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Somewhat salt. -- Salt"ish*ly, adv. -- Salt"ish*ness, n.

Somewhat salt; saltish.

Fig.: Dry, old; husky; withered; spiritless. "A somewhat sapless womanhood." Lowell. Now sapless on the verge of death he stands. Dryden.

ent used to set or turn the teeth of a saw a little sidewise, that they may make a kerf somewhat wider than the thickness of the blade, to prevent friction; -- called also saw-wrest.

A powerful instrument of brass, curved somewhat like the Roman buccina, or tuba.

A fine grade of woolen yarn twisted somewhat harder and smoother than zephyr yarn.

A scaffold; a supporting framework; as, the scaffolding of the body. Pope.

Having feathers which in form, color, or arrangement somewhat resemble scales; as, the scaled dove. Scaled dove (Zoöl.), any American dove of the genus Scardafella. Its colored feather tips resemble scales.

us Scammonia, of a blackish gray color, a nauseous smell like that of old cheese, and a somewhat acrid taste. It is used in medicine as a cathartic.

Sparing; parsimonious; chary. Be somewhat scanter of your maiden presence. Shak.

Somewhat less than is needed; insufficient; scant; as, a scanty supply of words; a scanty supply of bread.

, something 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. -- Micromete…

To cut (anything) in such a way as to fit closely to a somewhat irregular surface, as a baseboard to a floor which is out of level, a board to the curves of a molding, or the like; -- so called because the workman marks, or scribe, with the compasses the line that he afterwards cuts.

A shrubby plant (Coccoloba uvifera) growing on the sandy shores of tropical America, somewhat resembling the grapevine.

The sea mew.

A gull; the mew.

The sea mew.

A plant (Ludwigia alternifolia) which has somewhat cubical or box-shaped capsules.

Having all the essential working parts connected by a bedplate or framework, or contained in a case, etc., so that mutual relations of the parts do not depend upon fastening outside of the machine itself. Self-contained steam engine. (a) A steam engine having both bearings for the crank shaft attached to the frame of t…

Somewhat precious; as, semiprecious stones or metals.