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The sandpiper. [prov. Eng.]

A variety of onyx consisting of sard and white chalcedony in alternate layers.

An incarnation of Satan; a being possessed by a demon. [R.] O. A. Brownson.

Like or composed of satin; glossy; as, to have a satiny appearance; a satiny texture.

Saxony yarn, or flannel made of it or similar yarn.

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

A species of bindweed or Convolvulus (C. Scammonia).

Deserving scorn; paltry. [Obs.]

Thin; lean; meager; scrawny; scrannel. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

One who gathers and hoards money in trifling sums; a miser.

Meager; thin; rawboned; bony; scranny.

minute inspection; critical observation. They that have designed exactness and deep scrutiny have taken some one part of nature. Sir M. Hale. Thenceforth I thought thee worth my nearer view And narrower scrutiny. Milton.

Refusing to gratify one's self; self-sacrificing. -- Self`-de*ny"ing*ly, adv.

The pupa of insects which undergo only a slight change in passing to the imago state.

The European smooth blenny (Blennius pholis). It is olive-green with irregular black spots, and without appendages on the head.

Bright; shining; radiant; sheen. "A sheeny summer morn." Tennyson.

One of a small, hardy breed of horses, with long mane and tail, which originated in the Shetland Islands; a sheltie.

Bright; luminous; clear; unclouded. Like distant thunder on a shiny day. Dryden.

The crime of buying or selling ecclesiastical preferment; the corrupt presentation of any one to an ecclesiastical benefice for money or reward. Piers Plowman.

Of the value of, or costing, sixpence; as, a sixpenny loaf.