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The quality or state of being smothery.

Of or pertaining to Socotra, an island in the Indian Ocean, on the east coast of Africa. -- n.

Condition of being solitary.

The quality or state of being sorry.

The quality or state of being starry; as, the starriness of the heavens.

The quality or state of being stationary; fixity.

Being, acting, or growing, under water in the sea; as, submarine navigators; submarine plants. Submarine armor, a waterproof dress of strong material, having a helmet into which air for breathing is pumped through a tube leading from above the surface to enable a diver to remain under water. -- Submarine cable. See Te…

The quality or state of being sugary, or sweet.

Sulphureous. [R.]

The quality or state of being sultry.

A small, shallow drum; a tabor.

A small drum, especially a shallow drum with only one skin, played on with the hand, and having bells at the sides; a timbrel.

Of or pertaining to the tanagers.

lavor. It is said to have been produced in America from the mandarin. [Written also tangierine.]

Potassium carbonate, obtained by the incineration of tartar. [Obs.]

Of or pertaining to the genus Taurus, or cattle.

or state of being tawdry. A clumsy person makes his ungracefulness more ungraceful by tawdriness of dress. Richardson.

The quality or state of being temporary; -- opposed to perpetuity.

e same dish; also, a dish consisting of several meats braised together and served in a terrine.

Of or pertaining to weaving, textorial; as, the textrine art. Denham.