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a. & n. from Pop. Popping crease. (Cricket) See under Crease.

a. & n. from pump. Pumping engine, a steam engine and pump combined for raising water. See Steam engine.

= Rip cord.

A long patch, on a balloon, to be ripped off, by the rip cord, at landing, in order to allow the immediate escape of gas and instant deflation of the bag.

= Ripping panel.

Inclined to romp; indulging in romps. A little romping girl from boarding school. W. Irving.

In a romping manner.

The act of keeping or preserving in safety from injury or from escape; care; custody.

Inflammation of the salpinx.

Fishing for scallops.

a. & n. from Scalp. Scalping iron (Surg.), an instrument used in scraping foul and carious bones; a raspatory. -- Scalping knife, a knife used by north American Indians in scalping.

The act of scraping; the act or process of making even, or reducing to the proper form, by means of a scraper.

a. & n. from Scrimp, v. t. Scrimping bar, a device used in connection with a calico printing machine for stretching the fabric breadthwise so that it may be smooth for printing. Knight.

In a scrimping manner.

Relating to ships, their ownership, transfer, or employment; as, shiping concerns.

A document used in shipping goods by sea. In the case of free goods the shipping notes are the receiving note, addressed by the shipper to the chief officer of the vessel, requesting him to receive on board specified goods, and a receipt for the mate to sign, on receiving whose signature it is called the mate's receipt…

In a skipping manner; by skips, or light leaps.

Very large; monstrous; big. [Slang.]

from Sleep. Sleeping car, a railway car or carrriage, arranged with apartments and berths for sleeping. -- Sleeping partner (Com.), a dormant partner. See under Dormant. -- Sleeping table (Mining), a stationary inclined platform on which pulverized ore is washed; a kind of buddle.

orizontal or other right line; oblique; declivous; slanting. -- Slop"ing*ly, adv. The sloping land recedes into the clouds. Cowper.