Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S

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Say (v. i.) To speak; to express an opinion; to make answer; to reply.

You have said; but whether wisely or no, let the forest judge. -- Shak.

To this argument we shall soon have said; for what concerns it us to hear a husband divulge his household privacies? -- Milton

Say (n.) A speech; something said; an expression of opinion; a current story; a maxim or proverb. [Archaic or Colloq.]

He no sooner said out his say, but up rises a cunning snap. -- L'Estrange.

That strange palmer's boding say, That fell so ominous and drear Full on the object of his fear. -- Sir W. Scott.

Say (n.) The chance to speak; "let him have his say".

Say (v.) Express in words; "He said that he wanted to marry her"; "tell me what is bothering you"; "state your opinion"; "state your name" [syn: state, say, tell].

Say (v.) Report or maintain; "He alleged that he was the victim of a crime"; "He said it was too late to intervene in the war"; "The registrar says that I owe the school money" [syn: allege, aver, say].

Say (v.) Express a supposition; "Let us say that he did not tell the truth"; "Let's say you had a lot of money--what would you do?" [syn: suppose, say].

Say (v.) Have or contain a certain wording or form; "The passage reads as follows"; "What does the law say?" [syn: read, say].

Say (v.) Give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority; "I said to him to go home"; "She ordered him to do the shopping"; "The mother told the child to get dressed" [syn: order, tell, enjoin, say].

Say (v.) Speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way; "She pronounces French words in a funny way"; "I cannot say `zip wire'"; "Can the child sound out this complicated word?" [syn: pronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out, enunciate, say].

Say (v.) Communicate or express nonverbally; "What does this painting say?"; "Did his face say anything about how he felt?"

Say (v.) Utter aloud; "She said `Hello' to everyone in the office".

Say (v.) State as one's opinion or judgement; declare; "I say let's forget this whole business".

Say (v.) Recite or repeat a fixed text; "Say grace"; "She said her `Hail Mary'".

Say (v.) Indicate; "The clock says noon".

Say (v. t.) To type to a terminal. ?To list a directory verbosely, you have to say ls -l.? Tends to imply a newline-terminated command (a ?sentence?).

Say (v. t.) A computer may also be said to ?say? things to you, even if it doesn't have a speech synthesizer, by displaying them on a terminal in response to your commands. Hackers find it odd that this usage confuses mundanes.

Say, () A human may "say" things to a computer by typing them on a terminal. "To list a directory verbosely, say "ls -l"." Tends to imply a newline-terminated command (a "sentence").

Say, () A computer may "say" things to you, even if it doesn't have a speech synthesiser, by displaying them on a terminal in response to your commands. This usage often confuses mundanes. [{Jargon File]

Sayer (n.) One who says; an utterer.

Mr. Curran was something much better than a sayer of smart sayings. -- Jeffrey.

Sayette (n.) A mixed stuff, called also sagathy. See Sagathy.

Saying (n.) That which is said; a declaration; a statement, especially a proverbial one; an aphorism; a proverb.

Many are the sayings of the wise, In ancient and in modern books enrolled. -- Milton.

Syn: Declaration; speech; adage; maxim; aphorism; apothegm; saw; proverb; byword.

Saying (n.) A word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations; "pardon the expression" [syn: saying, expression, locution].

Sayman (n.) One who assays. [Obs.] -- Bacon.

Saymaster (n.) A master of assay; one who tries or proves. [Obs.] "Great saymaster of state." -- B. Jonson.

Saynd () p. p. of Senge, to singe. -- Chaucer.

'Sblood (interj.) An abbreviation of God's blood; -- used as an oath. [Obs.] -- Shak.

Scab (n.) An incrustation over a sore, wound, vesicle, or pustule, formed by the drying up of the discharge from the diseased part.

Scab (n.) The itch in man; also, the scurvy. [Colloq. or Obs.]

Scab (n.) The mange, esp. when it appears on sheep. -- Chaucer.

Scab (n.) A disease of potatoes producing pits in their surface, caused by a minute fungus ({Tiburcinia Scabies).

Scab (n.) (Founding) A slight irregular protuberance which defaces the surface of a casting, caused by the breaking away of a part of the mold.

Scab (n.) A mean, dirty, paltry fellow. [Low] -- Shak.

Scab (n.) A nickname for a workman who engages for lower wages than are fixed by the trades unions; also, for one who takes the place of a workman on a strike. [Cant]

Scab (n.) (Bot.) Any one of various more or less destructive fungus diseases attacking cultivated plants, and usually forming dark-colored crustlike spots.

Scab (n.) (Skin covering) [ C ] A rough surface made of dried blood that forms over a cut or broken skin while it is healing.

Compare: Scar noun

Scab (n.) (Skin covering) [ U ] A plant or animal disease that causes rough areas on the skin.

Scab (n.) (Worker) [ C ] (Informal) (Disapproving) An insulting word for a person who continues working while other people in the organization are on strike.

Scabbed (imp. & p. p.) of Scab.

Scabbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scab.

Scab (v. i.) To become covered with a scab; as, the wound scabbed over.

Scab (v. i.) to take the place of a striking worker.

Scab (n.) Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike [syn: scab, strikebreaker, blackleg, rat].

Scab (n.) The crustlike surface of a healing skin lesion.

Scab (v.) Form a scab; "the wounds will eventually scab".

Scab (v.) Take the place of work of someone on strike [syn: fink, scab, rat, blackleg].

Scabbard (n.) The case in which the blade of a sword, dagger, etc., is kept; a sheath.

Nor in thy scabbard sheathe that famous blade. -- Fairfax.

Scabbard fish (Zool.), A long, compressed, silver-colored taenioid fish ({Lepidopus argyreus syn. Lepidopus caudatus), found on the European coasts, and more abundantly about New Zealand, where it is called frostfish and considered an excellent food fish.

Scabbard (v. t.) To put in a scabbard.

Scabbard (n.) A sheath for a sword or dagger or bayonet.

Scabbard plane () See Scaleboard plane, under Scaleboard.

Scabbed (a.) Abounding with scabs; diseased with scabs.

Scabbed (a.) Fig.: Mean; paltry; vile; worthless. -- Bacon.

Scabbedness (n.) Scabbiness.

Scabbily (adv.) In a scabby manner.

Scabbiness (n.) The quality or state of being scabby.

Scabble (v. t.) See Scapple.

Scabby (a.) Affected with scabs; full of scabs.

Scabby (a.) Diseased with the scab, or mange; mangy. -- Swift.

Scabby (a.) Covered with scabs.

Scabies (n.) (Med.) The itch.

Compare: Itch

Itch (n.) (Med.) An eruption of small, isolated, acuminated vesicles, produced by the entrance of a parasitic mite (the Sarcoptes scabei), and attended with itching. It is transmissible by contact.
Itch (n.) Any itching eruption.

Itch (n.) A sensation in the skin occasioned (or resembling that occasioned) by the itch eruption; -- called also scabies, psora, etc.

Itch (n.) A constant irritating desire.

An itch of being thought a divine king. -- Dryden.

Baker's itch. See under Baker.

Barber's itch, Sycosis.

Bricklayer's itch, An eczema of the hands attended with much itching, occurring among bricklayers.

Grocer's itch, An itching eruption, being a variety of eczema, produced by the sugar mite ({Tyrogluphus sacchari).

Itch insect (Zool.), A small parasitic mite ({Sarcoptes scabei) which burrows and breeds beneath the human skin, thus causing the disease known as the itch. See Illust. in Append.

Itch mite. (Zool.) Same as Itch insect, above. Also, other similar mites affecting the lower animals, as the horse and ox.

Sugar baker's itch, A variety of eczema, due to the action of sugar upon the skin.

Washerwoman's itch, Eczema of the hands and arms, occurring among washerwomen.

Scabies (n.) A contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite; characterized by persistent itching and skin irritation; "he has a bad case of the itch" [syn: scabies, itch].

Scabious (a.) Consisting of scabs; rough; itchy; leprous; as, scabious eruptions. --Arbuthnot.

Scabious (n.) (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Scabiosa, several of the species of which are common in Europe. They resemble the Compositae, and have similar heads of flowers, but the anthers are not connected.

Sweet scabious. (a) Mourning bride.

Sweet scabious. (b) A daisylike plant ({Erigeron annuus) having a stout branching stem.

Scabious (n.) Any of various plants of the genus Scabiosa [syn: scabious, scabiosa].

Scabling (n.) A fragment or chip of stone. [Written also scabline.]

Scabredity (n.) Roughness; ruggedness. [Obs.] -- Burton.

Scabrous (a.) Rough to the touch, like a file; having small raised dots, scales, or points; scabby; scurfy; scaly. -- Arbuthnot.

Scabrous (a.) Fig.: Harsh; unmusical. [R.]

His verse is scabrous and hobbling. -- Dryden.

Scabrous (a.) Rough to the touch; covered with scales or scurf [syn: lepidote, leprose, scabrous, scaly, scurfy].

Scabrous (a.) Dealing with salacious or indecent material; "a scabrous novel".

Scabrousness (n.) The quality of being scabrous.

Scabwort (n.) (Bot.) Elecampane.

Compare: Friar

Friar (n.) (R. C. Ch.) A brother or member of any religious order, but especially of one of the four mendicant orders, viz:

Friar (n.) (a) Minors, Gray Friars, or Franciscans. (b) Augustines. (c) Dominicans or Black Friars. (d) White Friars or Carmelites. See these names in the Vocabulary.

Friar (n.) (Print.) A white or pale patch on a printed page.

Friar (n.) (Zool.) An American fish; the silversides.

Friar bird (Zool.), An Australian bird ({Tropidorhynchus corniculatus), having the head destitute of feathers; -- called also coldong, leatherhead, pimlico; poor soldier, and four-o'clock. The name is also applied to several other species of the same genus.

Friar's balsam (Med.), A stimulating application for wounds and ulcers, being an alcoholic solution of benzoin, styrax, tolu balsam, and aloes; compound tincture of benzoin. -- Brande & C.

Friar's cap (Bot.), The monkshood.

Friar's cowl (Bot.) An arumlike plant ({Arisarum vulgare"> Friar's cowl (Bot.), an arumlike plant ({Arisarum vulgare) with a spathe or involucral leaf resembling a cowl.

Friar's lantern, The ignis fatuus or Will-o'-the-wisp. -- Milton.

Friar skate (Zool.), The European white or sharpnosed skate ({Raia alba); -- called also Burton skate, border ray, scad, and doctor.

Scad (n.) (Zool.) A small carangoid fish ({Trachurus saurus) abundant on the European coast, and less common on the American. The name is applied also to several allied species.

Scad (n.) The goggler; -- called also big-eyed scad. See Goggler.

Scad (n.) The friar skate. [Scot.]

Scad (n.) The cigar fish, or round robin.

Scad (n.) Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.

Scads (n.) [ plural ] (Informal) A large number or amount.

// He earns scads of money.

Scaffold (n.) A temporary structure of timber, boards, etc., for various purposes, as for supporting workmen and materials in building, for exhibiting a spectacle upon, for holding the spectators at a show, etc.

Pardon, gentles all, The flat, unraised spirits that have dared On this unworthy scaffold to bring forth So great an object. -- Shak.

Scaffold (n.) Specifically, a stage or elevated platform for the execution of a criminal; as, to die on the scaffold.

That a scaffold of execution should grow a scaffold of coronation. -- Sir P. Sidney.

Scaffold (n.) (Metal.) An accumulation of adherent, partly fused material forming a shelf, or dome-shaped obstruction, above the tuyeres in a blast furnace.

Scaffold (v. t.) To furnish or uphold with a scaffold.

Scaffold (n.) A platform from which criminals are executed (hanged or beheaded).

Scaffold (n.) A temporary arrangement erected around a building for convenience of workers.

Scaffold (v.) Provide with a scaffold for support; "scaffold the building before painting it".

Scaffoldage (n.) A scaffold. [R.] -- Shak.

Scaffolding (n.) A scaffold; a supporting framework; as, the scaffolding of the body. -- Pope.

Scaffolding (n.) Materials for building scaffolds.

Scaffolding (n.) A system of scaffolds [syn: scaffolding, staging].

Scaffolding (n.) Also called scaffold or staging, is a temporary structure used to support a work crew and materials to aid in the construction, maintenance and repair of buildings, bridges and all other man made structures. Scaffolding is also used in adapted forms for formwork and shoring, grandstand seating, concert stages, access/ viewing towers, exhibition stands, ski ramps, half pipes and art projects.

Scaglia (n.) A reddish variety of limestone.

Scagliola (n.) An imitation of any veined and ornamental stone, as marble, formed by a substratum of finely ground gypsum mixed with glue, the surface of which, while soft, is variegated with splinters of marble, spar, granite, etc., and subsequently colored and polished.

Scalae (n. pl. ) of Scala.

Scala (n.) (Surg.) A machine formerly employed for reducing dislocations of the humerus.

Scala (n.) (Anat.) A term applied to any one of the three canals of the cochlea.

Scalable (a.) Capable of being scaled. Scalade

Scalable (a.) Capable of being scaled; possible to scale; "the scalable slope of a mountain" [ant: unclimbable, unscalable].

Scalade (n.) Alt. of Scalado.

Scalado (n.) (Mil.) See Escalade. -- Fairfax.

Scalar (n.) (Math.) In the quaternion analysis, a quantity that has magnitude, but not direction; -- distinguished from a vector, which has both magnitude and direction.

Scalar (a.) Of or relating to a musical scale; "he played some basic scalar patterns on his guitar".

Scalar (a.) Of or relating to a directionless magnitude (such as mass or speed etc.) that is completely specified by its magnitude; "scalar quantity".

Scalar (n.) A variable quantity that cannot be resolved into components.

Scalar, () A single number, as opposed to a vector or matrix of numbers. Thus, for example, "scalar multiplication" refers to the operation of multiplying one number (one scalar) by another and is used to contrast this with "matrix multiplication" etc.

Scalar, () In a parallel processor or vector processor, the "scalar processor" handles all the sequential operations - those which cannot be parallelised or vectorised.