sciscitationt (sis it ash on)

[ There is not a more noble proofe of our faith then to captivate all the powers of our understanding and will to our Creator; and, without all sciscitations, to goe blindefold whither hee will leade us. beck, 1834), Bp . Hall , The Annunciation. monocotyledonous pla ledonous plants, of the order Cypera- sciset (siz), v. i. [L. scindere , pp. sci us , cut, divide: see sci ion.] To cut; penetrate. The wicked steel scised deep in his right side. ceæ , the sedge family. It is characterized by numer- ous mostly bisexual flowers in each spikelet, without emp- ty glumes or with only one or two, and without perianth or with its representatives reduced to filiform bristles or to flattened scales. It includes about 1,500 species, of 17 scismt, scismatict, etc. genera, of which Scirpus , the bulrush, is the type. They schism, etc. are gra -like or rush-like plants, with either triangular or rounded stems, and with long flat triangular or cylin- drical leaves. The inflorescence becomes chiefly con- spicuous when in fruit, and is often ornamental from its shape or from its dark-brown colors, or by reason of the frequent lengthening of the bristles into woolly or plume- like tufts. the continuous and slender style falls away without leaving any conspicuous tubercle. Over 300 species have been described, now reduced to 200 by the best authorities. About 30 species occur in the United States. They are small tufted or floating annuals, or strong perennials with a creeping rootstock, bearing usually a compound panicle of numerous brown spikelets, sometimes reduced to a small cluster or solitary. They are known by the general names bulrush and club rush, the first applied especially to S. lacustris, a species of peculiar habit, with tall, smooth, round stems of a blue-green color projecting out of lake-and river-waters; also called in England mat rush, from its use in making mats, ropes, chair-bottoms, and ha ocks. Its variety occidental is and the kindred species S. Tatora are the tule of California. (See tule.) S. maritimus, the sea club-rush, 2 Fairfax. ( Encyc. Dict.) Obsolete forms of sci art, sci arst. Obsolete spellings of seis sor, sci ors. sci el (sis'el), n. [Also sci il, sci ile, sizel; sors, a connection with L. scindere, pp. sci us, cut, divide (see sci ile, sci ion ).] 1. The clippings of various metals, produced in several mechanical operations.-2. The remainder of a plate of metal after the planchets or circular blanks have been cut out for the purpose of coinage; scrap.