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To strike heavily. [Cant or Slang]

One who strikes heavy blows; hence, a boxer; a prize fighter. [Cant or Slang]

A boxing match or prize fight marked rather by heavy hitting than skill. [Cant or Slang]

of slight consequence; feeble in influence or importance; unimportant; trivial; insignificant; as, a small fault; a small business.

One who passes counterfeit coin. [Cant, Eng.]

ise; smooth and prim. They be so smug and smooth. Robynson (More's Utopia). The smug and scanty draperies of his style. De Quincey. A young, smug, handsome holiness has no fellow. Beau & Fl.

A ball bowled so as to roll along the ground; -- called also grub. [Cant] R. A. Proctor.

A small, insignificant fellow. [Colloq.]

A mean, insignificant fellow. [Low]

An affected nasal twang; hence, cant; hypocrisy.

One who snuffles; one who uses cant.

- Solar month. See under Month. -- Solar oil, a paraffin oil used an illuminant and lubricant. -- Solar phosphori (Physics), certain substances, as the diamond, siulphide of barium (Bolognese or Bologna phosphorus), calcium sulphide, etc., which become phosphorescent, and shine in the dark, after exposure to sunlight…

United; without division; unanimous; as, the delegation is solid for a candidate. [Polit. Cant. U.S.] Solid angle. (Geom.) See under Angle. -- Solid color, an even color; one not shaded or variegated. -- Solid green. See Emerald green (a), under Green. -- Solid measure (Arith.), a measure for volumes, in which the u…

A cant or whining mode of speaking, especially in preaching or praying. [Scot.] Jamieson.

Using the left hand in pitching; said of a pitcher. [Cant]

A narrow mat or passe partout for a picture. [Cant]

(Bot.) See Spanish bayonet. -- Spanish elm (Bot.), a large West Indian tree (Cordia Gerascanthus) furnishing hard and useful timber. -- Spanish feretto, a rich reddish brown pigment obtained by calcining copper and sulphur together in closed crucibles. -- Spanish flag (Zoöl.), the California rockfish (Sebastichthys…

Scanty; not abundant or plentiful; as, a spare diet.

A stanza, verse, or phrase supposed to be endowed with magical power; an incantation; hence, any charm. Start not; her actions shall be holy as You hear my spell is lawful. Shak.

An American endogenous plant (Tradescantia Virginica), with long linear leaves and ephemeral blue flowers. The name is sometimes extended to other species of the same genus.