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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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SLAVEHOLDER n.
One who holds slaves.
SLAVEHOLDING a.
Holding persons in slavery.
SLEEVEHAND n.
The part of a sleeve nearest the hand; a cuff or wristband. [Obs.] Shak.
SMOKEHOUSE n.
A building where meat or fish is cured by subjecting it to a dense smoke.
SNAKEHEAD n. 3 definitions
The turtlehead.
SOMEHOW adv.
er; in some way not yet known or designated; by some means; as, the thing must be done somehow; he lives somehow. By their action upon one another they may be swelled somehow, so as to shorten the length. Cheyne.
SOREHEAD n.
One who is disgruntled by a failure in politics, or the like. [Slang, U.S.]
SOREHON n.
Formerly, in Ireland, a kind of servile tenure which subjected the tenant to maintain his chieftain gratuitously whenever he wished to indulge in a revel. Spenser.
SPEKEHOUSE n.
The parlor or reception room of a convent. [Obs.]
SQUIREHOOD n.
The rank or state of a squire; squireship. Swift.
STAGEHOUSE n.
A house where a stage regularly stops for passengers or a relay of horses.
STAKEHEAD n.
A horizontal bar on a stake, used for supporting the yarns which are kept apart by pins in the bar.
STAKEHOLDER n.
The holder of a stake; one with whom the bets are deposited when a wager is laid.
STATEHOOD n.
The condition of being a State; as, a territory seeking Statehood.
STATEHOUSE n.
The building in which a State legislature holds its sessions; a State capitol. [U. S.]
STOKEHOLD n.
f the spaces, in front of the boilers of a ship, from which the furnaces are fed; the stokehole of a ship; also, a room containing a ship's boilers; as, forced draft with closed stokehold; -- called also, in American ships, fireroom.
STOKEHOLE n.
The mouth to the grate of a furnace; also, the space in front of the furnace, where the stokers stand.
STONEHATCH n.
The ring plover, or dotterel. [Prov. Eng.]
STONEHENGE n.
An assemblage of upright stones with others placed horizontally on their tops, on Salisbury Plain, England, -- generally supposed to be the remains of an ancient Druidical temple.
STOREHOUSE n. 2 definitions
ding for keeping goods of any kind, especially provisions; a magazine; a repository; a warehouse. Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto Egyptians. Gen. xli. 56. The Scripture of God is a storehouse abounding with estimable treasures of wisdom and knowledge. Hooker.
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