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Sarcastic. [Obs.] "Sarcasmous scandal." Hubidras.

A pyramidal form under the rhombohedral system, inclosed by twelve faces, each a scalene triangle.

erefore risen one fifth in value. Locke. The scarcest of all is a Pescennius Niger on a medallion well preserved. Addison.

e limestone rocks the scarrings of the ancient glacier which brought the bowlder here. Tyndall.

ids of the order scorpiones, having a suctorial mouth, large claw-bearing palpi, and a caudal sting.

pelling steam vessels. It is placed at the stern, and furnished with blades having helicoidal surfaces to act against the water in the manner of a screw. See Screw propeller, below.

nched gills situated on the upper side of four fleshy lateral lobes, and on the median caudal crest.

A sign. See Al segno, and Dal segno.

Destroying, or tending to destroy, one's self or itself; rucidal.

iginating in one's self or in itself. These molecular blocks of salt are self-posited. Tyndall.

omb. The stony entrance of this sepulcher. Shak. The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulcher. John xx. 1. A whited sepulcher. Fig.: Any person who is fair outwardly but unclean or vile within. See Matt. xxiii.27.

or very fine rain, which sometimes falls from a clear sky a few moments after sunset. Tyndall.

Of or pertaining to the sesamoid bones or cartilages; sesamoidal. Sesamoid bones, Sesamoid cartilages (Anat.), small bones or cartilages formed in tendons, like the patella and pisiform in man.

n their heads, with jewels richly set, Each lady wore a radiant coronet. Dryden. Pastoral dales thin set with modern farms. Wordsworth.

ry where sheep range and graze. -- Sheep's beard (Bot.), a cichoraceous herb (Urospermum Dalechampii) of Southern Europe; -- so called from the conspicuous pappus of the achenes. -- Sheep's bit (Bot.), a European herb (Jasione montana) having much the appearance of scabious. -- Sheep pox (Med.), a contagious disease…

A Spanish light-colored dry wine, made in Andalusia. As prepared for commerce it is colored a straw color or a deep amber by mixing with it cheap wine boiled down. Sherry cobbler, a beverage prepared with sherry wine, water, lemon or orange, sugar, ice, etc., and usually imbided through a straw or a glass tube.…

or utensil (originally fashioned like the hull of a ship) used to hold incense. [Obs.] Tyndale. Armed ship, a private ship taken into the service of the government in time of war, and armed and equipped like a ship of war. [Eng.] Brande & C. -- General ship. See under General. -- Ship biscuit, hard biscuit prepared f…

or characters standing for words, shorthand, etc., in ancient manuscripts, or on coins, medals, etc. W. Savage.

st calleth the Pharisees hypocrites, that is to say, simulars, and painted sepulchers. Tyndale.

A leguminous tree (Dalbergia Sissoo) of the northern parts of India; also, the dark brown compact and durable timber obtained from it. It is used in shipbuilding and for gun carriages, railway ties, etc.