gallic acid.-Scytodepsic principle, tannin. Scytodermata (si-to-derma-tä), n. pl . [NL., neut. pl. of scytodermatus : see scytodermatous .] In Leuckart's cla ification (1848), the third sdainfult, a . [Also sdaignefull , sdeinful ; sdain cla of Echinoderm at a , distinguished from + -ful. Cf. disdainful .] Same as disdainful . Pelma to zoa and Actinozoa , and containing the two orders Holothuriæ and Sipunculid a . scytodermatous (sī-to-der'ma-tus), a. [NL. scytodermatus , σκύτος , skin, hide, + δέρμα , skin.] Having a tough, leathery integument, dermata . as a holothurian; of or pertaining to the Scyto- Scytodes (sī-tō'dēz), n. [NL. (Walckenaer, 1806), also incorrectly Scytode , σκῦτος , skin, hide, + εἶδος , form.] A genus of spiders, typical of the family Scytodidæ . Scytodidæ (si-tod'i-dē), n . pl . [NL., Scytodes + -idæ .] A family of dip neum on ous spiders, se2t, n. An obsolete form of seal . typified by the genus Scytodes . Also called Scytodides. IMG:content-0421.jpg:[blocks in formation] scytomonadine (si-to-mon'a-din), a. Of or pertaining to the Scytomonadina . Scytomonas (si-tom'ō-nas), n. [NL. (F. Stein), σκῦτος , skin, hide, + NL. Monas , q. v.] A genus of pan to stomatous mono mast i gate fla- gellate infusorians, containing free-swimming animalcules of minute size and persistent ovate form, without distinct oral aperture, dividing by transverse fi ion, and found in fresh water, as S. pusilla . sdaynt, v. See sdain . 'sdeath (sdeth), interj . [An abbr. of God's death . Cf. 'sblood, zounds , etc.] An exclamation, gen- erally expre ive of impatience. The rabble should have first unroof'd the city. Shak., Cor., i. 1. 221. sdeignt, sdeint, v. See sdain . selt, v. An obsolete form of seel . se3 (sē), pron . [L.se, acc.and abl. (with sui , gen., sib i , dat.) of the refl. pron., = Goth. sik = G. sich = Icel. sik , dat. sēr , etc. (see sere2 ).] A Latin reflexive pronoun, occurring in some phrases used in English, as in per se (compare amper- sand), in se, se defendendo. se (sā), prep . [It., if, L. si , if.] In music , if: occurring in some directive phrases, as se bi- sogna , if it is nece ary. se-. [= F. se- , sé- = Sp. Pg. It. se- , sē- , also sed- , without, apart, away, prob. 'by oneself,' orig. * swad , abl. of the refl. pron. se , oneself (> suus , one's own), = Skt. sva , one's own self: see se3 .] A Latin prefix, meaning 'apart,' 'away,' occurring in many English words, as in secede , secure, segregate , seclude , select, secret, seduce, separate , sever , etc., and in the form sed- in sed i- tion . Scytonema (si-to-nēma), n. [NL. (Agardh), so called because the filaments are inclosed Se. In chem ., the symbol of selenium . in a sheath; σκύτος , skin, hide, + νῆμα , & thread.] A genus of fresh-water algæ, of the cla Cyanophyceæ , subcla Nos to chineæ , and typical of the order Scytonemaceæ . They are com- posed of branching filaments which produce interwoven mats of greater or le extent. Each sheath incloses a single trichome, and the heterocysts are scattered here and there in the trichome without particular relation to the branches. There are more than 20 American species. Scytonemaceæ (sī tō-nē-ma'sē-ē), n . pl . [NL., Scytonema + -aceæ .] An order of fresh-water alge, of the cla Cyanophyceæ , typified by the genus Scytonema. They much resemble the Rivulari- aceæ in consisting of branched filaments, inclosed, either singly or in numbers, in a mucilaginous sheath, but differ from that family in exhibiting no differentiation of the two extremities. The ordinary mode of propagation is by means of resting-spores or hormogones, but they also multiply by the individual filaments escaping from their sheath and investing themselves with a new mucilaginous envelop. It is divided into 2 suborders, the Scytonemex scytonematoid (si-to-nema-toid), a. [ Scyto- nema(t-) +-oid.] İn bot . , resembling or be- IMG:content-0422.png:[blocks in formation] Scytonemeæ (si-tō-nēmē-ē), n. pl . [NL., -eæ .] A suborder of fresh-water alge, of the cla Cyanophyceæ and order Scyto- nemaceæ , typified by the genus Scytonema. scytonemin (si-tō-nē'min), n. [ Scytoneта + -in2.] In bot . , a yellow or dark-brown coloring matter found in scytonematoid algæ. scytonemoid (si-to-nē'moid), a. [ bot ., same as scytonematoid . Scytosiphon (sī-to-si'fon), n. [NL. (Thuret), σκύτος , σκῦτος , skin, ε hide, + + σίφων , σίφων , a tube.] A genus Phæosporeæ , typical of marine algse, of the cla Ph of the order Scytosiphonaceæ. Scytosiphonaceæ. The fronds are sim- ple, cylindrical, usually constricted at intervals, hollow, the cortex of small colored cells; paraphyses single-celled, oblong-obovate, interspersed among the sporangia. S. lomentarius , found nearly all over the world, is common on stones between tide-marks along the New England Scytosiphonaceæ (si-to-si-fō-nā sē-ē), n. pl . [NL., Scytosiphon + -aceæ.] An order of ma- IMG:content-0423.jpg:[blocks in formation] The thridde day the i rode forth to the Rochell, and ther entred the see. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), iii. 419. "Here is a royal belt," she cried, "That I have found in the green sea . " Kemp Owyne (Child's Ballads, I. 144). Shak ., T. of A., iv. 3. 440. The sun's a thief, and with his great attraction Robs the vast sea . 2. A great body of salt water; a more or le distinctly limited or landlocked part of the ocean having considerable dimensions. Such seas are frequently limited or separated from each other by linear groups of islands; this is especially the case on IMG:content-0424.jpg:[graphic] sea the extent to which they are landlocked; the same may be said of the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea; and Hudson's Bay might equally well, or even more properly, be called Hudson Sea. And this deed See hat he in brede est and west.vj. legges, and in leng the nor the and southe.v. dayes journey; and nyghe unto the sayd see it is com only darke as hell. Sir R. Guylforde , Pylgrymage, p. 53. Northward is to the kingdom of Surr, And to the se of Cipres, in sum place. Torkington , Diarie of Eng. Travell, p. 38. 3. Any widely extended or overwhelming ma or quantity; an ocean; a flood: as, a sea of difficulties; a sea of upturned faces. So she, deep-drenched in a sea of care, Holds disputation with each thing she views. Shak., Lucrece, 1. 1100. 4. The swell of the ocean, or the direction of the waves: as, there was a heavy sea on; to keep the boat's head to the sea. His first Lieutenant, Peter, was As usele as could be, A helple stick, and always sick When there was any sea . W. S. Gilbert, The Martinet. 5. A large wave; a billow; a surge: as, to ship a sea. The warriors standing on the breezy shore, To dry their sweat and wash away the gore, Here paus'd a moment, while the gentle gale Convey'd that freshne the cool seas exhale. Pope , Iliad, xi. 761. Tennyson, The Voyage. The broad seas swell'd to meet the keel, And swept behind. A long sea, a sea having a uniform and steady motion of long and extensive waves. - Arm of the sea, a stretch of the sea extending inland: in law it is considered as extending as far into the interior of a country as the fresh water of rivers is propelled backward by the ingre and pre ure of the tide. Angell, On Tide Waters, iii. At full sea, at high water; hence, at the height. A satyric all Romane in his time thought all vice, folly, and madne e were all at full sea . Burton , Anat, of Mel., To the Reader, p. 28. ( Davies .) God's mercy was at full sea . Jer . Taylor . At sea. (a) Voyaging on the ocean; out on the ocean; away on a voyage: as, her husband is now at sea ; ve els spoken at sea . Those that ( at Sea ) to see both Poles are wont, Vpon their Compa two and thirty count. Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, i. 2. (b) Out on the ocean, and out of sight of land; hence, in the condition of a mariner who has lost his bearings; in a state of uncertainty or error; astray; wide of the mark; quite wrong: as, you are altogether at sea in your gue es. Beyond the sea or seas. See beyond . Brazen sea. See brazen.- Closed sea. See mare clausum . - Cro sea, chopping sea. See cro l . Gothland sea laws. See lawl .-Great sea. See great . - Half seas over, tipsy. [Slang.]-Heave of the sea. See heave . - Heavy sea, a sea in which the waves run high; also, a wave moving with great force. - High seas. See high . Inland sea. See inland . Main sea, the ocean; that part of the sea which is not within the body of a country. - Molten sea, in Scrip ., the great brazen laver of the Mosaic ritual. 1 Ki. vii. 23-26. On the sea. (a) Afloat. (b) By the margin of the sea; on the sea-coast. A clear-wall'd city on the sea. Tennyson, Palace of Art. Over seas. See over . - Perils of the sea. See peril . Pustules of the sea. See pustule . - Sarga o Sea. See sarga o.- Sea laws. See lawl . - Short sea, a sea in which the waves are irregular, broken, and interrupted, so as frequently to break over a ve el's bow, side, or quarter. - The four seas, the seas bounding Great Britain on the north, east, south, and west. - The narrow sea. See narrowl . - To go to sea, to follow the sea, to follow the occupation of a sailor.- To quarter the sea. See quarter1 .