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An inhabitant of the country, especially one who is rude, coarse, or dull; a clown. Hence to your fields, you rustics! hence, away. Pope.

thless code of war allowed, in that age, on the persons and property of the defenseless inhabitants, without regard to sex or age. Prescott.

A native or inhabitant of Samaria; also, the language of Samaria.

A native or inhabitant of Samos.

moan Islands (formerly called Navigators' Islands) in the South Pacific Ocean, or their inhabitants. -- n.

A native or inhabitant of Sardinia.

Of or pertaining to Sarmatia, or its inhabitants, the ancestors of the Russians und the Poles.

A native or inhabitant of Savoy.

e fifth and sixth centuries. (b) Also used in the sense of Anglo-Saxon. (c) A native or inhabitant of modern Saxony.

A native or inhabitant of Scandinavia.

A native or inhabitant of Scio. [Written also Chiot.]

A native or inhabitant of Scotland; a Scotsman, or Scotchman.

Of or pertaining to Scotland, its language, or its inhabitants; Scottish. Scotch broom (Bot.), the Cytisus scoparius. See Broom. -- Scotch dipper, or Scotch duck (Zoöl.), the bufflehead; -- called also Scotch teal, and Scotchman. -- Scotch fiddle, the itch. [Low] Sir W. Scott. -- Scotch mist, a coarse, dense mist, l…

A native or inhabitant of Scotland; a Scot; a Scotsman.

Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of Scotland, their country, or their language; as, Scottish industry or economy; a Scottish chief; a Scottish dialect.

e given to the northern part of Asia, and Europe adjoining to Asia), or its language or inhabitants. Scythian lamb. (Bot.) See Barometz.

To settle; to plant with inhabitants; as to seat a country. [Obs.] W. Stith.

n action was then, perhaps, the same which was defined in an "order made in 1635 by the inhabitants of Charlestown at a full meeting for the government of the town, by selectmen;" the name presently extended throughout New England to municipal governors. Palfrey.

A native or inhabitant of Servia.

To plant with inhabitants; to colonize; to people; as, the French first settled Canada; the Puritans settled New England; Plymouth was settled in 1620. To settle on or upon, to confer upon by permanent grant; to assure to. "I . . . have settled upon him a good annuity." Addison. -- To settle the land (Naut.), to cause…