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and for religious instruction; the pupils, or the teachers and pupils, of such a school, collectively.

ing to their ability. [Eng.] Cowell. Now, a phrase for obligations of every kind regarded collectivelly. Experienced men of the world know very well that it is best to pay scot and lot as they go along. Emerson.

Collectively, the people of Scotland.

The domain or sphere of scoundrels; scoundrels, collectively; the state, ideas, or practices of scoundrels. Carlyle.

tually frequents the sea, as an auk, gannet, gull, tern, or petrel; also, all such birds, collectively.

A body of servants; servants, collectively. [R.]

Servants, collectively. [Obs.] After him a cumbrous train Of herds and flocks, and numerous servitude. Milton.

Servants, collectively. [Obs.]

Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.

Shafts, collectivelly; a system of connected shafts for communicating motion.

Material for shelves; shelves, collectively.

The act of covering with shingles; shingles, collectively; a covering made of shingles.

The collective body of ships in one place, or belonging to one port, country, etc.; vessels, generally; tonnage.

In shore, near the shore. Marryat. -- On shore. See under On. -- Shore birds (Zoöl.), a collective name for the various limicoline birds found on the seashore. -- Shore crab (Zoöl.), any crab found on the beaches, or between tides, especially any one of various species of grapsoid crabs, as Heterograpsus nudus of Ca…

A system of props; props, collectively.

A shrapnel shell; shrapnel shells, collectively. Shrapnel shell (Gunnery), a projectile for a cannon, consisting of a shell filled with bullets and a small bursting charge to scatter them at any given point while in flight. See the Note under Case shot.

The forest trees of a region or country, considered collectively.

A society of sisters; a society of women united in one faith or order; sisters, collectively. "A sisterhood of holy nuns." Shak. The fair young flowers . . . a beauteous sisterhood. Bryant.

Skirts, taken collectivelly; material for skirts. Skirting board, the board running around a room on the wall next the floor; baseboard.

Slates, collectively; also, material for slating.