SWINDLE, v. t [D. zwendelen.] To cheat and defraud grossly, or with deliberate artifice. SWINDLED, pp. Grossly cheated and defrauded. SWINE-BREAD, n. A kind of plant, truffle. Bailey. SWINE-COAT, n. A hog-sty; a pen for swine. [Local.] SWINE-GRASS, n. A plant. [L. centinodia, knot-grass.] pox. SWINE'S-CRESS, n. A species of cress. SWINE-STONE, n. A variety of limestone. Cyc. SWINE-THIS-TLE, n. A plant, the sow-thistle. Cyc. SWING, v. i.; pret. and pp. swung. [G. schwingen; D. zwingelen; Sw. svinga; Dan. svinger.] 1. To move to and fro, as a body suspended in the air; to wave; to vibrate. 2. To practice swinging. 3. To move or float; also, to turn round an anchor. SWING, v. t. 1. To make to play loosely; to cause to wave or vibrate. 2. To whirl round in the air. 3. To wave; to move to and fro. 4. To brandish; to flourish. SWING, n. 1. A waving or vibratory motion; oscillation. 2. Motion from one side to the other. 3. A line, cord or other thing suspended and hanging loose; also, an apparatus suspended for persons to swing in. 4. Influence or power of a body put in motion. 5. Free course; unre1 strained liberty or license. 6. The sweep or compass of a moving body. 7. Unrestrained tendency. SWING BRIDGE, n. [swing and bridge.] A bridge that may be moved by swinging; used on canals. SWINGE, (swinj) v. t. [Sax. swingan.] 1. To beat soundly; to whip; to bastinade; to chastise; to punish; [l. u. and vulgar.] 2. To move as a lash; [obs.] SWINGE, (swinj) n. A sway; a swing; the sweep of any thing in motion. Waller. SWINGE-BUCK-LER, n. A bully; one who pretends to feats of arms. Shak. SWING/ER, n. One who swings; one who hurls. SWINGING, ppr. of swing. Waving; vibrating; brandishing. SWINGING, n. The act of swinging. SWINGING, ppr. of swinge. 1. Beating soundly 2. a. Huge; very large; [vulgar.] SWINGING-LY, adv. Vastly; hugely. [Vulgar.] SWINGLE, v. i. [from swing.] 1. To dangle; to wave hanging. 2. To swing for pleasure; [obs.] SWINGLE, v. t. [Sax. swingan.] To beat; to clean flax by beating it. SWINGLE, n. In wire-works, a wooden spoke fixed to the barrel that draws the wire; also, a crank. SWINGLED, pp. Beat and cleaned by a swingling-knife. flax of the shives. SWIN GLING-TOW, n. The coarse part of flax, separated from the finer by swingling and hatcheling. SWING TREE, n. The bar of a carriage to which the traces are fastened.-In America, it is often or generally called the whiffle-tree, or whipple-tree. SWING-WHEEL, n. [swing and wheel.] In a time-piece, the wheel which drives the pendulum. Cyc. SWIN/ISH, a. [from swine.] Befitting swine; like swine; gross; hoggish; brutal. SWINK, v. i. [Sax. swincan.] To labor; to toil; to drudge. SWINK, v. t. To overlabor. Milton. SWINK, n. Labor; toil; drudgery. Spenser. SWINK ER, n. A laborer; a ploughman. Chaucer. SWIPE, n. A swape or sweep, which see. SWIP PER, a. [Sax. swipan, to move quick.] Nimble; quick. SWISS, n. 1. A native of Switzerland or Swisserland. 2. The language of Swisserland. SWITCH, n. [Sw. svege.] A small, flexible twig or rod. SWITCH, v. t. To strike with a smal twig or rod; to beat; to lash. Chapman. SWITCH, v. i. To wax with a jerk. [Obsolete or local.] SWIVEL, (swiv 1) n. [Sax. swifan.] 1. A ring which turns upon a staple; or a strong link of iron used in mooring ships, and which permits the bridles to be turned round; any ring or staple that turns. 2. A small cannon, fixed on a socket on the top of a ship's side, stern or bow, or in her tops, in such a manner as to be turned in any direc tion. SWIVEL, (swiv) v. i. To turn on a staple, pin or pivot SWIV EL-HOOK, n. A hook that turns in the end of an iron block-strap, for the ready taking the turns out of a tackle. SWOB, n. A mop. See SWAB SWOB, v. t. To clean or wipe with a swob. See SWAB SWOB BER, n. 1. One who swabs or cleans with a mp; [see SWABBER.-2. Swobbers, four privileged cards, only used incidentally in betting at the game of whist. SWOLLEN, SWOLN, pp. of swell; irregular and obsolescent SWOON, v. . [Sax. asuunan.] To faint; to sink into a fainting-fit, in which there is a suspension of the apparent vital functions and mental powers. SWOON, n. A fainting-fit; lipothymy; syncope. Coze. SWOONING, ppr. Fainting away. SWOONING, n. The act of fainting; syncope. Hall. SWOOP, v. t. 1. To fall on at once and seize; to catch while on the wing. 2. To seize; to catch up; to take with a sweep. 3. To pass with violence; [obs. SWOOP, v. i. To pass with pomp. Drayton. SWOOP, n. A falling on and seizing, as of a rapacious fowl on his prey. SWOP, v. t. To exchange; to barter; to give one com modity for another. [A low word.] SWOP, n. An exchange. Spectator. *SWORD, (sword, or sōrd) n. [Sax. sword, sweard; G. schwert D. zwaard; Dan. scard; Sw. stård.] 1. Aa offensive weapon worn at the side, and used by hand either for thrusting or cutting.-2. Figuratively, destruction by war. 3. Vengeance or justice. 4. Emberm of authority and power. 5. War; dissension. 6. Emblem of triumph and protection. *SWORD-BEAR-ER, n. An officer in the city of London, who carries a sword as an emblem of justice before the lord mayor when he goes abroad. *SWORD-BELT, n. [sword and belt.] A belt by which a sword is suspended and borne by the side. *SWORD-BLADE, n. The blade or cutting part of a sword *SWORD'ED, a. Girded with a sword. Milton. SWORD'ER, n. A soldier; a cut-throat. Shak. SWORD FIGHT, n. [sword and fight.] Fencing; a com bat or trial of skill with swords. *SWORD-FISH, n. [sword and fish.] A genus of fishes. *SWORD-GRASS, n. [sword and grass.] A kind of sedge, glader; the sweet-rush, a species of acorus. Cye. *SWORD-KNOT, n. A ribbon tied to the hilt of a sword *SWORD-LAW, a. Violence; government by force. *SWORD-MAN, n. A soldier; a fighting man. *SWORD-PLAY-ER, n. A fencer; a gladiator; one whe exhibits his skill in the use of the sword. Hakéwil. *SWORD-SHAPED, a. Ensiform; shaped like a sword. SWOKE, pret. of swear. SWORN, pp. of swear. SWOUND, v. i. To swoon. Shak. SWUM, pret. and PP. of swim. SWUNG, pret, and pp. of swing. SYB, or SIB, a. [Sax.] Related by blood. SYB-A-RITIC, a. [from Sybarite, inhabitants of Sybo- SYC'A-MORE, n. [Gr. συκάμινος, συκομορος.] Α species of SYCO-PHANT, n. [Gr. ovкodavṛn; euros, a fig, and devw, to discover.] Originally, an informer against these who stole figs, or exported them contrary to law, &c. Hence, in time, it came to signify a talebearer or informer, in general; hence, a parasite; a mean flatterer; especially a flatterer of princes and great men; hence, a deceivat; an impostor. SYC'O-PHANT, SYCO-PHANT-IZE, v.t. To play the sycophant; to Ba ter meanly and officiously; to in form or tell tales for gaining favor. SYC-O-PHANTIC, a. Talebearing; more generally, obse quiously flattering; parasitic; courting favor by mean adulation. SYCO-PHANT-RY, n. Mean and officious talebearing or adulation. Barrow. SYD-NE AN, a. Denoting a species of white earth brought SYD-NEIAN, } from Sydney cove in South Wales STE-NITE. See SIENITE. SYKE, ■. A small brook or rill in low ground. [Local.] SYL LABIC, a. 1. Pertaining to a syllable or syllaSYL-LABT-CAL, bles. 2. Consisting of a syllable or syllables. SYL-LABI-CAL-LY, adv. In a syllabic manner. SYL-LAB-I-CA TIOŃ, n. The act of forming syllables; the act or method of dividing words into syllables. SYLLA-BLE, n. [L. syllaba ; Gr. øvλλaßn.] 1. A letter, or a combination of letters, uttered together, or at a single effort or impulse of the voice. 2. A small part of a sentence or discourse; something very concise. SYL LA-BLE, . t. To utter, to articulate. Milton. SYL LA-BUB, n. A compound drink made of wine and milk. SYLLA-BUS, n. [L.] An abstract; a compendium containing the heads of a discourse. SYL-LEPSIS, n. [Gr. σvλλn$is.] 1. In grammar, a figure by which we conceive the sense of words otherwise than the words import, and construe them according to the intention of the author; otherwise called substitution. 2 The agreement of a verb or adjective, not with the word next to it, but with the most worthy in the sentence. SYL/LO-GISM, n. [L. syllogismus; Gr. ovλdoyropos.] A form of reasoning or argument, consisting of three propositions, of which the two first are called the premises, and the last the conclusion. SYL-LO-ĜIS TIE, a. Pertaining to a syllogism; conSYL-LO-GIS TI-CEAL,} sisting of a syllogism, or of the form of reasoning uy syllogisms. SYL-LO-GISTICALLY, ade. In the form of a syllogism; by means of syllogisms. SYL-LO-GI-ZATION, n. A reasoning by syllogisms. SYL LO-GIZ ER, n. One who reasons by syllogisms. SYLVA, n. [L.] 1. In poetry, a poetical piece composed in a start or kind of transport. 2. A collection of poetical pieces of various kinds. Cyc. SYLVAN. See SILVAN. SYL/VAN, n. A fabled deity of the wood; a satyr; a faun; sometimes, perhaps, a rustic. SYLVAN-ITE, . Native tellurium, a metallic substance. SYM BAL. See CYMBAL. SYM'BOL, n. [L. symbolum ; Gr. cvpẞoλov.] 1. The sign or representation of any moral thing by the images or properties of natural things. 2. An emblem or representation of something else. 3. A letter or character which is significant.-4. In medals, a certain mark or figure representing a being or thing; as, a trident is the symbol of Neptune.. 5. Among Christians, an abstract or compendium; the creed, or a summary of the articles of religion. Baker. 6. Lot; sentence of adjudication; [obs.] SYM-BOLIE, a. Representative; exhibiting or exSYM-BOLI-CAL, pressing by resemblance or signs. SYM-BOLI-CAL-LY, adv. By representation or resemblance of properties; by signs; typically. SYMBOL-ISM, a. Ainong chemists, consent of parts. SYM-BOL-I-ZATION, R. The act of symbolizing; resem blance in properties. Brown. SYM'BOL-IZE, v. i. [Fr. symboliser.] To have a resemblance of qualities or properties. SYMBOL-IZE, e. t. 1. To make to agree in properties. 2. More. SYM-ME TRI-AN, n. One eminently studious of propor SYM ME TRIST, tion or symmetry of parts. SYM-METRI-CAL, a. Proportional in its parts; having its parts in due proportion, as to dimensions. SYM MET RI-CAL-LY, ade. With due proportion of parts. SYM-ME-TRIZE, r. t. To make proportional in its parts; to reduce to symmetry. Burke. SYMMETRY, n. [Gr. oupperpia; Fr. symetrie ; It., Sp. simetria. A due proportion of the several parts of a body to each other; the ion and conformity of the members of a work to the whole. SYM PA-THETIC, a. [Fr. sympathique.] 1. PertainSYM-PA-THETI-CAL, ing to sympathy. 2. Having common feeling with another; susceptible of being affected by feelings like those of another, or of feelings in consequence of what another feels.-3. Among physicians, produced by sympathy.-4. Among chemists and alchimists, an epithet applied to a kind of powder.-5. In anatomy, sympathetic is applied to two nerves, from the opinion that their communications are the cause of sympathies. SYM-PA-THET'I CAL-LY, ade. With sympathy or common feeling; in consequence of sympathy. SYM PA THIZE, e. i. [Fr. sympathiser.] 1. To have a com mon feeling, as of bodily pleasure or pain. 2. To feel in consequence of what another feels; to be affected by feelings similar to those of another, in consequence of knowing the person to be thus affected. 3. To agree; to fit; [obs.] SYM PA-THY, n. [Gr. ovμnabuta.] 1. Fellow-feeling; the quality of being affected by the affection of another, with: feelings correspondent in kind, if not in degree. 2. An agreement of affections or inclinations, or a conformity of natural temperament, which makes two persons pleased with each other.-3. In medicine, a correspondence of various parts of the body in similar sensations or affections; or an affection of the whole body, or some part of it, in consequence of an injury or disease of another part, or of a local affection. Cyc.-4. In natural history, a propension of manimate things to unite, or to act on each other. SYM-PHONI-OUS, a. [from symphony.] Agreeing in sound; accordant; harmonious. Milton. SYM PHO-NIZE, v. i. To agree with; to be in unison with. SYMPHONY, n. [L. symphonia; Fr. symphonie.] 1. A consonance or harmony of sounds agreeable to the ear. 2. A musical instrument. 3. A full concert. 4. An overture or other composition for instruments. SYM PHY-SIS, n. [Gr. ovμøvois.] 1. In anatomy, the union of bones by cartilage; a connection of bones without a movable joint.-2. In surgery, a coalescence of a natural passage; also, the first intention of cure in a wound. SYM-POSI-AC, a. [Gr. ovprocia.] Pertaining to compotations and merry making, happening where company is drinking together. SYM-PO SI-AC, n. A conference or conversation of philoso phers at a banquet. Plutarch. SYM-PO SI-UM, a. A drinking together; a merry feast. SYMPTOM, n. [Fr. symptome; Gr. σvμnтwμa.] 1. Properly, something that happens in concurrence with another thing, as an attendant. 2. A sign or token; that which indicates the existence of something else. SYMP-TO-MATIC, a. 1. Pertaining to symptoms ; SYMP-TO-MATI-CAL, happening in concurrence with something; indicating the existence of something else.2. In medicine, a symptomatic disease is one which pro ceeds from some prior disorder in some part of the body 3. According to symptoms. SYMP-TO MATI-CAL-LY, adr. By means of symptoms, in the nature of symptoms. Wiseman. SYMP-TO-MA TOLO-GY, n. [Gr. ovμrwa.] The doctrine of symptoms; that part of the science of medicine which treats of the symptoms of diseases. SYN-A-GOGI-CAL, a. Pertaining to a synagogue. SYN'A-GOGUE, (syn'a gog) n. [Fr.; Gr. ovvaywyn.] 1. A congregation or assembly of Jews, met for the purpose of worship or the performance of religious rites. 2. The house appropriated to the religious worship of the Jews. 3. The court of the seventy elders among the Jews, called the great synagogue. SYNA-GRIS, . Â fish caught in the Archipelago, resembling the dentex. SYN-A-LE PHA, n. [Gr. evvadoign.] In grammar, a contraction of syllables by suppressing some vowel or diphthong at the end of a word, before another vowel or diphthong. SYN AR-CHY, n. [Gr. ovvaoxia.] Joint rule or sovereignty. SY-NARE SIS,) n. [Gr. ovvaipeis.] Contraction; the SY-NAR/E-SY, shortening of a word by the omission of a letter. SYN-AR-THROSIS, n. [Gr. ovv and apopow.] Union of bones without motion; close union; as in sutures, sym physis and the like. SY-NAXIS, n. [Gr.] A congregation; also, a term formerly used for the Lord's supper. SYN-CHON-DRO'SIS, ». [Gr. cvv and yorepos.] The connection of bones by means of cartilage or gristle. SYNCHRO-NAL, a. [Gr. etv and Xpovos.] Happening at the same time; simultaneous. SYN CHRO-NAL, n. That which happens at the same time with something else, or pertains to the same time. SYN-CHRONICAL, a. Happening at the same time; simultaneous. Boyle. SYN CRO-NISM, n. [Gr. evv and yoovos.] Concurrence of two or more events in time; simultaneousness. Hale. SYNCHRO-NIZE, c. i. To agree in time; to be simulta neous. Robinson. SYN CHRO-NOUS, a. Happening at the same time; simul taneous. Arbuthnot. SYN CHRO-NOUS-LY, adv. At the same time. SYN'CHY-SIS, n. [Gr. eur and xvw.] A confusion ; a con fused arrangement of words in a sentence. Knatchbull. SYN'CO-PATE, v. t. 1. To contract, as a word, by takin one or more letters or syllables from the middle.-2. In music, to prolong a note, begun on the unaccented part of a bar, to the accented part of the next bar. SYN CO PA TED, pp. 1. Contracted by the loss of a letter from the middle of .he word. . Inverted, as the measure in music. SYN-CO-PATION, n. 1. The contraction of a word by taking a letter, letters or a syllable from the middle.-2. In music, an interruption of the regular measure; an inversion of the order of notes; a prolonging of a note, begun on the unaccented part of a bar, to the accented part of the next bar. SYN'CO-PE, ) n. [Gr. σvykonŋ.] 1. In music, the same as synSYN CO-PY, copation; the division of a note introduced when two or more notes of one part answer to a single note of another.-2. In grammar, an elision or retrenchment of one or more letters or a syllable from the middle of a word.-3. In medicine, a fainting or swooning. Cyc. SYN'CO-PIST, n. One who contracts words. SYN CO-PIZE, v. t. To contract by the omission of a letter or syllable. SYN DIE, n. [L. syndicus; Gr. ovvdikos.] An officer of government, invested with different powers in different countries; a kind of magistrate intrusted with the affairs of a city or community. SYN DI-CATE, n. In some countries on the European continent, a council; a branch of government. SYN'DI-CATE, v. t. To judge, or to censure. SYN'DRO-ME, n. [Gr. ovvdpoun.] 1. Concurrence. GlanSYN'DRO-MY,} ville.-2. In medicine, the concourse or combination of symptoms in a disease. SY-NEC DO-CHE, n. [Gr. ovvεkdoxn.] In rhetoric, a figSY-NEC DO-CHY, ure or trope by which the whole of a thing is put for a part, or a part for the whole; as the genus for the species, or the species for the genus, &c. Cyc. SYN-EC-DOCHI-CAL, a. Expressed by synecdoche; implying a synecdoche. Boyle. SYN-EC-DÓЄH1-I-¤AL-LŸ, adv. According to the synecdochical mode of speaking. Pearson. SYN-EC-PHO-NE/SIS, n. A contraction of two syllables SYN-NEU-RO'SIS, n. [Gr. ovv and vevpov. In anatomy, the connection of parts by means of ligaments, as in the movable joints. SYN'OD, n. [Gr. avvodos.] 1. In church history, a council or meeting of ecclesiastics to consult on matters of religion. 2. A meeting, convention or council.-3. In astronomy, a conjunction of two or more planets or stars in the same optical place of the heavens. SYNO-DAL, n. 1. Anciently, a pecuniary rent, paid to the bishop or archdeacon at the time of his Easter visitation, by every parish priest; a procuration. 2. Constitutions made in provincial or diocesan synods, are sometimes called synodals. SYNO-DÁL, SY-NOD IC, SY-NODI-CAL, SY-NOD'I-CAL-LY, adv. By the authority of a synod. SY-NOM O-SY, n. [Gr. ovvwporta.] Sworn brotherhood; a society in ancient Greece nearly resembling a modern political club. Mitford. a. Pertaining to a synod; transacted in a synod. Stillingfleet. SY-NONI-MAL-LY, adv. Synonymously. Spelman. SYN O-NYM, n. [Gr. ovvwvvpos.] A name, noun or other word, having the same signification as another, is its syn onym. SY-NON/Y-MA, n. plu. Words having the same signification. SY-NON Y-MAL, a. Synonymous. SY-NON Y-MIST, n. Among botanists, a person who collects the different names or synonyms of plants, and reduces them to one another. SY-NON/Y-MIZE, v. t. To express the same meaning in different words. Camden. SY-NON Y-MOUS, a. Expressing the same thing; conveying the same idea. SY-NON'Y-MOUS-LY, adv. In a synonymous manner; in the same sense; with the same meaning. SY-NON Y-MY, n. 1. The quality of expressing the same meaning by different words.-2. In rhetoric, a figure by which synonymous words are used to amplify a dis course. SY-NOPSIS, n. [Gr. ovvoyis.] A general view, or a collection of things or parts so arranged as to exhibit the whole or the principal parts in a general view. SY-NOPTIC, a. Affording a general view of the SY-NOPTI-CAL, whole, or of the principal parts of a thing. SYN-TACTICAL, SY-NO VI-AL, a. Pertaining to synovia; secreting a lubri cating fluid. Cyc. SYN-TAC TIE, a. 1. Pertaining to syntax, or the construction of sentences. 2. Ac cording to the rules of syntax or construction. SYN-TACTI-CAL-LY, adv. In conformity to syntax. SYNTAX, n. [L. syntaris; Gr. ouvrages.] 1. In granner the construction of sentences; the due arrangement of words in sentences, according to established usage. 2. Connected system or order; union of things; [cbs.. SYN-TE-RASIS, n. [Gr. ovv and rηpew.] A remorse of conscience. Bp. Ward. SYN THE-SIS, n. [Gr. ovv0cois.] 1. Composition, or the putting of two or more things together, as in compound medicines.-2. In logic, composition, or that process of reasoning in which we advance by a regular chain fran principles before established or assumed, and proposito sa already proved, till we arrive at the conclusion.-3. fa surgery, the operation by which divided parts are reunited. Cyc.-4. In chemistry, the uniting of elements into a compound; the opposite of analysis. SYN-THETI¤, SYN-THETICAL,. Pertaining to synthesis ; cons'st.ng in synthesis or composition. SYN-THETI-CAL-LY, adv. By synthesis; by composition. SYNTHE-TIZE, v. t. To unite in regular structure. Lartis used.] SYN-TONIC, a. [Gr. ovv and Tovos.] In music, sharp; intense. Rousseau. SYPH I-LIS. See SIPHILIS. SYRI-A€, n. The language of Syria, especially the ancient language of that country. SYR I-AC, a. Pertaining to Syria, or its language. SYRI-AN, a. Pertaining to Syria. SYRI-AN-ISM, n. A Syrian idiom. Paley. SYRI-ASM, n. The same as Syrianism. Warburten. the lilac. SYRINGE, (sir'inj) n. An instrument for injecting liquids into animal bodies, into wounds, &c.; or an instrument in the form of a pump, serving to imbibe any fluid, and then to expel it with force. SYRINGE, v. t. To inject by means of a pipe or syringe to wash and cleanse by injections from a syringe. SYR-IN-GOT O-MY, n. [Gr. aupys and revo.] The op eration for cutting for the fistula. Cyc. SYKT, n. [L. syrtis.] A bog; a quicksand. Young. SYRTIS, n. [L.] A quicksand. [Not English.] Malton. SYRUP. See SIRUP. SYS TA-SIS, n. [Gr. ovoracis.] The consistence of a thing; constitution. [Little used.] Burke. SYSTEM, n. [Fr. systéme; L. systema ; Gr. overnpa.] 1. An assemblage of things adjusted into a regular whole; or a whole plan or scheme consisting of many parts c nected in such a manner as to create a chain of mutual dependencies. 2. Regular method or order.-3. In mask, an interval compounded or supposed to be compounded of several lesser intervals. SYS-TE-MATIC, a. 1. Pertaining to system; enSYS-TE-MATI-CAL, sisting in system; methodical 2. Proceeding according to system or regular method. SYS-TE-MATI-CAL-LY, adv. In the form of a system; methodically. Boyle. SYSTEM-A-TIST, n. One who forms a system, or r SYSTEM-A-TIZ-ER, } duces to system. * SYSTEM-A-TIZE, v. t. [Systemize is the more regular and proper formation of this word.] To reduce to a system or regular method. SYS-TEM-I-ZATION, n. The act or operation of systemining; the reduction of things to system or regular method. SYSTEM-IZE, v. t. To reduce to system or regular method. SYSTEM-IZED, pp. Reduced to system or method. SYSTEM-IZ-ER, n. One who reduces things to system. SYSTEM-IZ-ING, ppr. Reducing to system or due meth od. SYSTEM-MAK-ER, n. One who forms a system. SYSTEM-MON-GER, n. One given to the forming of sys tems. Chesterfield. SYS/TO-LE, n. [Gr. ovoroλn.] 1. In grammar, the SYS/TO-LY, shortening of a long syllable.-2. In ext omy, the contraction of the heart for expelling the blood and carrying on the circulation. BY: R n. [Gr. ev and eruλos.] In architecture, the Daher of placing columns, where the place between the two shafts consists of two diameters or four modules. SYTHE, n. [Sax. sithe; D. seissen.] 1. An instrument for mowing grass, or cutting other grain or vegetables. 2. The curved sharp blade used anciently in war chariots. SYTHE, v. t. To mow. Shak SYTHED, a. Armed with sythes, as a chariot. SYTHE MAN, n. One who uses a sythe; a mower. SYZY-GY, n. [Gr. ovvya.] The conjunction or opposi tion of a planet with the sun, or of any two of the heavenly bodies. Tis the twentieth letter of the English Alphabet, and a close consonant. It represents a close joining of the end of the tongue to the root of the upper teeth, as may be perceived by the syllables at, et, ot, ut, in attempting to pronounce which, the voice is completely intercepted It is therefore numbered among the mutes, or close articulations, and it differs from d chiefly in its closeness. The letters ti, before a vowel, and unaccented, usually pass into the sound of sh, as in nation, motion, partial. In this case, t loses entirely its proper sound. In a few words, the combination ti has the sound of the English ch, as in Christian, question. T. as an abbreviation, stands for theologia; as, S. T. D. sancte theologue doctor, doctor of divinity. As a numeral, T, among the Latins, stood for 160, and, with a dash over the top, T, for 160,000. TABARD, n. [W. tabar; It. tabarra.] A short gown; a herald's coat. [Not used in the U. States.] TABARD ER, One who wears a tabard. TAB-A-SHEER, A Persian word signifying a concretion found in the joints of the bamboo. TAB BIED, pp. Watered; made wavy. TABBY, 4. Brinded; brindled; diversified in color. TABBY, n. [Fr. tabis; It., Sp., Port. tabi; Dan. tabin.] 1. A kind of waved silk, usually watered. 2. A mixture of stone or shells and mortar, which becomes hard as a rock. TABBY, v. t. To water or cause to look wavy. Cyc. TAB BY-ING, n. The passing of stuffs under a calender to give them a wavy appearance. TAB-E-FACTION, n. [L. tabeo and facio.] A wasting away; a gradual losing of flesh by disease." TABE-FT, i. [Heb.] To consume; to waste gradually; to lose flesh. [Little used.] Harvey. TABERD. See TABARD. TAB ER-NA-CLE, n. [L. tabernaculum.] 1. A tent. Num. xxiv. 2. A temporary habitation.-3. Among the Jews, movable building, so contrived as to be taken to pieces with ease and reconstructed, for the convenience of being carried during the wanderings of the Israelites in the wilderness. 4. A place of worship; a sacred place. 5. Our natural body. 2 Cor. v. 6. God's gracious presence, or the tokens of it. Ree. xxi. 7. An ornamented chest placed on the Roman Catholic altars as a receptacle of the ciborium and pyxis. TABER-NA CLE, v. i. To dwell; to reside for a time; to be housed. TABER NA€ U-LAR, a. Latticed. Wartan. TABID, a. [Fr. tabide; I.. tabidus.] Wasted by disease; Consumptive Arbuthnot. TABID-NESS, m. State of being wasted by disease; consumptiveness. TABI-TUDE, n. [I.. tabitudo.] A consumption; a wasting away by disease. Cockeram. 5. TABLA-TURE, n. 1. Painting on walls and ceilings; a single piece comprehended in one view, and formed ac cording to one design.-2. In music, the expression of sounds or notes of composition by letters of the alphabet or ciphers, or other characters.-3. In anatomy, a division or parting of the skull into two tables. TABLE, . [Fr.; L tabula; It. tarola: Sp. tabla.] 1. A flat surface of some extent, or a thing that has a flat surface. 2. An article of furniture, used for a great variety of purposes, as for holding dishes of meat, for writing on, &e. 3. Fare or entertainment of provisions. 1. The persons sitting at table or partaking of entertainment. A tablet; a surface on which any thing is written or engraved. 6. A picture, or something that exhibits a view of any thing on a flat surface.-7. Among Christians, the table, or Lord's fa'de, is the sacrament, or holy communion of the Lord's supper. 8. The altar of burnt-offering. Mal. 1.-9. In architecture, a smooth, simple member or ornament, of varions forms, most usually in that of a long square.-10. In perspective, a plain surtice, supposed to be transparent and perpendicular to the horizon.--11. In anatomy, a division of the cranium or skull.-12. In the glass manufacture, a circular sheet of finished glass.-13. In literature, an index; a collection of heads or principal matters contained in a book, with references to the pages where each may be found. 14. A synopsis; many partie T. ulars brought into one view. 15. The palm of the hand 16. Draughts; small pieces of wood shifted on squares -17. In mathematics, tables are systems of numbers cal. culated to be ready for expediting operations.-18 Astronomical tables are computations of the motions, places and other phenomena of the planets, both primary and secondary.-19. In chemistry, a list or catalogue of substances or their properties.-20. In general, any series of numbers formed on mathematical or other correct principles. 21. A division of the ten commandments; as the first and second tables.-22. Among jewelers, a table diamond, or other precious stone, is one whose upper surface is quite flat, and the sides only cut in angles. 23. A list or catalogue. Twere tables, the laws of the Romans, so called, probably, because engraved on so many tables.-To turn the tables, to change the condition or fortune of contending parties; a metaphorical expression taken from the vicissitudes of fortune in gaming. Dryden. TABLE, r. . To board; to diet or live at the table of another. South. TABLE, . t. 1. To form into a table or catalogue. 2. To board; to supply with food. 3. To let one piece of timber into another, by alternate scores or projections from the middle. TABLE-BED, n. A bed in the form of a table. TABLE-MAN, s. A man at draughts; a piece of wood. TABLES, n. plu. A board used for back-gammon. TABLET, R. 1. A small table or flat surface. 2. Something flat on which to write, paint, draw or engrave. 3. A medicine in a square form. TA BLE-TALK, n. Conversation at table or at meals. TA BLING, ppr. Boarding; formning into a table; letting one timber into another by scores. TABLING, a. 1. A forming into tables; a setting down in order. 2. The letting of one timber into another by alternate scores or projections, as in ship-building.-3. In sailmaking, a broad hem made on the skirts of sails by turning over the edge of the canvas, and sewing it down. TA-BOO', . In the isles of the Pacific, a word denoting prohibition or religious interdict, which is of great force among the inhabitants. TA-BOO, r. t. To forbid, or to forbid the use of; to interdict approach or use. TA BOR, n. [W. tabers; Ir. tabar: Old Fr. tabour.] A small drum used as an accompaniment to a pipe or fife. TA BOR, e. i. 1. To strike lightly and frequently. 2. To play on a tabor or little drum. TA BOR-ER, n. One who beats the tabor. Shak. Shak. TABRERE, я. A taborer. Spenser. TABRET, n. A tabor. 1 Sam. xviii. TABU-LAR, a. [L. tabularis.] 1. In the form of a table; having a flat or square surface. 2. Having the form of lamina or plates. 3. Set down in tables. 4. Set in squares. TABU-LATE, e. t. 1. To reduce to tables or synopses. 2. To shape with a flat surface. Johnson. TABU-LA-TED, pp. Having a flat or square flat surface. TACA MA HAC A, n. 1. A tree of a sweet fragrance, TAC-A-MA-HA€, planted in gardens as an ornament. 2. A resin obtained in America from the fragara octandra. TACE, from L. tacco, a term used in Italian music, directing to be silent. TA CET, in music, is used when a vocal or instrumental part is to be silent during a whole movement. Cye. †TACH, (n. Something used for taking hold or holding †TACHE,} a catch; a loop; a button. not expressed. Tacit consent is consent by silence, or not interposing an objection. TACIT-LY, adv. Silently; by implication; without words. TACI-TURN, a. [L. taciturnus.] Habitually silent; not free to converse; not apt to talk or speak. Smollett. TAC-I-TURN/I-TY, n. [Fr. taciturnité; L. taciturnitas.] Habitual silence or reserve in speaking. Arbuthnot. TACK, v. t. [Gr. Tacow; Fr. attacher; It. attaccare; Sp. atacar.] 1. To fasten; to attach. 2. To unite by stitching together. 3. To fasten slightly by nails. TACK, or TACHE, n. [Fr. tache. A spot. TACK, n. [Ir. taca; Árm. tach.] 1. A small nail. 2. A rope used to confine the foremost lower corners of the courses and stay-sails. 3. The part of a sail to which the tack is usually fastened. 4. The course of a ship in regard to the position of her sails.-To hold tack, to last or hold out. Tusser. TACK, v. i. To change the course of a ship by shifting the tacks and position of the sails from one side to the other. Mar. Dict. TACK, n. In rural economy, a shelf on which cheese is dried. [Local.]-Tack of land, the term of a lease. [Local.] TACKER, n. One who tacks or makes an addition. TACKET, n. A small nail. Barret. TACKING, ppr. Changing a ship's course. TACKLE, n. [D. takel; G. takel, takeln; Sw. tackel, tackla ; Dan. takkel, takler.] 1. A machine for raising or lowering heavy weights, consisting of a rope and blocks, called a pulley. 2. Instruments of action; weapons. 3. An arrow. 4. The rigging and apparatus of a ship. TACKLE, v. t. I. To harness; as, to tackle a horse into a gig; [a common use of the word in America.] 2. To seize; to lay hold of. [New England.] 3. To supply with tackle. Beaumont. TACKLED, pp. 1. Harnessed; seized. 2. Made of ropes tacked together. Shak. TACK LING, ppr. Harnessing; putting on harness; seizing; falling on. TACK'LING, n. 1. Furniture of the masts and yards of a ship, as cordage, sails, &c. 2. Instruments of action. 3. Harness; the instruments of drawing a carriage. TACKS MAN, n. One who holds a tack or lease of land from another; a tenant or lessee. [Local.] TACT, n. [L. tactus; Fr. tact; It. tatto; Sp. tacto.] 1. Touch; feeling; formerly, the stroke in beating time in music. [Dan. tagt.] 2. Peculiar skill or faculty; nice perception or discernment. Am. Review. a. [See TACTICS.] Pertaining to the art of TACTI-CAL, military and naval dispositions for battle, evolutions, &c. TAE-TICIAN, n. One versed in tactics. TACTIES, n. [Gr. TAKTIKOS; Fr. tactique.] 1. The science and art of disposing military and naval forces in order for battle, and performing military and naval evolutions. 2. The art of inventing and making machines for throwing darts, arrows, stones and other missile weapons. TACTILE,a. [Fr. tactile; L. tactilis.] Tangible; susTACTIL, ceptible of touch; that may be felt. Hale. TAC-TILITY, n. Tangibleness; perceptibility of touch. TACTION, n. [Fr.; L. tactio.] The act of touching; touch. TA-DOR'NA, n. [Sp. tadorno.] A name of the shel-drake, vulpanser, or borough-duck. Cyc. TADPOLE, n. [Sax. tade, with pola.] A frog in its first state from the spawn; a porwiggle. TÃ'EN, (tāne). The poetical contraction of taken. TAFFER-EL, n. [D. tafereel.] The upper part of a ship's TAG, v. t. 1. To fit with a point; as, to tag lace. 2. To fit one thing to another; to append to. 3. To join or fasten. Swift. TAG, n. A play in which the person gains who tags, that is, touches another. TAG-SORE, n. A disease in sheep. Cyc. TAG-TAIL, n. [tag and tail.] A worm which has its tail of another color. Walton. TAIL, n. [Sax. tagl; Ice. tagl. 1. The part of an animal which terminates its body behind. 2. The lower part, noting inferiority. 3. Any thing hanging long; a catkin. 4. The hinder part of any thing.-5. In anatomy, that tendon of a muscle which is fixed to the movable part.6. In botany, the tail of a seed is a downy or feathery appendage to certain seeds, formed of the permanent elongated style. Cyc.-7. Horse's tail, among the Tartars and Chinese, is an ensign or flag; among the Turks, a stan dard borne before the grand visier, bashaws and the sangiacs.-8. In heraldry, the tail of a hart.-P. In music, the part of a note running upwards or downwards. 10. The extremity or last end. TAIL, n. [Fr. tailler; Sp. tallar; It. tagliare.] In law 13 estate in tail is a limited fee; an estate limited to certain heirs, and from which the other heirs are precluded. TAIL, v. t. To pun by the tail. Hudibras. TAILLE, (tāle) n. The fee which is opposite to fee simple, because it is so minced or pared, that it is not in his free power to be disposed of, who owns it; bu' it is, by the first giver, cut or divided from all other, and tied to the impe of the donee. Cowel. †TAIL'AGE, or † TAL'LI-AGE, n. [Fr. tailler.] Laterally, a share; hence, a tax or toll. Blackstone. TAILED, a. Having a tail. Grew. TAILINGS, n. plu. The lighter parts of grain blown to cae end of the heap in winnowing. [Local.] TAILOR, n. [Fr. tailleur.] One whose occupation is to cut out and make men's garments. TAILOR, v. i. To practice making men's clothes. Green. TAILOR-ESS, n. A female who makes garments for men. TAIL/OR-ING, n. The business of a tailor. TAINT, v. t. [Fr. teindre ; L. tingo.] 1. To imbue or inpregnate, as with some extraneous matter which alters the sensible qualities of the substance.-2. More generally, to impregnate with something odious, noxious or poisonous 3. To infect; to poison. 4. To corrupt, as by incipient putrefaction. 5. To stain; to sully; to tarnish. 6. To corrupt, as blood; to attaint; [obs.] see ATTAINT. TAINT, v. i. 1. To be infected or corrupted; to be touched with something corrupting. 2. To be affected with me. ent putrefaction. TAINT, n. 1. Tincture; stain. 2. Infection; corruption; depravation. 3. A stain; a spot; a blemish on repetation. 4. An insect; a kind of spider. TAINTED, pp. Impregnated with something noxious, duagreeable to the senses, or poisonous; infected; corrupted; stained. TAINT FREE, a. Free from taint or guilt. TAINTING, ppr. Impregnating with something foul or poisonous; infecting; corrupting; staining. TAINTLESS, a. Free from taint or infection; pare. Seeft. TAJASSU,n. The peccary or Mexican hog. TAKE, v. t. pret. took; pp. taken. [Sax. tecen, thưr gen, Sw. taga; Dan. tager; Ice. taka.] 1. In a general sense. to get hold or gain possession of a thing in almost any manner, either by receiving it when offered, or by using exertion to obtain it.-Take differs from seize, as it does not always imply haste, force or violence. 2. To receive what is offered. 3. To lay hold of; to get into one's power for keeping. 4. To receive with a certain afection of mind. 5. To catch by surprise or artifice; to circumvent. 6. To seize; to make prisoner. 7. To capore with pleasure; to engage the affections; to delight. K To get into one's power by engines or nets; to entrap, to insnare. 9. To understand in a particular sense; to ceive as meaning. 10. To exact and receive. 11. To employ; to occupy. 12. To agree to; to close in with, to comply with. 13 To form and adopt. 14. To catch; to embrace; to seize. 15. To admit; to receive as an in pression; to suffer. 16. To obtain by active erent. 17. To receive; to receive into the mind. 18. To swa)low, as meat or drink. 19. To swallow, as medic.. 20. To choose; to elect. 21. To copy. 22. To fastra on; to seize. 23. To accept; not to refuse. M. To adopt. 25. To admit. 26. To receive, as any temper o disposition of mind. 27. To endure; to bear without resentment. 28. To draw; to deduce. 29. To ass. 30. To allow; to admit; to receive as true, or not dispuert ed. 31. To suppose; to receive in thought to enterta in opinion; to understand. 32. To seize; to invade. To have recourse to. 34. To receive into the mind. To hire; to rent; to obtain possession on lease. 36. Te admit in copulation. 37. To draw; to copy; to paint a likeness. 38. To conquer and cause to surrender; te ga possession of by force or capitulation. 39. To be discor ered or detected. 40. To require or be necessary. To take away. 1. To deprive of; to bereave. 2. To remove. -To take care. 1. To be careful; to be solicitous for. 2. To be cautious or vigilant.-To take care of, to superintend or oversee; to have the charge of keeping or seuring. To take a course, to resort to; to have recurse to ineasures. To take one's own course, to act one's pleas ure; to pursue the measures of one's own choice. - To take down. 1. To reduce; to bring lower; to depress. 2. To swallow. 3. To pull down; to pull to pieces. L To write. To take from. 1. To deprive of. 2. To d duct; to subtract. 3. To detract; to derogate. To tuås heed, to be careful or cautious.-To take heed to, to attend to with care. To take hold, to seize; to fix on.- Te tais . |