schekert

An obsolete form of exchequer. schelly (shel'i), n.; pl. schellies (-iz). A white fish, Coregonus clupeoides. schelm, shelm (skelm), n. [Also schellum, skel lum ( D. schelm = Icel. skelmir = Sw. skälm = Dan. skjelm ), schelme , an abusive epithet, rogue, rascal, rascal, lit. pestilence, carrion, plague, scalmo , scalmo , scelmo , plague, le fellow. [Obsolete or Scotch.] pestilence.] A rogue; a rascal; a low, worth The gratitude o' thae dumb brutes, and of that puir in nocent, brings the tears into my auld een, while that schel lum Malcolm - but I'm obliged to Colonel Talbot for putting my hounds into such good condition. Scott, Waverley, lxxi. schematise,. See schematize. schematism (skē'ma-tizm), n. [ Every particle of matter, whatever form or schematism it puts on, must in all conditions be equally extended, and therefore take up the same room. Creech. 3. A system of schemata; a method of employ ing schemata. We have seen that the only way in which objects can be given to us consists in a modification of our sensibility, and that pure concepts a prior i must contain, besides the function of the understanding in the category itself, formal conditions a prior i of sensibility (particularly of the internal sense) which form the general condition under which alone the category may be applied to any object. We call this formal and pure condition of the sensibility, to which the concept of the understanding is restricted in scheltopusik (shel'to-pū"sik), n. [Origin un- known.] A large lizard, Pseudopus pallasi , found in Ru ia, Hungary, Dalmatia, etc., at- taining a length of 2 or 3 feet, having no fore its application, its schema; and the function of the under- Scheltopusik (Pseudopus pallasi). limbs, and only rudimentary hind limbs, thus resembling a snake. It is of gla y appearance and dark-brownish coloration. It feeds on insects, small quadrupeds, birds, and reptiles, is quite harmle , and easily tamed. It is related to and not distantly resembles the common gla -snake ( Ophiosaurus ventral is ) of the southern United States. Also spelled sheltopusick (Huxley).