Samoyedic (samoyedik)

[ IMG:content-0061.png:[blocks in formation] Java, corresponding to the skiff of Europe and America, and propelled with either sculls or a sail. It is sometimes provided with a fore-and- aft roofing of mats, affording shelter and habitation for a family. sampfen-wood (samp'- fen-wud), n. Same as sapan - wood . samphire (sam'fir or sam'fér), n. [A corrup- tion (appar. simulating camphire for camphor) of early mod. E. sam- pire , sampere, sampier , saint pierre (i. e. her be de Saint Pierre , St. Peter's herb), tus , holy (see saint ), + LL. Petrus, Πέτρος , Peter, πέτρος , a stone, πέτρα, a rock: see saint and pier .] A succulent umbelliferous herb, Crithmum maritimum , growing in clefts of rocks close to the sea in western Europe and through the Mediterra- nean region. The young leaves are highly esteemed IMG:content-0062.jpg:[ocr errors] sampi (sam'pi), n. [ πι , pi.] A character,, representing a Phenic i an sibilant in early Dorian (Greek) use, and called san, but retained later only as a numeral sign, with pi added to its name, because of the re- semblance of the character in form to a Greek (pi). Its value as a numeral was 900. samplaryt, n. [ME. saumplarie , by apheresis from * esaumplarie , later examplary , exemplary : see exemplary , n., and cf. sampler .] An exem- plar; a pattern. Thauh men maden bokes God was here maister, And seynte spirit the saumplarie and seide what men sholde wryte. Piers Plowman (C), xv. 47. sample (sam'pl), n. [ sample , saumple , by apheresis from asaumple , esaumple , example , also ensample , example: see ex- ample , ensample , of which sample is a doublet.] 11. Anything selected as a model for imita- tion; a pattern; an example; an instance. A sample to the youngest, to the more mature A gla that feated them. Shak ., Cymbeline, i. 1. 48. Thus he concludes: and ev'ry hardy knight His sample followed. You being both so excellent, 'twere pity If such rare pieces should not be conferr'd And sampled together. She would have had you to have sampled you With one within, that they are now a teaching, And does pretend to your rank. without due respect had of the omnipotent justice, he [Christ] samples it with another of eighteen men mis- carrying by the fall of a tower. Rev. T. Adams , Works, II. 166. 2. To match; imitate; follow the pattern or method of. Shew me but one hair of his head or beard, That I may sample it. sample-spigot (sam'pl-spigot), n. A small fau- cet inserted through a cask-head. Middle ton and Dekker , Roaring Girl, iv. 2. sampling-tube (sam'pling-tūb), n. A drop- Walla by chance was in a meadow by, Learning to sample earth's embroidery. W. Browne, Britannia's Pastorals, ii. 3. 3. To select, or take at random, a sample or specimen of; hence, to try or test by exam in- ing or using a specimen or sample: as, to sample sugar or grain; to sample wine. sample-card (sam'pl-kärd), n. Same as pat- tern - card , 1. sample-cutter (sam'pl-kut"ėr), n. Rotary shears in the form of a sharp-edged disk rolling on a table against a fixed edge. It cuts from a roll of cloth narrow strips to form samples of the goods. sampler (sam'pler), n. [ esampler , exampleir : see exampler and exemplar , of which sampler is a doublet. Cf. also samplary , exem- plary , n.] 1. An exemplar; a pattern. Sundry precedents and samplers of indiscretion and weakne . 2. A piece of embroidery, worsted-work, or the like. Originally, such a piece of work done to fix and retain a pattern considered of value; or, in some cases, a large piece of cloth or canvas upon which many pat terns were worked side by side; more recently, a similar IMG:content-0063.jpg:[ocr errors] piece of needlework intended merely to exhibit the skill of a beginner, and often framed and hung up for show. Samplers of this sort often included Bible texts, verses, and the like. We, Hermia, like two artificial gods, Have with our needles created both one flower, Both on one sampler , sitting on one cushion. In Niles cleer Crystall shee doth Iordan see; In Memphis, Salem; and vn-warily IMG:content-0064.png:[graphic] IMG:content-0065.png:[blocks in formation] belonging to the tribe Casearieæ . It is character ized by a colored and bell-shaped calyx-tube bearing four to six unequal lobes, by the absence of petals and stami- nodes, by its eight to thirteen monadelphous stamens and its free ovary with very numerous ovules on three to five parietal placentæ, the style single with a capitate stigma. The 2 species, natives of the West Indies, are shrubs bear- ing two-ranked alternate oblong leaves, which are covered with pellucid dots. The large white, rose-colored, or green- ish flowers are borne singly or few in the axils, and followed by a hard roundish fruit with numerous angled seeds each with a fleshy aril. See cloven - berry . Samydaceæ (sam-i-dā'sē-ē), n . pl . [NL. (Lind- ley, 1845), Samyda + -aceæ .] An order of polypetalous plants of the series Calyciflora and cohort Pa iflora les . It is characterized by similarity of the petals and the sepals, or by their absence, and by the usually undivided style and stigma, a se ile one-celled Samydaceæ ovary generally free from the calyx, oblong or angled seeds always fewer than the ovules, with a hard and dark outer coat covered by a thin and fleshy or torn aril, and containing copious albumen. The stamens are in one or several rows, more often numerous, frequently alternate with staminodes, equidistant or clustered opposite the petals, their slender filaments either free or more or le united. The order differs from the Pa i flor aceæ only in habit and the lack of a corona. It includes about 160 species, belonging to 25 genera, all tropical. They are smooth or hairy trees or shrubs, with alternate and two-ranked undivided leaves, and inconspicuous flowers. The typical genus is Samyda. Samydeæ (sā-mid'ē-ē), n. pl. [NL. (Karl Fried rich Gaertner, 1807), Same