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Eschscholtzia
Eschscholtzia Esch*scholtz"i*a, n. [NL. Named after Dr.
Eschscholtz, a German botanist.] (Bot.)
A genus of papaveraceous plants, found in California and upon
the west coast of North America, some species of which
produce beautiful yellow, orange, rose-colored, or white
flowers; the California poppy.
Neo-Scholastic
Neo-Scholastic Ne`o-Scho*las"tic, a.
Of or pert. to Neo-Scholasticism.
ScholarScholar Schol"ar, n. [OE. scoler, AS. sc[=o]lere, fr. L.
scholaris belonging to a school, fr. schola a school. See
School.]
1. One who attends a school; one who learns of a teacher; one
under the tuition of a preceptor; a pupil; a disciple; a
learner; a student.
I am no breeching scholar in the schools. --Shak.
2. One engaged in the pursuits of learning; a learned person;
one versed in any branch, or in many branches, of
knowledge; a person of high literary or scientific
attainments; a savant. --Shak. Locke.
3. A man of books. --Bacon.
4. In English universities, an undergraduate who belongs to
the foundation of a college, and receives support in part
from its revenues.
Syn: Pupil; learner; disciple.
Usage: Scholar, Pupil. Scholar refers to the instruction,
and pupil to the care and government, of a teacher. A
scholar is one who is under instruction; a pupil is
one who is under the immediate and personal care of an
instructor; hence we speak of a bright scholar, and an
obedient pupil. Scholarlike
Scholarlike Schol"ar*like`, a.
Scholarly. --Bacon.
Scholarly
Scholarly Schol"ar*ly, a.
Like a scholar, or learned person; showing the qualities of a
scholar; as, a scholarly essay or critique. -- adv. In a
scholarly manner.
ScholasticScholastic Scho*las"tic, n.
1. One who adheres to the method or subtilties of the
schools. --Milton.
2. (R. C. Ch.) See the Note under Jesuit. ScholasticScholastic Scho*las"tic, a. [L. scholasticus, Gr. ?, fr. ? to
have leisure, to give lectures, to keep a school, from ?
leisure, a lecture, a school: cf. F. scholastique,
scolastique. See School.]
1. Pertaining to, or suiting, a scholar, a school, or
schools; scholarlike; as, scholastic manners or pride;
scholastic learning. --Sir K. Digby.
2. Of or pertaining to the schoolmen and divines of the
Middle Ages (see Schoolman); as, scholastic divinity or
theology; scholastic philosophy. --Locke.
3. Hence, characterized by excessive subtilty, or needlessly
minute subdivisions; pedantic; formal. Scholastical
Scholastical Scho*las"tic*al, a. & n.
Scholastic.
Scholastically
Scholastically Scho*las"tic*al*ly, adv.
In a scholastic manner.
Scholasticism
Scholasticism Scho*las"ti*cism, n.
The method or subtilties of the schools of philosophy;
scholastic formality; scholastic doctrines or philosophy.
The spirit of the old scholasticism . . . spurned
laborious investigation and slow induction. --J. P.
Smith.
ScholiaScholia Scho"li*a, n. pl.
See Scholium. ScholiaScholium Scho"li*um, n.; pl. L. Scholia, E. Scholiums.
[NL., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ?. See School.]
1. A marginal annotation; an explanatory remark or comment;
specifically, an explanatory comment on the text of a
classic author by an early grammarian.
2. A remark or observation subjoined to a demonstration or a
train of reasoning. ScholiastScholiast Scho"li*ast, n. [Gr. ?, fr. ? a scholium: cf. F.
scoliate. See Scholium.]
A maker of scholia; a commentator or annotator.
No . . . quotations from Talmudists and scholiasts . .
. ever marred the effect of his grave temperate
discourses. --Macaulay. Scholiastic
Scholiastic Scho`li*as"tic, a.
Of or pertaining to a scholiast, or his pursuits. --Swift.
Scholiaze
Scholiaze Scho"li*aze, v. i. [Cf. Gr. ?.]
To write scholia. [Obs.] --Milton.
ScholicalScholical Schol"ic*al, a. [L. scholicus, Gr. ?, fr. ?. See
School.]
Scholastic. [Obs.] --Hales. Scholion
Scholion Scho"li*on, n. [NL.]
A scholium.
A judgment which follows immediately from another is
sometimes called a corollary, or consectary . . . One
which illustrates the science where it appears, but is
not an integral part of it, is a scholion. --Abp.
Thomson (Laws
of Thought).
ScholiumScholium Scho"li*um, n.; pl. L. Scholia, E. Scholiums.
[NL., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ?. See School.]
1. A marginal annotation; an explanatory remark or comment;
specifically, an explanatory comment on the text of a
classic author by an early grammarian.
2. A remark or observation subjoined to a demonstration or a
train of reasoning. ScholiumsScholium Scho"li*um, n.; pl. L. Scholia, E. Scholiums.
[NL., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ?. See School.]
1. A marginal annotation; an explanatory remark or comment;
specifically, an explanatory comment on the text of a
classic author by an early grammarian.
2. A remark or observation subjoined to a demonstration or a
train of reasoning. Schollera gramineaWater star grass Wa"ter star" grass` (Bot.)
An aquatic plant (Schollera graminea) with grassy leaves,
and yellow star-shaped blossoms. Schollera graminea Blazing star, Double star, Multiple star, Shooting
star, etc. See under Blazing, Double, etc.
Nebulous star (Astron.), a small well-defined circular
nebula, having a bright nucleus at its center like a star.
Star anise (Bot.), any plant of the genus Illicium; -- so
called from its star-shaped capsules.
Star apple (Bot.), a tropical American tree (Chrysophyllum
Cainito), having a milky juice and oblong leaves with a
silky-golden pubescence beneath. It bears an applelike
fruit, the carpels of which present a starlike figure when
cut across. The name is extended to the whole genus of
about sixty species, and the natural order
(Sapotace[ae]) to which it belongs is called the
Star-apple family.
Star conner, one who cons, or studies, the stars; an
astronomer or an astrologer. --Gascoigne.
Star coral (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of stony
corals belonging to Astr[ae]a, Orbicella, and allied
genera, in which the calicles are round or polygonal and
contain conspicuous radiating septa.
Star cucumber. (Bot.) See under Cucumber.
Star flower. (Bot.)
(a) A plant of the genus Ornithogalum;
star-of-Bethlehem.
(b) See Starwort
(b) .
(c) An American plant of the genus Trientalis
(Trientalis Americana). --Gray.
Star fort (Fort.), a fort surrounded on the exterior with
projecting angles; -- whence the name.
Star gauge (Ordnance), a long rod, with adjustable points
projecting radially at its end, for measuring the size of
different parts of the bore of a gun.
Star grass. (Bot.)
(a) A small grasslike plant (Hypoxis erecta) having
star-shaped yellow flowers.
(b) The colicroot. See Colicroot.
Star hyacinth (Bot.), a bulbous plant of the genus Scilla
(S. autumnalis); -- called also star-headed hyacinth.
Star jelly (Bot.), any one of several gelatinous plants
(Nostoc commune, N. edule, etc.). See Nostoc.
Star lizard. (Zo["o]l.) Same as Stellion.
Star-of-Bethlehem (Bot.), a bulbous liliaceous plant
(Ornithogalum umbellatum) having a small white starlike
flower.
Star-of-the-earth (Bot.), a plant of the genus Plantago
(P. coronopus), growing upon the seashore.
Star polygon (Geom.), a polygon whose sides cut each other
so as to form a star-shaped figure.
Stars and Stripes, a popular name for the flag of the
United States, which consists of thirteen horizontal
stripes, alternately red and white, and a union having, in
a blue field, white stars to represent the several States,
one for each.
With the old flag, the true American flag, the
Eagle, and the Stars and Stripes, waving over the
chamber in which we sit. --D. Webster.
Star showers. See Shooting star, under Shooting.
Star thistle (Bot.), an annual composite plant (Centaurea
solstitialis) having the involucre armed with radiating
spines.
Star wheel (Mach.), a star-shaped disk, used as a kind of
ratchet wheel, in repeating watches and the feed motions
of some machines.
Star worm (Zo["o]l.), a gephyrean.
Temporary star (Astron.), a star which appears suddenly,
shines for a period, and then nearly or quite disappears.
These stars are supposed by some astronometers to be
variable stars of long and undetermined periods.
Variable star (Astron.), a star whose brilliancy varies
periodically, generally with regularity, but sometimes
irregularly; -- called periodical star when its changes
occur at fixed periods.
Water star grass (Bot.), an aquatic plant (Schollera
graminea) with small yellow starlike blossoms. Scholy
Scholy Scho"ly, v. i. & t.
To write scholia; to annotate. [Obs.]
Scholy
Scholy Scho"ly, n.
A scholium. [Obs.] --Hooker.
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