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Agnus Scythicus
Agnus Scythicus Ag"nus Scyth"i*cus [L., Scythian lamb.] (Bot.) The Scythian lamb, a kind of woolly-skinned rootstock. See Barometz.
Scythe
Scythe Scythe (s[imac]th), n. [OE. sithe, AS. s[=i][eth]e, sig[eth]e; akin to Icel. sig[eth]r a sickle, LG. segd, seged, seed, seid, OHG. segansa sickle, scythe, G. sense scythe, and to E. saw a cutting instrument. See Saw.] [Written also sithe and sythe.] 1. An instrument for mowing grass, grain, or the like, by hand, composed of a long, curving blade, with a sharp edge, made fast to a long handle, called a snath, which is bent into a form convenient for use. The sharp-edged scythe shears up the spiring grass. --Dryden. The scythe of Time mows down. --Milton. 2. (Antiq.) A scythe-shaped blade attached to ancient war chariots.
Scythe
Scythe Scythe, v. t. To cut with a scythe; to cut off as with a scythe; to mow. [Obs.] Time had not scythed all that youth begun. --Shak.
Scythed
Scythed Scythed, a. Armed scythes, as a chariot. Chariots scythed, On thundering axles rolled. --Glover.
Scytheman
Scytheman Scythe"man, n.; pl. Scythemen. One who uses a scythe; a mower. --Macaulay.
Scythemen
Scytheman Scythe"man, n.; pl. Scythemen. One who uses a scythe; a mower. --Macaulay.
Scythestone
Scythestone Scythe"stone`, n. A stone for sharpening scythes; a whetstone.
Scythian
Scythian Scyth"i*an, a. Of or pertaining to Scythia (a name given to the northern part of Asia, and Europe adjoining to Asia), or its language or inhabitants. Scythian lamb. (Bot.) See Barometz.
Scythian
Scythian Scyth"i*an, n. 1. A native or inhabitant of Scythia; specifically (Ethnol.), one of a Slavonic race which in early times occupied Eastern Europe. 2. The language of the Scythians.
Scythian
Turanian Tu*ra"ni*an, a. [From Tur, the name, in Persian legendary history, of one of the three brothers from whom sprang the races of mankind.] Of, pertaining to, or designating, an extensive family of languages of simple structure and low grade (called also Altaic, Ural-Altaic, and Scythian), spoken in the northern parts of Europe and Asia and Central Asia; of pertaining to, or designating, the people who speak these languages.
Scythian lamb
Scythian Scyth"i*an, a. Of or pertaining to Scythia (a name given to the northern part of Asia, and Europe adjoining to Asia), or its language or inhabitants. Scythian lamb. (Bot.) See Barometz.
Scythrops Novae-Hollandiae
Rain Rain, n. [OF. rein, AS. regen; akin to OFries. rein, D. & G. regen, OS. & OHG. regan, Icel., Dan., & Sw. regn, Goth. rign, and prob. to L. rigare to water, to wet; cf. Gr. ? to wet, to rain.] Water falling in drops from the clouds; the descent of water from the clouds in drops. Rain is water by the heat of the sun divided into very small parts ascending in the air, till, encountering the cold, it be condensed into clouds, and descends in drops. --Ray. Fair days have oft contracted wind and rain. --Milton. Note: Rain is distinguished from mist by the size of the drops, which are distinctly visible. When water falls in very small drops or particles, it is called mist; and fog is composed of particles so fine as to be not only individually indistinguishable, but to float or be suspended in the air. See Fog, and Mist. Rain band (Meteorol.), a dark band in the yellow portion of the solar spectrum near the sodium line, caused by the presence of watery vapor in the atmosphere, and hence sometimes used in weather predictions. Rain bird (Zo["o]l.), the yaffle, or green woodpecker. [Prov. Eng.] The name is also applied to various other birds, as to Saurothera vetula of the West Indies. Rain fowl (Zo["o]l.), the channel-bill cuckoo (Scythrops Nov[ae]-Hollandi[ae]) of Australia. Rain gauge, an instrument of various forms measuring the quantity of rain that falls at any given place in a given time; a pluviometer; an ombrometer. Rain goose (Zo["o]l.), the red-throated diver, or loon. [Prov. Eng.] Rain prints (Geol.), markings on the surfaces of stratified rocks, presenting an appearance similar to those made by rain on mud and sand, and believed to have been so produced. Rain quail. (Zo["o]l.) See Quail, n., 1. Rain water, water that has fallen from the clouds in rain.
Scythrops Novaehollandiae
Channel Chan"nel, n. [OE. chanel, canel, OF. chanel, F. chenel, fr. L. canalis. See Canal.] 1. The hollow bed where a stream of water runs or may run. 2. The deeper part of a river, harbor, strait, etc., where the main current flows, or which affords the best and safest passage for vessels. 3. (Geog.) A strait, or narrow sea, between two portions of lands; as, the British Channel. 4. That through which anything passes; means of passing, conveying, or transmitting; as, the news was conveyed to us by different channels. The veins are converging channels. --Dalton. At best, he is but a channel to convey to the National assembly such matter as may import that body to know. --Burke. 5. A gutter; a groove, as in a fluted column. 6. pl. [Cf. Chain wales.] (Naut.) Flat ledges of heavy plank bolted edgewise to the outside of a vessel, to increase the spread of the shrouds and carry them clear of the bulwarks. Channel bar, Channel iron (Arch.), an iron bar or beam having a section resembling a flat gutter or channel. Channel bill (Zo["o]l.), a very large Australian cuckoo (Scythrops Nov[ae]hollandi[ae]. Channel goose. (Zo["o]l.) See Gannet.

Meaning of Scyth from wikipedia

- Western Satraps Northern Satraps The Scythians (/ˈsɪθiən/ or /ˈsɪðiən/) or Scyths (/ˈsɪθ/, but note Scytho- (/ˈsaɪθʊ/) in composition) and sometimes also...
- Toybob Seal point Toybob Other names Scyth-Toy-Bob, Skif-Thai-Don Origin Russia Breed standards CFA standard ACFA/CAA standard Domestic cat (Felis catus)...
- period were the Scyths and the Sarmatians [...] [T]he po****tion of ancient Scythia was far from being homogeneous, nor were the Scyths themselves a homogeneous...
- Valer. Strabo Pliny Apollod. Hyginus Lucian Aelian Justin Orph. Theog. Scyth. Argo. Sch. Fab. Sch. De Salt. Argo. Absyrtus ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Aegialeus...
- Diop. Ovid Str. Val. Apol. Hyginus Ael. Paus. Orph. Odys. Theo. Frag. Scyth. Sch. Oly. Arg. Sch. Met. Fab. Sch. Arg. Parentage Helios and Ephyra ✓ ✓...
- frequently interpreted as the Great Goddess"... Sulimirski, T. (1985). "The Scyths" in: Fisher, W. B. (Ed.) The Cambridge History of Iran, Vol. 2: The Median...
- Larousse/The Book People. Burkert, p. 415, 3.3.1 n. 2. Sulimirski, T. (1985). "The Scyths". In Fisher, W. B. (ed.). The Cambridge History of Iran. Vol. 2: The Median...
- smokes, and gives out such a vapour as no Gr**** vapour-bath can exceed; the Scyths, delighted, shout for joy." classical Gr****s and Romans also used cannabis...
- a brittle civilization and the restless barbarians beyond, whether the Scyths of Alexander's day and later or the White Huns, Turks and Mongols who eventually...
- italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente.[page needed] Sulimirski, T. (1985). "The Scyths" in: Fisher, W. B. (Ed.) The Cambridge History of Iran, Vol. 2: The Median...