Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S - Page 132
Spirifer (n.) (Paleon.) Any one of numerous species of fossil brachipods of the genus Spirifer, or Delthyris, and allied genera, in which the long calcareous supports of the arms form a large spiral, or helix, on each side.
Spirillum (n.) (Biol.) A genus of common gram-negative motile microorganisms (family Spirillaceae) having the form of spiral-shaped filaments. They are obligately microaerophilic, and do not ferment carbohydrates. -- Stedman.
Spirillum (n.) A species of bacteria ({Borrelia recurrentis, also known as Obermeier's spirillum), once believed to belong to the genus Spirillum, which causes relapsing fever.
Spirillum (n.) Spirally twisted elongate rodlike bacteria usually living in stagnant water.
Spirillum (n.) Any flagellated aerobic bacteria having a spirally twisted rodlike form [syn: spirillum, spirilla].
Spiring (a.) Shooting up in a spire or spires. "The spiring grass." -- Dryton.
Spirit (n.) Air set in motion by breathing; breath; hence, sometimes, life itself. [Obs.] "All of spirit would deprive." -- Spenser.
The mild air, with season moderate, Gently attempered, and disposed eo well, That still it breathed foorth sweet spirit. -- Spenser.
Spirit (n.) A rough breathing; an aspirate, as the letter h; also, a mark to denote aspiration; a breathing. [Obs.]
Be it a letter or spirit, we have great use for it. -- B. Jonson.
Spirit (n.) Life, or living substance, considered independently of corporeal existence; an intelligence conceived of apart from any physical organization or embodiment; vital essence, force, or energy, as distinct from matter.
Spirit (n.) The intelligent, immaterial and immortal part of man; the soul, in distinction from the body in which it resides; the agent or subject of vital and spiritual functions, whether spiritual or material.
There is a spirit in man; and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding. -- Job xxxii. 8.
As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also. -- James ii. 26.
Spirit is a substance wherein thinking, knowing, doubting, and a power of moving, do subsist. -- Locke.
Spirit (n.) Specifically, a disembodied soul; the human soul after it has left the body.
Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was, and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it. -- Eccl. xii. 7.
Ye gentle spirits far away, With whom we shared the cup of grace. -- Keble.
Spirit (n.) Any supernatural being, good or bad; an apparition; a specter; a ghost; also, sometimes, a sprite,; a fairy; an elf.
Whilst young, preserve his tender mind from all impressions of spirits and goblins in the dark. -- Locke.
Spirit (n.) Energy, vivacity, ardor, enthusiasm, courage, etc. "Write it then, quickly," replied Bede; and summoning all his spirits together, like the last blaze of a candle going out, he indited it, and expired. -- Fuller.
Spirit (n.) One who is vivacious or lively; one who evinces great activity or peculiar characteristics of mind or temper; as, a ruling spirit; a schismatic spirit.
Such spirits as he desired to please, such would I choose for my judges. -- Dryden.
Spirit (n.) Temper or disposition of mind; mental condition or disposition; intellectual or moral state; -- often in the plural; as, to be cheerful, or in good spirits; to be downhearted, or in bad spirits.
God has . . . made a spirit of building succeed a spirit of pulling down. -- South.
A perfect judge will read each work of wit With the same spirit that its author writ. -- Pope.
Spirit (n.) Intent; real meaning; -- opposed to the letter, or to formal statement; also, characteristic quality, especially such as is derived from the individual genius or the personal character; as, the spirit of an enterprise, of a document, or the like.
Spirit (n.) Tenuous, volatile, airy, or vapory substance, possessed of active qualities.
All bodies have spirits . . . within them. -- Bacon.
Spirit (n.) Any liquid produced by distillation; especially, alcohol, the spirits, or spirit, of wine (it having been first distilled from wine): -- often in the plural.
Spirit (n.) pl. Rum, whisky, brandy, gin, and other distilled liquors having much alcohol, in distinction from wine and malt liquors.
Spirit (n.) (Med.) A solution in alcohol of a volatile principle. Cf. Tincture. -- U. S. Disp.
Spirit (n.) (Alchemy) Any one of the four substances, sulphur, sal ammoniac, quicksilver, or arsenic (or, according to some, orpiment).
The four spirits and the bodies seven. -- Chaucer.
Spirit (n.) (Dyeing) Stannic chloride. See under Stannic.
Note: Spirit is sometimes joined with other words, forming compounds, generally of obvious signification; as, spirit-moving, spirit-searching, spirit-stirring, etc.
Astral spirits, Familiar spirits, etc. See under Astral, Familiar, etc.
Animal spirits. (Physiol.) The fluid which at one time was supposed to circulate through the nerves and was regarded as the agent of sensation and motion; -- called also the nervous fluid, or nervous principle.
Animal spirits. Physical health and energy; frolicsomeness; sportiveness.
Ardent spirits, Strong alcoholic liquors, as brandy, rum, whisky, etc., obtained by distillation.
Holy Spirit, or The Spirit (Theol.), The Spirit of God, or the third person of the Trinity; the Holy Ghost. The spirit also signifies the human spirit as influenced or animated by the Divine Spirit.
Proof spirit. (Chem.) See under Proof.
Rectified spirit (Chem.), Spirit rendered purer or more concentrated by redistillation, so as to increase the percentage of absolute alcohol.
Spirit butterfly (Zool.), Any one of numerous species of delicate butterflies of tropical America belonging to the genus Ithomia. The wings are gauzy and nearly destitute of scales.
Spirit duck. (Zool.) The buffle-headed duck.
Spirit duck. (Zool.) The golden-eye.
Spirit lamp (Art), A lamp in which alcohol or methylated spirit is burned.
Spirit level. See under Level.
Spirit of hartshorn. (Old Chem.) See under Hartshorn.
Spirit of Mindererus (Med.), An aqueous solution of acetate of ammonium; -- named after R. Minderer, physician of Augsburg.
Spirit of nitrous ether (Med. Chem.), A pale yellow liquid, of a sweetish taste and a pleasant ethereal odor. It is obtained by the distillation of alcohol with nitric and sulphuric acids, and consists essentially of ethyl nitrite with a little acetic aldehyde. It is used as a diaphoretic, diuretic, antispasmodic, etc. Called also sweet spirit of niter.
Spirit of salt (Chem.), Hydrochloric acid; -- so called because obtained from salt and sulphuric acid. [Obs.]
Spirit of sense, The utmost refinement of sensation. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Spirits of turpentine, or Spirit of turpentine (Chem.), Rectified oil of turpentine, a transparent, colorless, volatile, and very inflammable liquid, distilled from the turpentine of the various species of pine; camphine. It is commonly used to remove paint from surfaces, or to dissole oil-based paint. See Camphine.
Spirit of vitriol (Chem.), Sulphuric acid; -- so called because formerly obtained by the distillation of green vitriol. [Obs.]
Spirit of vitriolic ether (Chem.) Ethyl ether; -- often but incorrectly called sulphuric ether. See Ether. [Obs.]
Spirits of wine, or Spirit of wine (Chem.), Alcohol; -- so called because formerly obtained by the distillation of wine.
Spirit rapper, One who practices spirit rapping; a "medium" so called.
Spirit rapping, An alleged form of communication with the spirits of the dead by raps. See Spiritualism, 3.
Sweet spirit of niter. See Spirit of nitrous ether, above.
Syn: Life; ardor; energy; fire; courage; animatioon; cheerfulness; vivacity; enterprise.
Spirited (imp. & p. p.) of Spirit.
Spiriting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spirit.
Spirit (v. t.) To animate with vigor; to excite; to encourage; to inspirit; as, civil dissensions often spirit the ambition of private men; -- sometimes followed by up.
Many officers and private men spirit up and assist those obstinate people to continue in their rebellion. -- Swift.
Spirit (v. t.) To convey rapidly and secretly, or mysteriously, as if by the agency of a spirit; to kidnap; -- often with away, or off.
The ministry had him spirited away, and carried abroad as a dangerous person. -- Arbuthnot & Pope.
I felt as if I had been spirited into some castle of antiquity. -- Willis.
Spiriting away (Law), Causing to leave; the offense of inducing a witness to leave a jurisdiction so as to evade process requiring attendance at trial.
Spirit (n.) The vital principle or animating force within living things.
Spirit (n.) The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people; "the feel of the city excited him"; "a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting"; "it had the smell of treason" [syn: spirit, tone, feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell].
Spirit (n.) A fundamental emotional and activating principle determining one's character.
Spirit (n.) Any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings [syn: spirit, disembodied spirit].
Spirit (n.) The state of a person's emotions (especially with regard to pleasure or dejection); "his emotional state depended on her opinion"; "he was in good spirits"; "his spirit rose" [syn: emotional state, spirit].
Spirit (n.) The intended meaning of a communication [syn: intent, purport, spirit].
Spirit (n.) Animation and energy in action or expression; "it was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it" [syn: liveliness, life, spirit, sprightliness].
Spirit (n.) An inclination or tendency of a certain kind; "he had a change of heart" [syn: heart, spirit].
Spirit (v.) Infuse with spirit; "The company spirited him up" [syn: spirit, spirit up, inspirit].
Spiritally (adv.) By means of the breath. [Obs.] -- Holder.
Spirited (a.) Animated or possessed by a spirit. [Obs.] "So talked the spirited, sly snake." -- Milton.
Spirited (a.) Animated; full of life or vigor; lively; full of spirit or fire; as, a spirited oration; a spirited answer.
Note: Spirited is much used in composition; as in high-spirited, low-spirited, mean-spirited, etc.
Syn: Lively; vivacious; animated; ardent; active; bold; courageous. -- Spir"it*ed*ly, adv. -- Spir"it*ed*ness, n.
Spiritful (a.) Full of spirit; spirited. [R.]
The spiritful and orderly life of our own grown men. -- Milton. -- Spir"it*ful*ly, adv. -- Spir"it*ful*ness, n.
Spiritism (n.) Spiritualsm.
Spiritism (n.) Concern with things of the spirit [syn: spirituality, spiritualism, spiritism, otherworldliness] [ant: worldliness].
Spiritist (n.) A spiritualist.
Spiritless (a.) Destitute of spirit; wanting animation; wanting cheerfulness; dejected; depressed.
Spiritless (a.) Destitute of vigor; wanting life, courage, or fire.
A men so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in lock, so woebegone. -- Shak.
Spiritless (a.) Having no breath; extinct; dead. "The spiritless body." -- Greenhill. -- Spir"it*less*ly, adv. -- Spir"it*less*ness, n.
Spiritless (a.) Lacking ardor or vigor or energy; "a spiritless reply to criticism" [ant: spirited].
Spiritless (a.) Evidencing little spirit or courage; overly submissive or compliant; "compliant and anxious to suit his opinions of those of others"; "a fine fiery blast against meek conformity"- Orville Prescott; "she looked meek but had the heart of a lion"; "was submissive and subservient" [syn: meek, spiritless].
Spiritoso (a. & adv.) [It.] (Mus.) Spirited; spiritedly; -- a direction to perform a passage in an animated, lively manner.
Spiritous (a.) Like spirit; refined; defecated; pure. [R.]
More refined, more spirituous and pure. -- Milton.
Spiritous (a.) Ardent; active. [R.]
Spiritousness (n.) Quality of being spiritous. [R.]
Spiritual (a.) Consisting of spirit; not material; incorporeal; as, a spiritual substance or being.
It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. -- 1 Cor. xv. 44.
Spiritual (a.) Of or pertaining to the intellectual and higher endowments of the mind; mental; intellectual.
Spiritual (a.) Of or pertaining to the moral feelings or states of the soul, as distinguished from the external actions; reaching and affecting the spirits.
God's law is spiritual; it is a transcript of the divine nature, and extends its authority to the acts of the soul of man. -- Sir T. Browne.
Spiritual (a.) Of or pertaining to the soul or its affections as influenced by the Spirit; controlled and inspired by the divine Spirit; proceeding from the Holy Spirit; pure; holy; divine; heavenly-minded; -- opposed to carnal.
That I may impart unto you some spiritual gift. -- Rom. i. ll.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings. -- Eph. i. 3.
If a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one. -- Gal. vi. 1.
Spiritual (a.) Not lay or temporal; relating to sacred things; ecclesiastical; as, the spiritual functions of the clergy; lords spiritual and temporal; a spiritual corporation.
Spiritual coadjuctor. (Eccl.) See the Note under Jesuit.
Spiritual court (Eccl. Law), An ecclesiastical court, or a court having jurisdiction in ecclesiastical affairs; a court held by a bishop or other ecclesiastic.
Spiritual (n.) A spiritual function, office, or affair. See Spirituality, 2.
He assigns supremacy to the pope in spirituals, and to the emperor in temporals. -- Lowell.
Spiritual (a.) Concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church; "religious texts"; "a member of a religious order"; "lords temporal and spiritual"; "spiritual leaders"; "spiritual songs" [syn: religious, spiritual].
Spiritual (a.) Concerned with or affecting the spirit or soul; "a spiritual approach to life"; "spiritual fulfillment"; "spiritual values"; "unearthly love" [syn: spiritual, unearthly].
Spiritual (a.) Lacking material body or form or substance; "spiritual beings"; "the vital transcendental soul belonging to the spiritual realm" -- Lewis Mumford.
Spiritual (a.) Resembling or characteristic of a phantom; "a ghostly face at the window"; "a phantasmal presence in the room"; "spectral emanations"; "spiritual tappings at a seance" [syn: apparitional, ghostlike, ghostly, phantasmal, spectral, spiritual].
Spiritual (n.) A kind of religious song originated by Blacks in the southern United States [syn: spiritual, Negro spiritual].
Spiritualism (n.) The quality or state of being spiritual.
Spiritualism (n.) (Physiol.) The
doctrine, in opposition to the materialists, that all which exists is spirit,
or soul -- that what is called the external world is either a succession of
notions impressed on the mind by the Deity, as maintained by
Spiritualism (n.) A belief that departed spirits hold intercourse with mortals by means of physical phenomena, as by rappng, or during abnormal mental states, as in trances, or the like, commonly manifested through a person of special susceptibility, called a medium; spiritism; the doctrines and practices of spiritualists.
What is called spiritualism should, I think, be called a mental species of materialism. -- R. H. Hutton.
Spiritualism (n.) (Theology) Any doctrine that asserts the separate existence of God.
Spiritualism (n.) The belief that the spirits of dead people can communicate with people who are still alive (especially via a medium).
Spiritualism (n.) Concern with things of the spirit [syn: spirituality, spiritualism, spiritism, otherworldliness] [ant: worldliness].
Spiritualist (n.) One who professes a regard for spiritual things only; one whose employment is of a spiritual character; an ecclesiastic.
Spiritualist (n.) One who maintains the doctrine of spiritualism.
Spiritualist (n.) One who believes in direct intercourse with departed spirits, through the agency of persons commonly called mediums, by means of physical phenomena; one who attempts to maintain such intercourse; a spiritist.
Spiritualist (a.) Spiritualistic. -- Taylor.
Spiritualist (a.) Of or relating to or connected with spiritualism [syn: spiritualistic, spiritualist].
Spiritualist (n.) Someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead; "he consulted several mediums" [syn: medium, spiritualist, sensitive].
Spiritualistic (a.) Relating to, or connected with, spiritualism.
Spiritualistic (a.) Of or relating to or connected with Spiritualism [syn: spiritualistic, spiritualist]
Spiritualities (n. pl. ) of Spirituality.
Spirituality (n.) The quality or state of being spiritual; incorporeality; heavenly-mindedness.
A pleasure made for the soul, suitable to its spirituality. -- South.
If this light be not spiritual, yet it approacheth nearest to spirituality. -- Sir W. Raleigh.
Much of our spirituality and comfort in public worship depends on the state of mind in which we come. -- Bickersteth.
Spirituality (n.) (Eccl.) That which belongs to the church, or to a person as an ecclesiastic, or to religion, as distinct from temporalities.
During the vacancy of a see, the archbishop is guardian of the spiritualities thereof. -- Blackstone.
Spirituality (n.) An ecclesiastical body; the whole body of the clergy, as distinct from, or opposed to, the temporality. [Obs.]
Five entire subsidies were granted to the king by the spirituality. -- Fuller.
Spiritualization (n.) The act of spiritualizing, or the state of being spiritualized.
Spiritualization (n.) The act of making something spiritual; infusing it with spiritual content [syn: spiritualization, spiritualisation].
Spiritualized (imp. & p. p.) of Spiritualize.
Spiritualizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spiritualize.
Spiritualize (v. t.) To refine intellectiually or morally; to purify from the corrupting influence of the world; to give a spiritual character or tendency to; as, to spiritualize soul.
This seen in the clear air, and the whole spiritualized by endless recollections, fills the eye and the heart more forcibly than I can find words to say. -- Carlyle.
Spiritualize (v. t.) To give a spiritual meaning to; to take in a spiritual sense; -- opposed to literalize.
Spiritualize (v. t.) (Old Chem.) To extract spirit from; also, to convert into, or impregnate with, spirit.
Spiritualize (v.) Give a spiritual meaning to; read in a spiritual sense [syn: spiritualize, spiritualise] [ant: literalise, literalize].
Spiritualize (v.) Elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration [syn: transfigure, glorify, spiritualize].
Spiritualize (v.) Purify from the corrupting influences of the world; "During his stay at the ashram he was spiritualized" [syn: spiritualize, spiritualise].
Spiritualizer (n.) One who spiritualizes.
Spiritually (adv.) 精神上 In a spiritual manner; with purity of spirit; like a spirit.
Spiritually (adv.) In a spiritual manner; "the ninth century was the spiritually freest period".
Spiritual-minded (a.) Having the mind set on spiritual things, or filled with holy desires and affections. -- Spir"it*u*al-mind`ed*ness, n.
Spiritualness (n.) The quality or state of being spiritual or spiritual-minded; spirituality.
Spiritualty (n.) (Eccl.) An ecclesiastical body; a spirituality. -- Shak.
Spiritualty (n.) Property or income owned by a church [syn: spiritualty, spirituality, church property].
Spirituelle (a.) [F.] Of the nature, or having the appearance, of a spirit; pure; refined; ethereal.
Spirituosity (n.) The quality or state of being spirituous; spirituousness. [R.]
Spirituous (a.) Having the quality of spirit; tenuous in substance, and having active powers or properties; ethereal; immaterial; spiritual; pure.
Spirituous (a.) 含有酒精成分的；酒精成分高的；經過蒸餾的 Containing, or of the nature of, alcoholic (esp. distilled) spirit; consisting of refined spirit; alcoholic; ardent; as, spirituous liquors.
Spirituous (a.) Lively; gay; vivid; airy. [Obs.] -- Sir H. Wotton.
The mind of man is of that spirituous, stirring nature, that it is perpetually at work. -- South.
Spirituousness (n.) The quality or state of being spirituous. [R.] -- Boyle.
Spirketing (n.) (Naut.) The planking from the waterways up to the port sills. -- Totten.
Spirling (n.) Sparling. [Prov. Eng.]
Spirobacteria (n. pl.) See the Note under Microbacteria.
Spirochaeta (n.) Alt. of Spirochaete.
Spirochaete (n.) A genus of Spirobacteria similar to Spirillum, but distinguished by its motility. One species, the Spirochaete Obermeyeri, is supposed to be the cause of relapsing fever.
Spirograph (n.) An instrument for recording the respiratory movements, as the sphygmograph does those of the pulse.
Spirometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the vital capacity of the lungs, or the volume of air which can be expelled from the chest after the deepest possible inspiration. Cf. Pneumatometer.
Spirometry (n.) The act or process of measuring the chest capacity by means of a spirometer.
Spiroscope (n.) A wet meter used to determine the breathing capacity of the lungs.
Spiroylic (a.) Alt. of Spiroylous.
Spiroylous (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a substance now called salicylal.
Spirt (v. & n.) Same as Spurt.
Spirtle (v. t.) To spirt in a scattering manner.
Spirula (n.) A genus of cephalopods having a multilocular, internal, siphunculated shell in the form of a flat spiral, the coils of which are not in contact.
Spirulate (n.) Having the color spots, or structural parts, arranged spirally.
Spiry (a.) Of a spiral form; wreathed; curled; serpentine.
Spiry (a.) Of or pertaining to a spire; like a spire, tall, slender, and tapering; abounding in spires; as, spiry turrets.
Spiss (a.) Thick; crowded; compact; dense.
Spissated (a.) Rendered dense or compact, as by evaporation; inspissated; thickened.
Spissitude (n.) The quality or state of being spissated; as, the spissitude of coagulated blood, or of any coagulum.
Spit (n.) A long, slender, pointed rod, usually of iron, for holding meat while roasting.
Spit (n.) A small point of land running into the sea, or a long, narrow shoal extending from the shore into the sea; as, a spit of sand.
Spit (n.) The depth to which a spade goes in digging; a spade; a spadeful.
Spitted (imp. & p. p.) of Spit.
Spitting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spit.
Spit (n.) To thrust a spit through; to fix upon a spit; hence, to thrust through or impale; as, to spit a loin of veal.
Spit (n.) To spade; to dig.
Spit (v. i.) To attend to a spit; to use a spit.
Spit (imp. & p. p.) of Spit.