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A short poem, -- usually amatory. [Obs.] Shak. He had a wonderful desire to chant a sonnet or hymn unto Apollo Pythius. Holland.

A composer of sonnets, or small poems; a small poet; -- usually in contempt. What woful stuff this madrigal would be In some starved hackney sonneteer or me! Pope.

A composer of sonnets.

A sonneter, or sonneteer. Bp. Hall.

To compose sonnets.

A net for catching crabs. Halliwell.

Relating to, or connected with, spermatogenesis; as, spermatogenetic function.

f or pertaining to both the sphenoidal and the ethmoidal regions of the skull, or the sphenethmoid bone; sphenethmoidal. Sphenethmoid bone (Anat.), a bone of the skull which surrounds the anterior end of the brain in many amphibia; the girdle bone.

Relating to the sphenoethmoid bone; sphenoethmoid.

An aromatic plant of America. See Spikenard.

unded by means of leather or quill plectrums or jacks. It was formerly much used. Dumb spinet. (Mus.) See Manichordon.

Any one or several species of swifts of the genus Acanthylis, or Chætura, and allied genera, in which the shafts of the tail feathers terminate in rigid spines.

Slit; cleft. [Obs. & R.]

Affected with spleen; malicious; spiteful; peevish; fretful. "Splenetic guffaw." G. Eliot. You humor me when I am sick; Why not when I am splenetic Pope.

Splenetic.

In a splenetical manner.

An elastic textile fabric imitating knitting, of which stockings, under-garments, etc., are made.

A bonnet, generally made of some thin or light fabric, projecting beyond the face, and commonly having a cape, -- worn by women as a protection against the sun.

A fabric like poplin, with a watered surface. [Written also tabinet.]

See Tabbinet. Thackeray.