scelidothere

[SCELIDOTHERIUM.] Any individual of the extinct genus Scelidotherium (q. v.). "The teeth, however, are fewer in the Scelidothere than in any Armadillo." - Owen , in Zoology of Voyage of Beagle, pt. i., p. 75. sçěl-i-do-thër-I-ŭm, s. [Pref. scelido-, and Gr therion a wild beast.] Palæont .: A South American genus of Edentata, allied to Mylodon (q. v.), but comprising forms of smaller size and le ma ive construction. The IMG:content-1015.png:[blocks in formation] Drama : A sketch of the scenes and main points of an opera libretto or a play, drawn up and settled before filling in the details. ( Grove .) "This scenario occupied twenty-one pages of foolscap closely printed."- Pall Mall Gazette , Dec. 22, 1884. *sçēn-ar-ỹ, s. [Lat. scenarius =pertaining to a scene.] [SCENERY.] 1. The appearance of places or things; scenery. "He must gain a relish of the works of nature, and be conversant in the various scenary of a country life." Add is on. 2. The representation of a place in which an action is performed. "The progre of the sound, and the scenary of the bordering regions, are imitated from Æn. vii. on the sounding the horn of Alecto." -Pope . (Todd.) 3. The disposition and arrangement of the scenes of a play. "To make a more perfect model of a picture, is, in the language of poets, to draw up the scenary of a play."Dryden: Poetry and Painting .