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Chem.), salt tin, or stannic chloride; -- the alchemical name of tin being Jove. -- Sal Martis Etym: [NL.] (Old Chem.), green vitriol, or ferrous sulphate; -- the alchemical name of iron being. Mars. -- Sal microcosmicum Etym: [NL.] (Old Chem.) See Microcosmic salt, under Microcosmic. -- Sal plumbi Etym: [NL.] (Old…

Stones left after sifting. Smart.

s feathers saturate with dew. Cowper. The sand beneath our feet is saturate With blood of martyrs. Longfellow.

One who says; an utterer. Mr. Curran was something much better than a sayer of smart sayings. Jeffrey.

oducts were the system of Locke, the scepsis of Hume, the critical philosophy of kant. J. martineau.

. of Music). In score (Mus.), having all the parts arranged and placed in juxtaposition. Smart. -- To quit scores, to settle or balance accounts; to render an equivalent; to make compensation. Does not the earth quit scores with all the elements in the noble fruits that issue from it South.

A breach or rent; a breaking forth into a loud, shrill sound; as, martial screeds.

out of order, so that work is not done smoothly; as, there is a screw loose somewhere. H. Martineau. -- Endless, or perpetual screw, a screw used to give motion to a toothed wheel by the action of its threads between the teeth of the wheel; -- called also a worm. -- Lag screw. See under Lag. -- Micrometer screw, a s…

A little or petty sect. [R.] "Some new sect or sectiuncle." J. Martineau.

s as the expression of thought or reasoning; the science of indicating thought by signs. Smart.

Natural dispersion of seeds. Martyn.

Always fresh; evergreen. [R.] Smart.

A notching, like that between the teeth of a saw, in the edge of anything. Martyn.

tic offices; to be occupied with household affairs; to prepare and dish up food, etc. But Martha . . . said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone Luke x. 40.

Jib Stay; 3 Fore Topgallant Stay;4 Jib Stay; 5 Fore Topmast Stays; 6 Fore Tacks; 8 Flying Martingale; 9 Martingale Stay, shackled to Dolphin Striker; 10 Jib Guys; 11 Jumper Guys; 12 Back Ropes; 13 Robstays; 14 Flying Jib Boom; 15 Flying Jib Footropes; 16 Jib Boom; 17 Jib Foottropes; 18 Bowsprit; 19 Fore Truck; 20 Fore…

to, a siren; fascinating; deceptive. Here's couple of sirenical rascals shall enchant ye. Marton.

A blow; a smart stroke. [Prov. Eng.] Brockett.

An unintentional error or fault; a false step. This good man's slip mended his pace to martyrdom. Fuller.

A quick, smart blow; a slap. Johnson.

Smart; jaunty; spruce. See Smirk, a. [Obs.] So smerk, so smooth, his pricked ears. Spenser.