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Predominant; greatest; utmost; paramount. We acknowledge him [God] our sovereign good. Hooker.

attention; a specialty. On these two general heads all other specialities are depedent. Hooker. Strive, while improving your one talent, to enrich your whole capital as a man. It is in this way that you escape from the wretched narrow- mindedness which is the characteristic of every one who cultivates his speciality. L…

A female beholder or looker-on. "A spectatress of the whole scene." Jeffrey.

Given to speculation; contemplative. The mind of man being by nature speculative. Hooker.

e, as pepper, cinnamon, nutmeg, mace, allspice, ginger, cloves, etc., which are used in cookery and to flavor sauces, pickles, etc. Hast thou aught in thy purse [bag] any hot spices Piers Plowman.

Poison spittle; poison ejected from the mouth. [R.] Hooker.

officinalis, variety Mediterranea); -- called also turkish sponge. -- To set a sponge (Cookery), to leaven a small mass of flour, to be used in leavening a larger quantity. -- To throw up the sponge, to give up a contest; to acknowledge defeat; -- from a custom of the prize ring, the person employed to sponge a pugil…

Commodities, as merchandise and cotton, sold for immediate delivery. [Broker's Cant] Crescent spot (Zoöl.), any butterfly of the family Melitæidæ having crescent-shaped white spots along the margins of the red or brown wings. -- Spot lens (Microscopy), a condensing lens in which the light is confined to an annular pen…

mn; also, a waterspout. To put, shove, or pop, up the spout, to pawn or pledge at a pawnbroker's; -- in allusion to the spout up which the pawnbroker sent the ticketed articles. [Cant]

or of delivering the same shares of stock at another price, within a time agreed upon. [Broker's Cant]

p and conduct; regularity; rule. [Obs.] They of Galatia [were] much more out of square. Hooker. I have not kept my square. Shak.

stains. Dryden. Our opinion . . . is, I trust, without any blemish or stain of heresy. Hooker.

whereupon their meetings unto that purpose . . . had the names of stations given them. Hooker.

l that may stay their minds from thinking that true which they heartly wish were false. Hooker.

A vessel in which articles are subjected to the action of steam, as in washing, in cookery, and in various processes of manufacture.

, or with the care, of a steward. [R.] To be stewardly dispensed, not wastefully spent. Tooker.

An association or body of stockbrokers who meet and transact business by certain recognized forms, regulations, and usages. Wharton. Brande & C. -- Stock farmer, a farmer who makes it his business to rear live stock. -- Stock gillyflower (Bot.), the common stock. See Stock, n., 18. -- Stock gold, gold laid up so as…

cupation is to buy and sell stocks. In England a jobber acts as an intermediary between brokers.

The mouth to the grate of a furnace; also, the space in front of the furnace, where the stokers stand.

To be angry. [Obs.] Hooker.