Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S - Page 124
Spatter-dock (n.) (Bot.) The common yellow water lily ({Nuphar advena).
Spattle (n.) Spawl; spittle. [Obs.] -- Bale.
Spattle (n.) A spatula.
Spattle (n.) (Pottery) A tool or implement for mottling a molded article with coloring matter -- Knoght.
Spattling-poppy (n.) (Bot.) A kind of catchfly ({Silene inflata) which is sometimes frothy from the action of captured insects.
Spatula (n.) （調和、塗抹用）抹刀，小鏟；【醫】壓舌板 An implement shaped like a knife, flat, thin, and somewhat flexible, used for spreading paints, fine plasters, drugs in compounding prescriptions, etc. Cf. Palette knife, under Palette.
Spatula (n.) A turner with a narrow flexible blade.
Spatula (n.) A hand tool with a thin flexible blade used to mix or spread soft substances.
Spatulate (a.) (Nat. Hist.) Shaped like spatula, or like a battledoor, being roundish, with a long, narrow, linear base. [Also written spathulate.]
Spatulate (a.) (Of a leaf shape) Having a broad rounded apex and a narrow base [syn: spatulate, spatula-shaped].
Spauld (n.) The shoulder. [Scot.]
Spavin (n.) (Far.) [馬腿的] 跗節肉腫；【獸醫】馬腿的關節內腫 A disease of horses characterized by a bony swelling developed on the hock as the result of inflammation of the bones; also, the swelling itself. The resulting lameness is due to the inflammation, and not the bony tumor as popularly supposed. -- Harbaugh.
Bog spavin, A soft swelling produced by distention of the capsular ligament of the hock; -- called also blood spavin.
Bone spavin, Spavin attended with exostosis; ordinary spavin.
Spavin (n.) A swelling of the hock joint of a horse; resulting in lameness.
Spavined (a.) [馬足] 跗節肉腫的；跛腳的；踝關節內腫的；殘廢的 Affected with spavin.
Spavined (a.) (Of horses) Afflicted with a swelling of the hock-joint.
Spaw (n.) See Spa.
Spawl (n.) A splinter or fragment, as of wood or stone. See Spall.
Spawl (n.) Scattered or ejected spittle.
Compare: Spittle
Spital (n.) [Abbreviated from hospital.] [Written also spittle.] A hospital. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Spittle (n.) See Spital. [Obs.] -- B. Jonson.
Spittle (v. t.) [See Spit to spade.] To dig or stir with a small spade. [Prov. Eng.]
Spittle (n.) A small sort of spade. [Prov. Eng.]
Spittle (n.) The thick, moist matter which is secreted by the salivary glands; saliva; spit.
Spittle insect. (Zool.) See Cuckoo spit (b), under Cuckoo.
Spittle (n.) 唾沫；【昆】吐出的泡沫 A clear liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands of the mouth; moistens the mouth and starts the digestion of starches [syn: saliva, spit, spittle].
Spawled (imp. & p. p.) of Spawl.
Spawling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spawl.
Spawl (v. i. & t.) To scatter spittle from the mouth; to spit, as saliva.
Why must he sputter, spawl, and slaver it In vain, against the people's favorite. -- Swift.
Spawl (n.) A fragment broken off from the edge or face of stone or ore and having at least one thin edge; "a truck bearing a mound of blue spalls" [syn: spall, spawl].
Spawling (n.) That which is spawled, or spit out.
Spawned (imp. & p. p.) of Spawn.
Spawning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spawn.
Spawn (v. t.) 產（卵）；生育；產生；造成，釀成；【植】用菌種體栽種 To produce or deposit (eggs), as fishes or frogs do.
Spawn (v. t.) To bring forth; to generate; -- used in contempt.
One edition [of books] spawneth another. -- Fuller.
Spawn (v. i.) 產卵；大量生產To deposit eggs, as fish or frogs do.
Spawn (v. i.) To issue, as offspring; -- used contemptuously.
Spawn (n.) [U] （魚等的）卵；幼苗；【貶】子孫，後代；崽子；【植】菌種體，菌絲 The ova, or eggs, of fishes, oysters, and other aquatic animals.
Spawn (n.) Any product or offspring; -- used contemptuously.
Spawn (n.) (Hort.) The buds or branches produced from underground stems.
Spawn (n.) (Bot.) The white fibrous matter forming the matrix from which fungi.
Spawn eater (Zool.), A small American cyprinoid fish ({Notropis Hudsonius) allied to the dace.
Spawn (n.) The mass of eggs deposited by fish or amphibians or molluscs.
Spawn (v.) Call forth [syn: engender, breed, spawn].
Spawn (v.) Lay spawn; "The salmon swims upstream to spawn."
Spawn (n., &v. i.) [Techspeak] In Unix parlance, to create a child process from within a process. Technically this is a ?fork?; the term ?spawn? is a bit more general and is used for threads (lightweight processes) as well as traditional heavyweight processes.
Spawn (n., &v. i.) In gaming, meant to indicate where (spawn-point) and when a player comes to life (or re-spawns) after being killed. Opposite of frag.
Spawn, () To create a child process in a multitasking operating system. E.g. Unix's fork system call or one of the spawn() library routines provided by most MS-DOS, Novell NetWare and OS/2 C compilers -- spawnl(), spawnle(), etc.
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Spawner (n.) (Zool.) 成熟之母魚 A mature female fish.
The barbel, for the preservation or their seed, both the spawner and the milter, cover their spawn with sand. -- Walton.
Spawner (n.) Whatever produces spawn of any kind.
Spawner (n.) A female fish at spawning time.
Compare: Neuter
Neuter (a.) 【語】中性的；不及物的；中立的 Neither the one thing nor the other; on neither side; impartial; neutral. [Archaic]
In all our undertakings God will be either our friend or our enemy; for Providence never stands neuter. -- South.
Neuter (a.) (Gram.) Having a form belonging more especially to words which are not appellations of males or females; expressing or designating that which is of neither sex; as, a neuter noun; a neuter termination; the neuter gender.
Neuter (a.) (Gram.) Intransitive; as, a neuter verb.
Neuter (a.) (Biol.) Having no generative organs, or imperfectly developed ones; sexless. See Neuter, n., 3.
Neuter (v. t.) （委婉語）閹割 To render incapable of sexual reproduction; to remove or alter the sexual organs so as to make infertile; to alter; to fix; to desex; -- in male animals, to castrate; in female animals, to spay.
Neuter (n.) A person who takes no part in a contest; one who is either indifferent to a cause or forbears to interfere; a neutral.
The world's no neuter; it will wound or save. -- Young.
Neuter (n.) (Gram.) 【語】中性；中性詞 A noun of the neuter gender; any one of those words which have the terminations usually found in neuter words.
Neuter (n.) (Gram.) An intransitive verb.
Neuter (n.) (Biol.) 無性動物；無性植物 An organism, either vegetable or animal, which at its maturity has no generative organs, or but imperfectly developed ones, as a plant without stamens or pistils, as the garden Hydrangea; esp., one of the imperfectly developed females of certain social insects, as of the ant and the common honeybee, which perform the labors of the community, and are called workers.
Neuter (a.) Of grammatical gender; "`it' is the third-person singular neuter pronoun" [ant: feminine, masculine].
Neuter (a.) Having no or imperfectly developed or nonfunctional sex organs [syn: neuter, sexless].
Neuter (n.) A gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to inanimate objects (neither masculine nor feminine).
Neuter (v.) Remove the ovaries of; "Is your cat spayed?" [syn: alter, neuter, spay, castrate].
Spayed (imp. & p. p.) of Spay.
Spaying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spay.
Spay (v. t.) 割除卵巢 To remove or extirpate the ovaries of, as a sow or a bitch; to castrate (a female animal).
Spay (n.) (Zool.) The male of the red deer in his third year; a spade.
Spay (v.) Remove the ovaries of; "Is your cat spayed?" [syn: alter, neuter, spay, castrate].
Compare: Spade
Spade (v. t.) [imp. & p. p. Spaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Spading.] 鏟；用鍬掘 To dig with a spade; to pare off the sward of, as land, with a spade.
Spade (n.) (Zool.) A hart or stag three years old. [Written also spaid, spayade.]
Spade (n.) A castrated man or beast.
Spade (n.) 鏟；鍬；鏟形物 An implement for digging or cutting the ground, consisting usually of an oblong and nearly rectangular blade of iron, with a handle like that of a shovel. "With spade and pickax armed." -- Milton.
Spade (n.) One of that suit of cards each of which bears one or more figures resembling a spade.
"Let spades be trumps!" she said. -- Pope.
Spade (n.) A cutting instrument used in flensing a whale.
Spade bayonet, A bayonet with a broad blade which may be used digging; -- called also trowel bayonet.
Spade handle (Mach.), The forked end of a connecting rod in which a pin is held at both ends. See Illust. of Knuckle joint, under Knuckle.
Spade (n.) A playing card in the major suit that has one or more black figures on it; "she led a low spade"; "spades were trumps."
Spade (n.) A sturdy hand shovel that can be pushed into the earth with the foot.
Spade (n.) (Ethnic slur) Extremely offensive name for a Black person; "only a Black can call another Black a nigga" [syn: nigger, nigga, spade, coon, jigaboo, nigra].
Spade (v.) Dig (up) with a spade; "I spade compost into the flower beds."
SPADE, () Statistical Packet Anomaly Detection Engine (Snort, IDS).
SPADE, () Specification Processing And Dependency Extraction.
Specification language. G.S. Boddy, ICL Mainframes Div, FLAG/UD/3DR.003
Spade, TX -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Texas
Population (2000): 100
Housing Units (2000): 49
Land area (2000): 1.959316 sq. miles (5.074604 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.959316 sq. miles (5.074604 sq. km)
FIPS code: 69380
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 33.918381 N, 102.149654 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Spade, TX
Spade
Spayad (n.) Alt. of Spayade.
Spayade (n.) (Zool.) A spay.
Spoke (imp.) of Speak.
Spake () of Speak.
Spoken (p. p.) of Speak.
Spoke () of Speak.
Speaking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Speak.
Speak (v. i.) 說；說話；演說，發言；表明 To utter words or articulate sounds, as human beings; to express thoughts by words; as, the organs may be so obstructed that a man may not be able to speak.
Till at the last spake in this manner. -- Chaucer.
Speak, Lord; for thy servant heareth. -- 1 Sam. iii. 9.
Speak (v. i.) To express opinions; to say; to talk; to converse.
That fluid substance in a few minutes begins to set, as the tradesmen speak. -- Boyle.
An honest man, is able to speak for himself, when a knave is not. -- Shak.
During the century and a half which followed the Conquest, there is, to speak strictly, no English history. -- Macaulay.
Speak (v. i.) To utter a speech, discourse, or harangue; to adress a public assembly formally.
Many of the nobility made themselves popular by speaking in Parliament against those things which were most grateful to his majesty. -- Clarendon.
Speak (v. i.) To discourse; to make mention; to tell.
Lycan speaks of a part of Caesar's army that came to him from the Leman Lake. -- Addison.
Speak (v. i.) To give sound; to sound.
Make all our trumpets speak. -- Shak.
Speak (v. i.) To convey sentiments, ideas, or intelligence as if by utterance; as, features that speak of self-will.
Thine eye begins to speak. -- Shak.
To speak of, to take account of, to make mention of. -- Robynson (More's Utopia).
To speak out, To speak loudly and distinctly; also, to speak unreservedly.
To speak well for, To commend; to be favorable to.
To speak with, To converse with. "Would you speak with me?" -- Shak.
Syn: To say; tell; talk; converse; discourse; articulate; pronounce; utter.
Speak (v. t.) 說，講，說出 To utter with the mouth; to pronounce; to utter articulately, as human beings.
They sat down with him upn ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him. -- Job. ii. 13.
Speak (v. t.) To utter in a word or words; to say; to tell; to declare orally; as, to speak the truth; to speak sense.
Speak (v. t.) To declare; to proclaim; to publish; to make known; to exhibit; to express in any way.
It is my father;s muste To speak your deeds. -- Shak.
Speaking a still good morrow with her eyes. -- Tennyson.
And for the heaven's wide circuit, let it speak The maker's high magnificence. -- Milton.
Report speaks you a bonny monk. -- Sir W. Scott.
Speak (v. t.) To talk or converse in; to utter or pronounce, as in conversation; as, to speak Latin.
And French she spake full fair and fetisely. -- Chaucer.
Speak (v. t.) To address; to accost; to speak to.
[He will] thee in hope; he will speak thee fair. --Ecclus. xiii. 6.
Each village senior paused to scan And speak the lovely caravan. -- Emerson.
To speak a ship (Naut.), To hail and speak to her captain or commander.
Speak (v.) Express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize" [syn: {talk}, {speak}, {utter}, {mouth}, {verbalize}, {verbalise}].
Speak (v.) Exchange thoughts; talk with; "We often talk business"; "Actions talk louder than words" [syn: {talk}, {speak}].
Speak (v.) Use language; "the baby talks already"; "the prisoner won't speak"; "they speak a strange dialect" [syn: {speak}, {talk}]
Speak (v.) Give a speech to; "The chairman addressed the board of trustees" [syn: {address}, {speak}].
Speak (v.) Make a characteristic or natural sound; "The drums spoke."
Speakable (a.) 可以交談的 Capable of being spoken; fit to be spoken. -- Ascham.
Speakable (a.) Able to speak. -- Milton.
Speakable (a.) Capable of being uttered in words or sentences [syn: {speakable}, {utterable}].
Speaker (n.) [C] 說話者；演講者；演說家；講（某種）語言的人；（大寫）（英國下議院，美國眾議院）議長 [the S]；揚聲器，喇叭，擴音機；【美】練習演講用的範本 One who speaks. Specifically:
Speaker (n.) One who utters or pronounces a discourse; usually, one who utters a speech in public; as, the man is a good speaker, or a bad speaker.
Speaker (n.) One who is the mouthpiece of others; especially, one who presides over, or speaks for, a delibrative assembly, preserving order and regulating the debates; as, the Speaker of the House of Commons, originally, the mouthpiece of the House to address the king; the Speaker of a House of Representatives.
Speaker (n.) A book of selections for declamation. [U. S.]
Speaker (n.) Someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous); "the speaker at commencement"; "an utterer of useful maxims" [syn: {speaker}, {talker}, {utterer}, {verbalizer}, {verbaliser}].
Speaker (n.) Electro-acoustic transducer that converts electrical signals into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distance [syn: {loudspeaker}, {speaker}, {speaker unit}, {loudspeaker system}, {speaker system}].
Speaker (n.) The presiding officer of a deliberative assembly; "the leader of the majority party is the Speaker of the House of Representatives."
Speaker, () Loudspeaker.
Speaker, () The person who is (assumed to be) talking. (1996-12-01)
Speaker (n.) [ C ] (Formal talk) 發言者；演講者 (B1) A person who gives a speech at a public event.
// A good public speaker.
// Please join with me in thanking our guest speaker tonight.
// The Democrats have chosen the Texas state treasurer as the keynote (= most important) speaker at their convention.
Speaker (n.) [ C ] (Language) (B1) 說話者；演講人（說某一特定語言的人）Someone who speaks a particular language.
// A French speaker.
// A fluent Russian speaker.
// Non-English speakers.
Speaker (n.) [ C ] (Electrical) (A2) 揚聲器，喇叭 The part of a radio, television, or computer, or of a piece of electrical equipment for playing recorded sound, through which the sound is played. A speaker can be part of the radio, etc. or be separate from it.
// There's no sound coming out of the right-hand speaker.
Speaker (n.) [ C ] （議會等立法機構的）議長 The person who controls the way in which business is done in an organization which makes laws.
// He served for eight years as Speaker of the House of Representatives.
// [ as form of address ] Mr Speaker, my honourable friend has failed to consider the consequences of his proposal.
Speakership (n.) 議長之職位 The office of speaker; as, the speakership of the House of Representatives.
Speakership (n.) The position of Speaker.
Speaking (a.) Uttering speech; used for conveying speech; as, man is a speaking animal; a speaking tube.
Speaking (a.) Seeming to be capable of speech; hence, lifelike; as, a speaking likeness.
A speaking acquaintance, A slight acquaintance with a person, or one which merely permits the exchange of salutations and remarks on indifferent subjects.
Speaking trumpet, An instrument somewhat resembling a trumpet, by which the sound of the human voice may be so intensified as to be conveyed to a great distance.
Speaking tube, A tube for conveying speech, especially from one room to another at a distance.
To be on speaking terms, To be slightly acquainted.
Speaking (n.) The act of uttering words.
Speaking (n.) Public declamation; oratory.
Speaking (a.) Capable of or involving speech or speaking; "human beings -- the speaking animals"; "a speaking part in the play" [ant: nonspeaking, walk-on].
Speaking (n.) The utterance of intelligible speech [syn: speaking, speech production].
Speaking (n.) Delivering an address to a public audience; "people came to see the candidates and hear the speechmaking" [syn: public speaking, speechmaking, speaking, oral presentation].
Speaking (n.) The act of uttering words.
Speaking (n.) Public declamation; oratory.
Spear (n.) [C] 矛；魚叉；持矛的人；持矛的士兵 A long, pointed weapon, used in war and hunting, by thrusting or throwing; a weapon with a long shaft and a sharp head or blade; a lance.
Note: [See Illust. of Spearhead.] "A sharp ground spear." -- Chaucer.
They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. -- Micah iv. 3.
Spear (n.) Fig.: A spearman. -- Sir W. Scott.
Spear (n.) A sharp-pointed instrument with barbs, used for stabbing fish and other animals.
Spear (n.) A shoot, as of grass; a spire.
Spear (n.) The feather of a horse. See Feather, n., 4.
Spear (n.) The rod to which the bucket, or plunger, of a pump is attached; a pump rod.
Spear foot, The off hind foot of a horse.
Spear grass. (Bot.) The common reed. See Reed, n., 1.
Spear grass. (Bot.) meadow grass. See under Meadow.
Spear hand, The hand in which a horseman holds a spear; the right hand. -- Crabb.
Spear side, The male line of a family. -- Lowell.
Spear thistle (Bot.), The common thistle ({Cnicus lanceolatus).
Speared (imp. & p. p.) of Spear.
Spearing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spear.
Spear (v. t.) 用矛（或魚叉等）刺 To pierce with a spear; to kill with a spear; as, to spear a fish.
Spear (v. i.) 刺，戳 To shoot into a long stem, as some plants. See Spire. -- Mortimer.
Spearer (n.) One who uses a spear; as, a spearer of fish.
Spearfish (n.) (Zool.) 【動】旗魚；海中之大型魚種 A large and powerful fish ({Tetrapturus albidus) related to the swordfish, but having scales and ventral fins. It is found on the American coast and the Mediterranean.
Spearfish (n.) (Zool.) The carp sucker.
Compare: Quillback
Quillback (n.) (Zool.) An American fresh-water fish ({Ictiobus cyprinus syn. Carpiodes cyprinus); -- called also carp sucker, sailfish, spearfish, and skimback.
Spearhead (n.) [C] 矛頭，槍尖：先鋒；先鋒部隊 [S1] [（+of）] The pointed head, or end, of a spear.
Spearhead (n.) Someone who leads or initiates an activity (attack or campaign etc.).
Spearhead (n.) The leading military unit in an attack.
Spearhead (n.) The head and sharpened point of a spear [syn: spearhead, spearpoint, spear-point].
Spearhead (v. t.) 當……的先鋒；為……掃清道路；帶頭 Be the leader of; "She spearheaded the effort to find a cure for the disease."
Spearmen (n. pl. ) of Spearman.
Spearman (n.) One who is armed with a spear. -- Acts xxiii. 23.
Spearmint (n.) (Bot.) A species of mint ({Mentha viridis) growing in moist soil. It vields an aromatic oil. See Mint, and Mentha.
Compare: Mint
Mint (n.) (Bot.) The name of several aromatic labiate plants, mostly of the genus Mentha, yielding odoriferous essential oils by distillation. See Mentha.
Note: Corn mint is Mentha arvensis.
Horsemint is Mentha sylvestris, and in the United States Monarda punctata, which differs from the true mints in
several respects.
Mountain mint is any species of the related genus Pycnanthemum, common in North America.
Peppermint is Mentha piperita.
Spearmint is Mentha viridis.
Water mint is Mentha aquatica.
Mint camphor. (Chem.) See Menthol.
Mint julep. See Julep.
Mint sauce, A sauce flavored with spearmint, for meats.
Spearwood (n.) (Bot.) An Australian tree ({Acacia Doratoxylon), and its tough wood, used by the natives for spears.
Spearwort (n.) (Bot.) A name given to several species of crowfoot ({Ranunculus) which have spear-shaped leaves.
Speary (a.) Having the form of a spear.
Spece (n.) Species; kind. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Specht (n.) (Zool.) A woodpecker. [Obs. or prov. Eng.] -- Sherwood.
Compare: Speight
Speight (n.) (Zool.) A woodpecker; -- called also specht, spekt, spight. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Compare: Woodpecker
Woodpecker (n.) (Zool.) 啄木鳥 [C] Any one of numerous species of scansorial birds belonging to Picus and many allied genera of the family Picidae.
Note: These birds have the tail feathers pointed and rigid at the tip to aid in climbing, and a strong chisellike bill with which they are able to drill holes in the bark and wood of trees in search of insect larvae upon which most of the species feed. A few species feed partly upon the sap of trees (see Sap sucker, under Sap), others spend a portion of their time on the ground in search of ants and other insects.
The most common European species are the greater spotted woodpecker ({Dendrocopus major), the lesser spotted woodpecker ({Dendrocopus minor), and the green woodpecker, or yaffle (see Yaffle).
The best-known American species are the pileated woodpecker (see under Pileated), the ivory-billed woodpecker ({Campephilus principalis), which is one of the largest known species, the red-headed woodpecker, or red-head ({Melanerpes erythrocephalus), the red-bellied woodpecker ({Melanerpes Carolinus) (see Chab), the superciliary woodpecker ({Melanerpes superciliaris), the hairy woodpecker ({Dryobates villosus), the downy woodpecker ({Dryobates pubescens), the three-toed, woodpecker ({Picoides Americanus), the golden-winged woodpecker (see Flicker), and the sap suckers. See also Carpintero.
Woodpecker hornbill (Zool.), A black and white Asiatic hornbill ({Buceros pica) which resembles a woodpecker in color.
Woodpecker (n.) Bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects [syn: woodpecker, peckerwood, pecker].
Special (a.) 特別的，特殊的；專門的，專用的；額外的，增設的；具體的 Of or pertaining to a species; constituting a species or sort.
A special is called by the schools a "species". -- I. Watts.
Special (a.) Particular; peculiar; different from others; extraordinary; uncommon.
Our Savior is represented everywhere in Scripture as the special patron of the poor and the afficted. -- Atterbury.
To this special evil an improvement of style would apply a special redress. -- De Quincey.
Special (a.) Appropriate; designed for a particular purpose, occasion, or person; as, a special act of Parliament or of Congress; a special sermon.
Special (a.) Limited in range; confined to a definite field of action, investigation, or discussion; as, a special dictionary of commercial terms; a special branch of study.
Special (a.) Chief in excellence. [Obs.]
The king hath drawn The special head of all the land together. -- Shak.
Special administration (Law), An administration limited to certain specified effects or acts, or one granted during a particular time or the existence of a special cause, as during a controversy respecting the probate of a will, or the right of administration, etc.
Special agency, An agency confined to some particular matter.
Special bail, Bail above, or Bail to the action (Law), Sureties who undertake that, if the defendant is convicted, he shall satisfy the plaintiff, or surrender himself into custody. -- Tomlins. -- Wharton (Law Dict.).
Special constable. See under Constable. -- Bouvier.
Special damage (Law), A damage resulting from the act complained of, as a natural, but not the necessary, consequence of it.
Special demurrer (Law), A demurrer for some defect of form in the opposite party pleading, in which the cause of demurrer is particularly stated.
Special deposit, A deposit made of a specific thing to be kept distinct from others.
Special homology. (Biol.) See under Homology.
Special injuction (Law), An injuction granted on special grounds, arising of the circumstances of the case. -- Daniell.
Special issue (Law), An issue produced upon a special plea. -- Stephen.
Special jury (Law), A jury consisting of persons of some particular calling, station, or qualification, which is called upon motion of either party when the cause is supposed to require it; a struck jury.
Special orders (Mil.), Orders which do not concern, and are not published to, the whole command, such as those relating to the movement of a particular corps, a detail, a temporary camp, etc.
Special partner, A limited partner; a partner with a limited or restricted responsibility; -- unknown at common law.
Special partnership, a limited or particular partnership; -- a term sometimes applied to a partnership in a particular business, operation, or adventure.
Special plea in bar (Law), A plea setting forth particular and new matter, distinguished from the general issue. -- Bouvier.
Special pleader (Law), originally, a counsel who devoted himself to drawing special counts and pleas; in a wider sense, a lawyer who draws pleadings.
Special pleading (Law), The allegation of special or new matter, as distingiushed from a direct denial of matter previously alleged on the side. -- Bouvier. The popular denomination of the whole science of pleading. -- Stephen.
The phrase is sometimes popularly applied to the specious, but unsound, argumentation of one whose aim is victory, and not truth. -- Burrill.
Special property (Law), A qualified or limited ownership possession, as in wild animals, things found or bailed.
Special session, An extraordinary session; a session at an unusual time or for an unusual purpose; as, a special session of Congress or of a legislature.
Special statute, or Special law, An act of the legislature which has reference to a particular person, place, or interest; a private law; -- in distinction from a general law or public law.
Special verdict (Law), A special finding of the facts of the case, leaving to the court the application of the law to them. -- Wharton (Law Dict.).
Syn: Peculiar; appropriate; specific; dictinctive; particular; exceptional; singular. See Peculiar.
Special (n.) A particular. [Obs.] -- Hammond.
Special (n.) One appointed for a special service or occasion.
In special, specially; in particular. -- Chaucer.
Special (a.) Unique or specific to a person or thing or category; "the particular demands of the job"; "has a particular preference for Chinese art"; "a peculiar bond of sympathy between them"; "an expression peculiar to Canadians"; "rights peculiar to the rich"; "the special features of a computer"; "my own special chair" [syn: particular(a), peculiar(a), special(a)].
Special (a.) For a special service or occasion; "a special correspondent"; "a special adviser to the committee"; "had to get special permission for the event."
Special (a.) Surpassing what is common or usual or expected; "he paid especial attention to her"; "exceptional kindness"; "a matter of particular and unusual importance"; "a special occasion"; "a special reason to confide in her"; "what's so special about the year 2000?" [syn: especial(a), exceptional, particular(a), special].
Special (a.) Adapted to or reserved for a particular purpose; "a special kind of paint"; "a special medication for arthritis."
Special (a.) Having a specific function or scope; "a special (or specific) role in the mission" [syn: limited, special].
Special (a.) First and most important; "his special interest is music"; "she gets special (or particular) satisfaction from her volunteer work" [syn: particular, special].
Special (a.) Added to a regular schedule; "a special holiday flight"; "put on special buses for the big game" [syn: extra, special].
Special (n.) [C] 特別的東西；專車，專機；特刊；專稿；特別節目；特派人員；特使；（菜單上的）特色菜，拿手菜；【美】【口】（臨時減價的）特價商品 A special offering (usually temporary and at a reduced price) that is featured in advertising; "they are having a special on pork chops."
Special (n.) A dish or meal given prominence in e.g. a restaurant
Special (n.) A television production that features a particular person or work or topic; "the last of a series of BBC specials on Iran is being shown tonight."
SPECIAL, () A specification language, developed at SRI around 1976, used to specify the abstract machines in Hierarchical Design Methodology (HDM).
["SPECIAL - A Specification and Assertion Language", L. Robinson et al, TR CSL-46, SRI, Jan 1977]. (2012-07-08)
SPECIAL. () That which relates to a particular species or kind, opposed to general; as special verdict and general verdict; special imparlance and general imparlance; special jury, or one selected for a particular case, and general jury; special issue and general issue, &c.
Specialism (n.) 專門研究；專長；專業化 Devotion to a particular and restricted part or branch of knowledge, art, or science; as, medical specialism.
Specialism (n.) The concentration of your efforts on a particular field of study or occupation.
Specialism (n.) The special line of work you have adopted as your career; "his specialization is gastroenterology" [syn: specialization, specialisation, specialty, speciality, specialism].
Specialist (n.) [C] 專家 [（+in）]；專科醫生 [（+in）]；【美】（陸軍中的）級別在下士與軍士長之間的士兵 One who devotes himself to some specialty; as, a medical specialist, one who devotes himself to diseases of particular parts of the body, as the eye, the ear, the nerves, etc.
Specialist (n.) An expert who is devoted to one occupation or branch of learning [syn: specialist, specializer, specialiser] [ant: Renaissance man, generalist].
Specialist (n.) Practices one branch of medicine [syn: specialist, medical specialist].
Specialities (n. pl. ) of Speciality.
Speciality (n.) 特質；細目 A particular or peculiar case; a particularity. -- Sir M. Hale.
Speciality (n.) (Law) See Specialty, 3.
Speciality (n.) The special or peculiar mark or characteristic of a person or thing; that for which a person is specially distinguished; an object of special attention; a special occupation or object of attention; a specialty.
On these two general heads all other specialities are depedent. -- Hooker.
Strive, while improving your one talent, to enrich your whole capital as a man. It is in this way that you escape from the wretched narrow-mindedness which is the characteristic of every one who cultivates his speciality. -- Ld. Lytton.
We 'll say, instead, the inconsequent creature man, For that'a his speciality. -- Mrs. Browning.
Think of this, sir, . . . remote from the impulses of passion, and apart from the specialities -- if I may use that strong remark -- of prejudice. -- Dickens.
Speciality (n.) An attribute or quality peculiar to a species.
Speciality (n.) An asset of special worth or utility; "cooking is his forte" [syn: forte, strong suit, long suit, metier, specialty, speciality, strong point, strength] [ant: weak point].
Speciality (n.) A distinguishing trait [syn: peculiarity, specialness, specialty, speciality, distinctiveness].
Speciality (n.) The special line of work you have adopted as your career; "his specialization is gastroenterology" [syn: specialization, specialisation, specialty, speciality, specialism].
Specialization (n.) [U] 特別化；專門化；（意義的）限定；【生】特化（作用） The act of specializing, or the state of being spezialized.
Specialization (n.) (Biol.) The setting apart of a particular organ for the performance of a particular function. -- Darwin.
Specialization (n.) The act of specializing; making something suitable for a special purpose [syn: specialization, specialisation].
Specialization (n.) The special line of work you have adopted as your career; "his specialization is gastroenterology" [syn: specialization, specialisation, specialty, speciality, specialism].
Specialization (n.) (Biology) The structural adaptation of some body part for a particular function; "cell differentiation in the developing embryo" [syn: specialization, specialisation, differentiation].