sciatIcal

[Eng. sciatic; -al.] Sciatic. "The sciatical pains are diminishing daily."-London Times. sçi-at-ic-al-ly, adv. [Eng. sciatical; -ly.] With or by means of sciatica. sçi-ençe, s . [Fr., from Latin scient i a =science, knowledge, from sciens (gen it, scient is ), pr. par. of scio to know; Sp. ciencia ; Port.sciencia; Italian scienzia , scienza .] 1. Knowledge. ( Byron : Cain , i. 1.) 2. Knowledge ama ed, severely tested, coördinated, and systematized, specially regarding those wide generalizations called the laws of nature. Herbert Spencer thus cla ifies the sciences: (1) Abstract sciences: Logic and mathematics; (2) Abstract concrete sciences: Mechanics, chemistry, p. 144.) B. As subst.: Any member of the Sciænide. "The seas and rivers in which Scienoids generally occur."-Günther: Study of Fishes , p. 430.