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One belonging to the Semitic race. Also used adjectively. [Written also Shemite.]

Half terete.

Having the characteristics of both a tertian and a quotidian intermittent. -- n.

A descendant of Shem.

d, or with any instrument held in the hand, or with a missile thrown by the hand; as, to smite with the fist, with a rod, sword, spear, or stone. Whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. Matt. v. 39. And David . . . took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his for…

One who smites. I give my back to the smiters. Isa. l. 6.

An inhabitant of Sodom.

One of the actual or ideal serial segments of which an animal, esp. an articulate or vertebrate, is composed; somatome; metamere. -- So*mit`ic, a.

A deposit more or less resembling an inverted stalactite, formed by calcareous water dropping on the floors of caverns; hence, a similar deposit of other material.

Any one of numerous species of pseudoneoropterous insects belonging to Termes and allied genera; -- called also white ant. See Illust. of White ant.

A telluride of bismuth. It is of a pale steel-gray color and metallic luster, and usually occurs in foliated masses. Calles also telluric bismuth.

A Thomæan.

Pure silica, like quartz, but crystallizing in hexagonal tables. It is found in trachyte and similar rocks.

Not limited; having no bounds; boundless; as, an unlimited expanse of ocean.

To deprive of a miter; to depose or degrade from the rank of a bishop. Milton.

Any of numerous species of aquatic mites belonging to Hydrachna and allied genera of the family Hydrachnidæ, usually having the legs fringed and adapted for swimming. They are often red or red and black in color, and while young are parasites of fresh-water insects and mussels. Called also water tick, and water spider.…

A silicate of zinc, usually occurring massive and of a greenish yellow color, also in reddish crystals (troostite) containing manganese.

A variety of epidote, of a reddish color, found in Scotland.

Tungstate of iron and manganese, generally of a brownish or grayish black color, submetallic luster, and high specific gravity. It occurs in cleavable masses, and also crystallized. Called also wolfram.

A fossil cycad of the genus Zamia.