salamandroid (salamandroid)

and n. Gr. σαλαμάνδρα, a salamander, + είδος, form.] I. a. In zoöl., resembling a salamander, in a broad sense; salamandriform. II. n. A member of the Sal am and rinæ , or some similar urodele. Sal am andro ides (sal"a-man-droi'dēz), n. [NL. (Jäger, 1828), sal am andro ides. salamba (sa-lam'ba), n. [E. Ind.] A kind of fishing-apparatus used on the banks near Manila, and common in the East, fitted upon a raft composed of several tiers of bamboos. It consists of a rectangular net, two corners of which are attached to the upper extremities of two long bamboos tied cro wise, their lower extremities being fastened to a bar on the raft, which acts as a hinge; a movable pole, arranged with a counterpoise as a sort of crane, supports the bamboos at the point of junction, and thus enables the fishermen to raise or depre the net at pleasure. The lower extremities of the net are guided by a cord, which is drawn toward the raft at the same time that the long bamboos are elevated by the crane and counterpoise; only a small part of the net thus remains in the water, and is easily cleared of its contents by means of a landing-net. Salamis (sal'a-mis), n. [NL., NL. Salangana (Streubel, 1848).] A swift of the genus Col local i a, one of the birds which construct edible nests, as C. esculent a. Also salagane. See cut under Col local i a. Never a more popular pastor than Mr. Wall the uncle, yet never a more painful duty than that of collecting, in that region, the pastor's salary . W. M. Baker , New Timothy, p. 24. Salary grab. See grabl . =Syn. Salary , Stipend , Wages, Pay , Hire , Allowance. An allowance is gratuitous or dis cretionary, and may be of any sort: as, an allowance of a pitcher of wine daily to Chaucer; the rest are given from time to time in return for regular work of some kind, and are presumably in the form of money. Of these latter pay is the most generic; it is especially used of the soldier. Wages and hire are for the more menial, manual, or mechanical forms of work, and commonly imply employment for short periods, as a day or a week; salary and stipend are for the more mental forms, and imply greater permanence of employment and payment at longer intervals: the wages of a servant or a laborer; the salary of a postmaster or a teacher. Hire is Biblical and old-fashioned. Stipend is used chiefly as a technical term of the English and Scotch churches. See wages . salary1 (sal'a-ri), v. t.; pret. and pp. salaried, ppr. salarying. [ From such salary irradiations may those wondrous variations arise which are observable in animals. Sir T. Browne , Vulg. Erт., р. 338. Salda (sal'da), n. [NL. (Fabric i us, 1803); from a proper name.] A genus of heteropterous insects, or true bugs, typical of the family Sal did a. They are of small size and varied coloration, and are found mainly upon the sea-beach, where they feed upon the remains of drowned flies and other insects. The species are numerous and mostly American. About 30 are known in North America. Sometimes called Acanthi a. sal-dammar (sal'dam"är), n. [ Saldidæ (sal'di-dē), n. pl. [NL., prising forms of small size which inhabit damp soils and are often found in countle numbers on the salt and brackish marshes of the sea-coast. They are oval in shape, with a free head and prominent eyes, and are of a black, brown, or drab color marked with yellow or white. They are mainly American. fishes, exemplified by the genus Salanx. The body is elongated and compre ed, naked or with deciduous scales; the head is elongate, much depre ed, and produced into a flat snout; the mouth is deeply cleft, with conical teeth on the jaws and palate; the dorsal fin is far behind the ventrals, but in advance of the anal; a small adipose fin is developed; the alimentary canal is straight and without pyloric appendages. Only one species, Sa lanx sinensis, is known; it occurs along the coast of China, and is regarded as a delicacy. To the foreign residents it is known as whitebait. Salangina (sal-an-ji'nä), n. pl. The Salangidæ as a group of Salmonidæ. Günther. Salanx (sa (sāʻlangks), n. [NL. (Cuvier, 1817).] A genus of salmonoid fishes, typical of the famsalaried (sal'a-rid), a. [ ily Salangidæ (which see). He knew he was no poet, yet he would string wretched rhyme, even when not salaried for them. I. D'Israeli, Quar. of Authors, p. 107. I have had two profe ors of Arabic and Mohammedan religion and law as my regular salaried tutors. E. W. Lane, Modern Egyptians, Pref., p. viii. salary1 (sal'a-ri), n.; pl. salaries (-riz). [Formerly me also sallery; ing; also, a specific act or a continuous proce of selling; the exchange or disposal of a commodity, right, property, or whatever may be the subject of bargain, for a price agreed on and generally payable in money, as distinguished from barter; the transfer of all right and property in a thing for a price to be paid in money. They shall have like portions to eat, beside that which cometh of the sale of his patrimony. Deut. xviii. 8. The most considerable offices in church and state were put up to sale . Pre scott, Ferd. and Isa., ii. 25. 2. In law, a contract for the transfer of property from one person to another, for a valuable consideration. Three things are requisite to its validity, namely the thing sold, which is the object of the contract, the price, and the consent of the contracting parties. ( Kent.) The word sale is often used more specifically as indicating the consideration to be pecuniary, as distinguished from barter or exchange. It is also often used as indicating a present transfer, as distinguished from a contract to transfer at a future time, which is sometimes termed an executory sale. In respect to real property, sale usually means the executory contract or bargain, as distinguished from the deed of conveyance in fulfilment of the bargain. 3. Opportunity to sell; demand; market. The countrymen will be more industrious in tillage, and Fearing of all husbandry commodities, knowing that they shall have a ready sale for those towns. Spenser. 4. Disposal by auction or public outery. Those that won the plate, and those thus sold, ought to be marked, so that they may never return to the race or to the sale. Sir W. Temple . Purchase corrupted pardon of a man, Who in that sale sells pardon from himself. Shak ., K. John, iii. 1. 167. Account sales. See account. - Aleatory sale. See ale atory. - Bargain and sale. See bargain. - Bill of sale. See bill3.-Cognition and sale. See cognition. Conditional sale. See conditional. - Conditions of sale. See condition.-Distre sale. See distre . Executory sale, a sale in which the thing disposed of is to be de sale livered at a future time. - Forced sale, a sale compelled by a creditor or other claimant, without regard to the interest of the owner to be favored with delay in order to secure a full price. - Foreclosure and sale. See foreclosure.- House of salet, a brothel. [Slang.] I saw him enter such a house of sale , Videlicet, a brothel, or so forth. Shak., Hamlet, ii. 1. 60. Judicial sale. See judicial. - Memorandum sale. See memorandum. Of sale. Same as on sale. - On sale, for sale, to be sold; offered to purchasers. - Power of sale. See power1.-Ranking and sale. See ranking. - Regular sales. See regular. - Rummage sale. See rum mage. - Sale by candle. Same as auction by inch of can dle (which see, under auction ). - Sale of indulgences. See indulgence. Sale of Land by Auction Act, an Eng lish statute of 1867 (30 and 31 Vict., c. 48), making auction sales of land which are invalid in law (by reason of the employment of a puffer) invalid also in equity; discontinuing the practice of opening biddings by order in chancery, except for fraud; and prescribing rules to govern sales of land by auction. - Sale to arrive, a sale of merchandise which is in transit, the sale being dependent on its arrival. Terms of sale. (a) The conditions to be imposed upon and a ented to by a purchaser, as dist int in gui shed from price. (b) The price. To cover short sales. See cover1. To set to salet, to offer for sale; make merchandise of. His tongue is set to sale , he is a mere voice. Burton, Anat. of Mel., To the Reader, p. 71. His modesty, set there to sale in the front i spice, is not much addicted to blush. Milton , Apology for Smectymnuus. Wash sales, in the stock-market, feigned sales, made for the sake of advantage gained by the report of a fictitious price.