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A variety of onyx consisting of sard and white chalcedony in alternate layers.

Saxony yarn, or flannel made of it or similar yarn.

A fine grade of woolen yarn twisted somewhat harder and smoother than zephyr yarn.

A species of bindweed or Convolvulus (C. Scammonia).

One of a small, hardy breed of horses, with long mane and tail, which originated in the Shetland Islands; a sheltie.

The crime of buying or selling ecclesiastical preferment; the corrupt presentation of any one to an ecclesiastical benefice for money or reward. Piers Plowman.

Same as Spooney.

The growth or development of an animal or a zooid from a nonsexual germ.

o stone, consisting of, or abounding in, stone or stones; resembling stone; hard; as, a stony tower; a stony cave; stony ground; a stony crust.

Stramonium.

A consonance or harmony of sounds, agreeable to the ear, whether the sounds are vocal or instrumental, or both. The trumpets sound, And warlike symphony in heard around. Dryden.

in time; synchronism. [R.] Geological contemporaneity is the same as chronological synchrony. Huxley.

rly the same signification, and therefore may often be used interchangeably. See under Synonymous. [Written also synonyme.] All languages tend to clear themselves of synonyms as intellectual culture advances, the superfluous words being taken up and appropriated by new shades and combinations of thought evolved in the…

Synonyms. [Obs.] Fuller.

Synonymous. [Obs.]

Synonymously. [Obs.]

Same as Synonym.

The science, or the scientific treatment, of synonymous words.

Of or pertaining to synonyms, or synonymic; synonymous.

A dictionary of synonyms. C. J. Smith.