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A sea purse.

See Thrift.

Any fish of the genus Diodon, and allied genera, whose body is covered with spines. See Illust. under Diodon.

Opinion, especially high opinion, of one's self; an overweening estimate of one's self or of one's own opinion. Collier.

Having a high opinion of one's self; opinionated; conceited. South.

Relating to ships, their ownership, transfer, or employment; as, shiping concerns.

A document used in shipping goods by sea. In the case of free goods the shipping notes are the receiving note, addressed by the shipper to the chief officer of the vessel, requesting him to receive on board specified goods, and a receipt for the mate to sign, on receiving whose signature it is called the mate's receipt…

sulphocyanic acid, as a white crystalline substance, having a hot, bitter taste. When sinapine is isolated it is unstable and undergoes decomposition.

In a skipping manner; by skips, or light leaps.

See Sculpin.

Very large; monstrous; big. [Slang.]

A kind of pine tree (Pinus Cubensis) found in Southern Florida and the West Indies; -- so called because it grows in "slashes."

The quality or state of being sleepy.

from Sleep. Sleeping car, a railway car or carrriage, arranged with apartments and berths for sleeping. -- Sleeping partner (Com.), a dormant partner. See under Dormant. -- Sleeping table (Mining), a stationary inclined platform on which pulverized ore is washed; a kind of buddle.

Slipperiness. [R.] "The slippiness of the way." Sir W. Scott.

orizontal or other right line; oblique; declivous; slanting. -- Slop"ing*ly, adv. The sloping land recedes into the clouds. Cowper.

The quality or state of being sloppy; muddiness.

a. & n. from Snap, v. Snapping beetle. (Zoöl.) See Snap beetle, under Snap. -- Snapping turtle. (Zoöl.) (a) A large and voracious aquatic turtle (Chelydra serpentina) common in the fresh waters of the United States; -- so called from its habit of seizing its prey by a snap of its jaws. Called also mud turtle. (b) See…

Quality or state of being soapy.

more recent version of soppy. Used esp. in phrase sopping wet.