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was thus the medium through which all affairs of the whole government had to pass. Dr. W. Smith.

ible than the pain. Sir W. Temple. Any very sensible effect upon the prices of things. A. Smith.

To make biting, sarcastic, or severe. "Sharpen each word." E. Smith.

argums and by the later Jews, and adopted by Christians. [Written also Shechinah.] Dr. W. Smith (Bib. Dict.)

, that shrilledloud as lark. Spenser. No sounds were heard but of the shrilling cock. Goldsmith. His voice shrilled with passion. L. Wallace.

ke. "With shuddering horror pale." Milton. The shuddering tennant of the frigid zone. Goldsmith.

To become disgusting or tedious. The toiling pleasure sickens into pain. Goldsmith.

irectly in front; as, a sidelong glance. The bashful virgin's sidelong looks of love. Goldsmith.

g to the Simian. That strange simious, schoolboy passion of giving pain to others. Sydney Smith.

aw), any contract, whether verbal or written, which is not of record or under seal. J. W. Smith. Chitty. -- Simple equation (Alg.), an eqyation containing but one unknown quantity, and that quantity only in the first degree. -- Simple eye (Zoöl.), an eye having a single lens; -- opposed to Ant: compound eye. -- Simp…

The act of simplifying. A. Smith.

ortures . . . might, if properly treated, serve to sinew the state in time of danger. Goldsmith.

A line of coast certainly amounting, with its sinuosities, to more than 700 miles. Sydney Smith.

near the border, or extremity. Savages . . . who skirt along our western frontiers. S. S. Smith.

takes place; as, the lime slakes. Slake trough, a trough containing water in which a blacksmith cools a forging or tool.

A mucuslike substance which exudes from the bodies of certain animals. Goldsmith. Slime eel. (Zoöl.) See 1st Hag, 4. -- Slime pit, a pit for the collection of slime or bitumen.

ion for a sly, cunning, or waggish person. Slyboots was cursedly cunning to hide 'em. Goldsmith.

damp and rolling vapor, with no sun, But in its place a moving smear of light. Alexander Smith.

A smithy. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

ke or affect with passion, as love or fear. The charms that smite the simple heart. Pope. Smith with the love of sister arts we came. Pope. To smite off, to cut off. -- To smite out, to knock out, as a tooth. Exod,xxi.27. -- To smite with the tongue, to reproach or upbarid; to revile. [Obs.] Jer. xviii. 18.…