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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.]

To smite. [Obs.] Spenser.

imp. (and rare p. p.) of Smite.

To place snugly. [R.] Goldsmith.

n some Irish houses, where things are so-so, One gammon of bacon hangs up for a show. Goldsmith. He [Burns] certainly wrote some so-so verses to the Tree of Liberty. Prof. Wilson.

To tipple to stupidity. [R.] Goldsmith.

tive merchant exercises no one regular, established, or well-known branch of business. A. Smith. -- Spec"u*la*tive*ly, adv. -- Spec"u*la*tive*ness, n.

One who observes or considers; an observer. [R.] Goldsmith.

s used in light machinery, in which spiral gears, instead of bevel gears, are used to transmit motion between shafts that are not parallel. -- Spiral operculum, an operculum whih has spiral lines of growth. -- Spiral shell, any shell in which the whorls form a spiral or helix. -- Spiral spring. See the Note under Sp…

n. As this gentleman and I have been old fellow sporters, I have a frienship for him. Goldsmith.