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A disruptive discharge between a conductor traversed by an oscillatory current of high frequency (as lightning) and neighboring masses of metal, or between different parts of the same conductor.

nded variety of calcite formed by deposition from lime-bearing waters; calcareous tufa; travertine. -- Ceraunian sinter, fulgurite. -- Siliceous sinter, a light cellular or fibrous opal; especially, geyserite (see Geyserite). It has often a pearly luster, and is then called pearl sinter.

h anything is divided. Sixteenth note (Mus.), the sixteenth part of a whole note; a semiquaver.

vided. Sixty-fourth note (Mus.), the sixty-fourth part of a whole note; a hemi-demi-semiquaver.

ope and in some parts of Asia, and celebrated for its melodious song; -- called also sky laverock. See under Lark.

from the mouth carelessly, like a child or an idiot; to drivel; to drool. [Written also slaver, and slobber.]

A weaver's reed; a sley.

cruel taskmaster. -- Slave hunt. (a) A search after persons in order to reduce them to slavery. Barth. (b) A search after fugitive slaves, often conducted with bloodhounds. -- Slave ship, a vessel employed in the slave trade or used for transporting slaves; a slaver. -- Slave trade, the busines of dealing in slaves,…

Born in slavery.

Holding persons in slavery.

The persons or interest formerly representing slavery politically, or wielding political power for the preservation or advancement of slavery. [U. S.]

To separate, as threads; to divide, as a collection of threads; to sley; -- a weaver's term.

To sley, or prepare for use in the weaver's sley, or slaie. Shak.

A weaver's reed. [Spelt also slaie.]

A species of seaweed. [Spelled also slowcawn.] See 3d Laver.

in a good sense. Be ye sly as serpents, and simple as doves. Wyclif (Matt. x. 16). Whom graver age And long experience hath made wise and sly. Fairfax.

No longer hostile; friendly. [Obs.] Beau & Fl. Sociable bird, or Sociable weaver (Zoöl.), a weaver bird which builds composite nests. See Republican, n., 3. (b).

duce the whole effect to that of a series of equal and parallel circular currents. When traversed by a current the solenoid exhibits polarity and attraction or repulsion, like a magnet.

A grotto or cavern under ground. [Obs.] Arbuthnot.

n portion of the Caribbean Sea, together with the contiguous coast, embracing the route traversed by Spanish treasure ships from the New to the Old World. -- Spanish moss. (Bot.) See Tillandsia. -- Spanish needles (Bot.), a composite weed (Bidens bipinnata) having achenia armed with needlelike awns. -- Spanish nut (…