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C scandensCobaea Co*b[ae]"a (k[-o]*b[=e]"[.a]), n. [Named after D. Cobo,
a Spanish botanist.]
A genus of climbing plants, native of Mexico and South
America. C. scandens is a conservatory climber with large
bell-shaped flowers. Celastrus scandensWaxwork Wax"work`, n.
1. Work made of wax; especially, a figure or figures formed
or partly of wax, in imitation of real beings.
2. (Bot.) An American climbing shrub (Celastrus scandens).
It bears a profusion of yellow berrylike pods, which open
in the autumn, and display the scarlet coverings of the
seeds. Celastrus scandensBittersweet Bit"ter*sweet`, n.
1. Anything which is bittersweet.
2. A kind of apple so called. --Gower.
3. (Bot.)
(a) A climbing shrub, with oval coral-red berries
(Solanum dulcamara); woody nightshade. The whole
plant is poisonous, and has a taste at first sweetish
and then bitter. The branches are the officinal
dulcamara.
(b) An American woody climber (Celastrus scandens),
whose yellow capsules open late in autumn, and
disclose the red aril which covers the seeds; -- also
called Roxbury waxwork. Discandy
Discandy Dis*can"dy, v. i.
To melt; to dissolve; to thaw. [Obs.]
Entada scandensScimiter Scim"i*ter, Scimitar Scim"i*tar, n. [F. cimeterre,
cf. It. scimitarra, Sp. cimitarra; fr. Biscayan cimetarra
with a sharp edge; or corrupted from Per. shimsh[=i]r.]
1. A saber with a much curved blade having the edge on the
convex side, -- in use among Mohammedans, esp., the Arabs
and persians. [Written also cimeter, and scymetar.]
2. A long-handled billhook. See Billhook.
Scimiter pods (Bot.), the immense curved woody pods of a
leguminous woody climbing plant (Entada scandens)
growing in tropical India and America. They contain hard
round flattish seeds two inches in diameter, which are
made into boxes. Entada scandensCacoon Ca*coon", n.
One of the seeds or large beans of a tropical vine (Entada
scandens) used for making purses, scent bottles, etc. Entada scandensFlorida bean Flor"i*da bean" (Bot.)
(a) The large, roundish, flattened seed of Mucuna urens.
See under Bean.
(b) One of the very large seeds of the Entada scandens. Nyctea ScandiacaSnowy Snow"y, a.
1. White like snow. ``So shows a snowy dove trooping with
crows.' --Shak.
2. Abounding with snow; covered with snow. ``The snowy top of
cold Olympus.' --Milton.
3. Fig.: Pure; unblemished; unstained; spotless.
There did he lose his snowy innocence. --J. Hall
(1646).
Snowy heron (Zo["o]l.), a white heron, or egret (Ardea
candidissima), found in the Southern United States, and
southward to Chili; -- called also plume bird.
Snowy lemming (Zo["o]l.), the collared lemming (Cuniculus
torquatus), which turns white in winter.
Snowy owl (Zo["o]l.), a large arctic owl (Nyctea
Scandiaca, or N. nivea) common all over the northern
parts of the United States and Europe in winter time. Its
plumage is sometimes nearly pure white, but it is usually
more or less marked with blackish spots. Called also
white owl.
Snowy plover (Zo["o]l.), a small plover ([AE]gialitis
nivosa) of the western parts of the United States and
Mexico. It is light gray above, with the under parts and
portions of the head white. Scandal
Scandal Scan"dal, v. t.
1. To treat opprobriously; to defame; to asperse; to traduce;
to slander. [R.]
I do fawn on men and hug them hard And after scandal
them. --Shak.
2. To scandalize; to offend. [Obs.] --Bp. Story.
Syn: To defame; traduce; reproach; slander; calumniate;
asperse; vilify; disgrace.
ScandalizeScandalize Scan"dal*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scandalized; p.
pr. & vb. n. Scandalizing.] [F. scandaliser, L.
scandalizare, from Gr. skandali`zein.]
1. To offend the feelings or the conscience of (a person) by
some action which is considered immoral or criminal; to
bring shame, disgrace, or reproach upon.
I demand who they are whom we scandalize by using
harmless things. --Hooker.
The congregation looked on in silence, the better
class scandalized, and the lower orders, some
laughing, others backing the soldier or the
minister, as their fancy dictated. --Sir W.
Scott.
2. To reproach; to libel; to defame; to slander.
To tell his tale might be interpreted into
scandalizing the order. --Sir W.
Scott. ScandalizedScandalize Scan"dal*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scandalized; p.
pr. & vb. n. Scandalizing.] [F. scandaliser, L.
scandalizare, from Gr. skandali`zein.]
1. To offend the feelings or the conscience of (a person) by
some action which is considered immoral or criminal; to
bring shame, disgrace, or reproach upon.
I demand who they are whom we scandalize by using
harmless things. --Hooker.
The congregation looked on in silence, the better
class scandalized, and the lower orders, some
laughing, others backing the soldier or the
minister, as their fancy dictated. --Sir W.
Scott.
2. To reproach; to libel; to defame; to slander.
To tell his tale might be interpreted into
scandalizing the order. --Sir W.
Scott. ScandalizingScandalize Scan"dal*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scandalized; p.
pr. & vb. n. Scandalizing.] [F. scandaliser, L.
scandalizare, from Gr. skandali`zein.]
1. To offend the feelings or the conscience of (a person) by
some action which is considered immoral or criminal; to
bring shame, disgrace, or reproach upon.
I demand who they are whom we scandalize by using
harmless things. --Hooker.
The congregation looked on in silence, the better
class scandalized, and the lower orders, some
laughing, others backing the soldier or the
minister, as their fancy dictated. --Sir W.
Scott.
2. To reproach; to libel; to defame; to slander.
To tell his tale might be interpreted into
scandalizing the order. --Sir W.
Scott. Scandalous
Scandalous Scan"dal*ous, a. [Cf. F. scandaleux.]
1. Giving offense to the conscience or moral feelings;
exciting reprobation; calling out condemnation.
Nothing scandalous or offensive unto any. --Hooker.
2. Disgraceful to reputation; bringing shame or infamy;
opprobrious; as, a scandalous crime or vice.
3. Defamatory; libelous; as, a scandalous story.
Scandalously
Scandalously Scan"dal*ous*ly, adv.
1. In a manner to give offense; shamefully.
His discourse at table was scandalously unbecoming
the dignity of his station. --Swift.
2. With a disposition to impute immorality or wrong.
Shun their fault, who, scandalously nice, Will needs
mistake an author into vice. --Pope.
Scandalousness
Scandalousness Scan"dal*ous*ness, n.
Quality of being scandalous.
Scandalum magnatum
Scandalum magnatum Scan"da*lum mag*na"tum` [L., scandal of
magnates.] (Law)
A defamatory speech or writing published to the injury of a
person of dignity; -- usually abbreviated scan. mag.
Scandent
Scandent Scan"dent, a. [L. scandens, -entis, p. pr. of
scandere to climb.]
Climbing.
Note: Scandent plants may climb either by twining, as the
hop, or by twisted leafstalks, as the clematis, or by
tendrils, as the passion flower, or by rootlets, as the
ivy.
ScandiaScandia Scan"di*a, n. [NL. See Scandium.] (Chem.)
A chemical earth, the oxide of scandium. Scandic
Scandic Scan"dic, a. (Chem.)
Of or pertaining to scandium; derived from, or containing,
scandium.
Scandinavian
Scandinavian Scan`di*na"vi*an, a.
Of or pertaining to Scandinavia, that is, Sweden, Norway, and
Denmark. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Scandinavia.
Scandinavian lockJail Jail, n. [OE. jaile, gail, gayhol, OF. gaole, gaiole,
jaiole, F. ge[^o]le, LL. gabiola, dim. of gabia cage, for L.
cavea cavity, cage. See Cage.]
A kind of prison; a building for the confinement of persons
held in lawful custody, especially for minor offenses or with
reference to some future judicial proceeding. [Written also
gaol.]
This jail I count the house of liberty. --Milton.
Jail bird, a prisoner; one who has been confined in prison.
[Slang]
Jail delivery, the release of prisoners from jail, either
legally or by violence.
Jail delivery commission. See under Gaol.
Jail fever (Med.), typhus fever, or a disease resembling
it, generated in jails and other places crowded with
people; -- called also hospital fever, and ship fever.
Jail liberties, or Jail limits, a space or district
around a jail within which an imprisoned debtor was, on
certain conditions, allowed to go at large. --Abbott.
Jail lock, a peculiar form of padlock; -- called also
Scandinavian lock. ScandiumScandium Scan"di*um, n. [NL. So called because found in
Scandinavian minerals.] (Chem.)
A rare metallic element of the boron group, whose existence
was predicted under the provisional name ekaboron by means
of the periodic law, and subsequently discovered by spectrum
analysis in certain rare Scandinavian minerals (euxenite and
gadolinite). It has not yet been isolated. Symbol Sc. Atomic
weight 44. scandiumEkabor Ek"a*bor` ([e^]k"[.a]*b[=o]r`), Ekaboron Ek"a*bo"ron
(-b[=o]"r[o^]n), n. [G., fr. Skr. [=e]ka one + G. bor, boron,
E. boron.] (Chem.)
The name given by Mendelejeff in accordance with the periodic
law, and by prediction, to a hypothetical element then
unknown, but since discovered and named scandium; -- so
called because it was a missing analogue of the boron group.
See Scandium.
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