--nò, môve, når, nôt ;-tabe, tôb, båll ;-dll ;-póùnd,-thin, THIS. SALUBRIOUS, sá-lù'bré-ås. healthful, promoting health. SALUBRITY, så-lubré-té. s healthfulness. Wholesomeness, SALVE, sålv. s. 78. An ointment or cerate used in dressing wounds and hurts; an emplaster; help, remedy. a. Wholesome, To SANCTIFY, sângk'tè-fi. v. a. To free from Dr. Johnson tells us, that this word is originally and properly salf; which having salves in the plural, the singular, in time, was borrowed from it: sealf, Saxon, undoubtedly from salvus, Latin. There is some diversity among our orthöepists about the in this word and its verb. Mr. Sheridan marks it to be pronounced; Mr. Smith, W. Johnston, and Barclay, make it mute; Mr. Scott and Perry give it both ways; and Mr. Nares says it is mute in the noun, but sounded in the verb. The mute is certainly countenanced in this word by calve and halve; but as they are very irregular, and are the only words where the lis silent in this situation, for valve, delve, solve, &c. have the i pronounced; and as this word is of Latin original, the lought certainly to be preserved in both words: for to have the same word sounded differently, to signify different things; is a defect in language that ought as much as possible to be avoided.-| See BowL and FAULT. To SALVE, sålv. v. a. To cure with medicaments applied; to help, to remedy; to help or save by a salvo, an excuse, or reservation. SALVER, sål'vår. s. 93. Á plate on which any thing is presented. SALVO, sål'vò. s. An exception, a reservation, an excuse.-See SALTATION. SALUTARINESS, sål ́là-tâ-rè-nês. s. Wholesomeness, quality of contributing to health or safety. SALUTARY, sál ́ld-tâ-rè. a. Wholesome, healthful, safe, advantageous, contributing to health or safety. SALUTATION, sål-lò-ta'shån. s. The act or To SALUTE, så-lute'. v. a. To greet, to hail; to kiss. SAME, same. a. Identical, being of the like SAMPLE, sam'pl. s. 405. A specimen, a part of the whole, shown that judgment may be made of the whole. SAMPLER, sam'pl-år. s. 93. A pattern of work, a piece worked by young girls for improvement. SANABLE, san'na-bl. a. 535. Curable, susceptive of remedy, remediable. | SANCTITY, sångk'tè-tè. s. Holiness, goodness, SAND, sand. s. Particles of stone not conjoined," SANDAL, sân'dal. s. 88. A loose shoe. SANDBOX, sårdbóks. s. À plant. SANDISH, sandish. a. Approaching to the n-- SANDY, sande, a. Abounding with sand, full SANGUIFICATION, sång-gwè-fè-ka'shẳn. SANGU1FIER, sâng'gwè-f}-år. s. Producer of blood. To SANGUIFY, sång'gwè-fi. v. n. 340. To produce blood. SANGUINARY, sâng'gwè-nâ-rẻ. a. Cruel, bloody, murderous. SANGUINE, sing'gwin. a. 340. Red, having the colour of bod; abounding with blood more than any her humour, cheerful; warm, ardent, confident. SANGUINE VIDS, sång'gwin-nês. 1 Mr. Nares, Buchanan, and W. Johnston, pronounce the a in the first syllable of this word fang; but Mr. Sheridan, Mr. Scott, and Entick, more properly, short. Buchanan only makes the same a in sanative long; but Mr. Sheridan, Scott, W. Johnston, Perry, and Entick, short. Mr. Sheridan and Buchanan are the only orthoepists from whom we can gather the sound of this vowel in insanable, which the latter marks long, and the former short as it ought to be, from the shorteuing power of the antepenultimate accent.-See GRANARY. SANATION, så-nà'shan. s. The act of curing. SANATIVE, sân'na-tiv. a. 158. Powerful to cure, healing.-See DONATIVE. SANATIVENESS,san'ná-tivenes. s. Power to cure.To SANCTIFICATION, sångk-te-fe-ká'shan. s. 408. The state of being freed, or act of freedom from the dominion of sin for the time to come; the act of making holy, consecration. SANCTIFIER, sangk'te-fl-år. s. He that sanc- SAPIDNESS, såpid-nès.. Tastefulness, pow tifies or xakes boly N SANJOUS, så'nè-ds, a. 314. Running a thin se- SAPID, såpid. a. 514. Tasteful, palatable, mak er of stimulating the palate. SAT 559-Fate, får, fåll, fât ;—mè, mět;—-pine, pin;— SAPIENCE, så ́pè-ênse. s. Wisdom, sageness, knowledge. SAPIENT, så pe-ênt. a. Wise, sage. SAPLESS, sap'lês. a. Wanting sap, wanting vital juice; dry, old, husky. SAPLING, sapling. s A young tree, a young plant. SAPONACEOUS, sip-d-nå'shus. 357. Į a. Soapy, resembling soap, having the qualities of soap. SAPOR, så pår. s. 166. Taste, power of affecting or stimulating the palate. SAPORIFICK, såp-d-rif'fik. a. 530. Having the power to produce tastes. SAPPHIRE, såf fir. s. 140, 415. A precious stone of a blue colour; it is next in hardness to the diamond.-Marce SAPPHIRINE, sâf fir-ine. a. 149. Made of sapphire, resembling sapphire. SAPPINESS, sâp pè-nes. s. The state or the quality of abounding in sap, succulence, juici ness. SAPPY, såp'pè. a. succulent young, weak. SARABAND, sår rå-bånd s. 524. A Spanish dance. Abounding in sap, juicy, SARCASM, sår'kâzm. s. A keen reproach, á taunt, a gibe. } a. Keen, SARCASTICALLY, sår-kâs'tè-kâl è. ad. Tauntingly, severely. SARCASTICAL, sår-kâs'tè-kâl. SARCASTICK, sår-kås'tik. 509. taunting, severe. SARCENET, sårse'net. s. Fine thin woven silk. SARCOMA, sar-ko'mâ. s. 92. A fleshy excrescence or lump, growing in any part of the body, especially the nostrils. SARCOPHAGUS, sår-kôf'få-gús. a. 518. Flesheating feeding on flesh. Hence a tomb, when the human flesh is consumed and caten away by time, is called a Sarcophagus. SARCOPHAGY, sår-köf'fá-jè. s. 518. The practice of eating flesh. SARCOTICK, sår-kôt'tik. s. 509. Medicines which fill up ulcers with new flesh, the same as incarnatives. SARDEL, sår'dêl. SARDINE, sår'din. 140. SARDIUS, sar'dè-ûs, or sår'jè-ås: 293, 294. SARSAPARILLA, sår-så-på-ril'lâ. s. A root brought from the West-Indes. Itconsists of a great number of long string hanging from one head. They are of a brackish colour outside, and white within, and have a glutinous bitterish taste and no smell-Dispen SASH, såsh. s. A belt worn by way of distinction, a silken band worn by offices in the army; a window so formed as to be 'et up and down by pullies. SASSAFRAS, sis'sâ-frås. s. A tree, oic of the species of the corneliau cherry. A tree a native of North America. The wood, root and its bark are used in medicine. They have a fragrant smell and sweetish aromatick ste.Dispen. SAT, sât. The pret. of Sit. SATAN, så tån, or sât tàn. s. The prince of hell, any wicked spirit. This word is frequently pronounced as if written Sattan; but making the first syllable) long is so agreeable to analogy that it ought to be indulged wherever custom will permit, and particularly in proper names, Cato, Plato, &c. have now universally the penultimate a long and sleader; and no good reason can be given why the word in question should not join this class, if the short quantity of the a in the original be alleged, for an answer to this see Principles No. 544, and the word SATIRE. Mr. SATCHEL, såtsh'il. s. 99. A little bag used by schoolboys. To SATE, såte. v. a. To satiate, to glut, to pall, to feed beyond natural desires. SATELLITE, såt tèl-lite. s. 155. A small planet revolving round a larger. 66 Pope has, by the licence of his art, accented the plural of this word upon the second sylla ble, and like the Latin plural, has given it four syllables: "Or ask of yonder argent fields above, Why Jove's Sattellites are less than Jove." Essay on Man. This, however, is only pardonable in poetry, and, it may be added, in good poetry.-See ANTIPODES and MILLIPEDES. SATELLITIOUS, sât-têl-lish'ús, a. Consisting of satellites. To SATIATE, sh'sbé-åte. v. a. To satisfy, to fill; to glut, to pall; to gratify desire; to saturate, to impregnate with as much as can be contained or imbided. SATIATE, så'shé-åte. a. 91. satiety. Glutted, full to SATIETY, sû-ti'è-tè. s. 460. Fulness beyond desire or pleasure, more than enough,"state of being palled. The sound of the second syllable of this word has been grossly mistaken by the generality of speakers; nor is it much to be wondered at. Ti, with the accent on it, succeeded by a vowel, is a very uncommon predicament for an Eng lish syllable to be under; and therefore it is not surprising that it has been almost universally confounded with an apparently similar, but really different assemblage of accent, vowels, and consonants. So accustomed is the ear to the aspirated sound of t, when followed by two vowels, that whenever these appear we are apt to annex the very same sound to that letter, without attending to an essential circumstance in this word, which distinguishes it from every other in the language. There is no English word of exactly the same form with satiety, and therefore it cannot, like most other words, be tried by its peers; but analogy, that grand resource of reason, will as clearly determine, in this case, as if the most positive evidence were produced. In the first place, then, the sound commonly giv en to the second syllable of this word, which is that of the first of si-lence, as if written sa-si-e-ty, is never found annexed to the same letters throughout the whole language. T, when succeeded by two vowels, in every instance but the word in question, sounds exactly like sh; thus satiate, erpitiate, &c. are pronounced as if written sa-she-ate, ex-pa-she-ate, &c. and not sa-se-ate, ex-pa-scate, &c. and therefore if the t must be aspirated in this word, it ought at least to as suine that aspiration which is found among similar assemblages of letters, and instead of sa-si-e-ty, it ought to be sounded su-shi-e-ty: in this mode of pronunciation a greater parity ight be pleaded; nor should we introduce a new aspiration to reproach our language with needless irregularity! But if we once cast að eye on those conditions, on which we give an aspirated sound to the dentals, 26, we shall fud both these methods of pronouncing this word equally remote from analogy. In almost every -no, môve, når, nôt;-tube, tåb, båll ;-ôîl ;-påånd ;-thin, THIS. termination where the consonants, t, d, e, and *, precede the vowels ea, ia, ie, io, &c. as in martial, soldier, suspicion, confusion, anxious, prescience, &c. the accent is on the syllable immediately before these consonants, and they all assume the aspiration; but in Ægyptiacum, elephantiasis, hendiadis, society, anxiety, science, &c. the accent is immediately after these consonants, and t, d, c, and x, are pronounced as free from aspira-1 tion as the same letters in tiar, diet, cion, Ixion, &c. the position of the accent makes the whole difference. But if analogy in our own language were silent, the uniform pronunciation of words from the learned languages, where these letters occur, would be sufficient to decide the dispute. Thus in elephantiasis, Miltiades, satietas, &c. the antepenultimate syllable ti is always pronounced like the English noun tie; nor should we dream of giving to the aspirated sound in these words, though there would be exactly the same reason for it, as in satiety: for, except in very few instances, as we pronounce Latin in the analogy of our own language, no reason can be given ahy we should pronounce the antepenultimate syllable in sutictus one way and that in satiety another. I should have thought my time thrown away in so minute an investigation of the pronunciation of this word, if I had not found the best judges disagree about it. That Mr. Sheridan supposed it ought to be pronounced sa-si-e-ty, is evident from his giving this word as an instance of the various sounds of t, and telling us that here it sounds s. Mr. Garrick, whom I consulted on this word, told me, if there were any rules for pronunciation, I was certainly right in mine; but that he and his literary acquaintance pronounced in the other manner. Dr. Johnson likewise thought I was right, but that the greater number of speakers were against me; and Dr. Lowth told me, he was clearly of my opinion, but that he could get nobody to follow him. I was much flattered to find my sentiments confirmed by so great a judge, and much more flattered when I found my reasons were entirely new to him. able to an English ear, the second seems to be that which is most favoured by the learned, be cause, say they, the first syllable in the Latin Satura is short. But if this reasoning were to hold good, we ought to pronounce the first syllable of silence, local, label, libel, locust, paper, and many others short, because silentium, localis, la bellum, libellus, locusta, papyrus, &c. have all the first syllable short in Latin. But to furnish the learned with an argument which perhaps may not immediately occur to them, it may be said that in the instances I have adduced, none of the Latin words have the initial syllable accente's as well as short, which is the case with the word satura: but it may be answered, if we were to follow the quantity of the Latin accented vowel, we must pronounce fætid, mimick, frigid, squa lid, comick, resin, credit, spirit, and lity, with the first vowel long, because it is the case in the. Latin words foetidus, mimicus, frigidus, squalidus, comicus, resina, creditus, spiritus, and lilium. The only shadow of an argument therefore that remains is, that though we do not adopt the La tin quantity of the accented antepenultimate vowel when it is long, we do when it is short. For though we have many instances where an English word of two syllables has the first short, though derived from a Latin word where the two first syllables are long; as civil, legate, solemn, &c. from civilis, legatus, solemnis, &c yet we have no instance in the language where a word of three syllables in Latin with the two first vowels short, becomes an English dissyllable with the first syllable long, except the. Vowel be u-See Principles, No. 507, 508, 509. Hence the shortness of the first syllables of platane, zephyr, atom, &c. from platanus, zephyrus, atomus, &c. which are short, not only from the custom of carrying the short sound we give to the Latin antepenultimate vowel, into the penultimate of the English word derived from it; but from the affectation of shortening the initial vowel, which this custom has introduced, in or der to give our pronunciation a Latin air, and furnish us with an opportunity of showing our learning by appealing to Latin quantity ; which, when applied to English, is so vague and uncer tain, as to put us out of all fear of detection if we happen to be wrong. The absurd custom, therefore, of shortening our vowels, ought to be discountenanced as much as possible, since it is supported by such weak and desultory arguments; and our own analogy in this as wel! as in similar words, ought to be preferred to such a shadow of analogy to the quantity of the Latin language, as I have charitably afford. ed to those who are ignorant of it.-See Prin ciples, No. 544. But, notwithstanding the tide of opinion was some years ago so much against me, I have since had the pleasure of finding some of the most judi-] cious philologists on my side. Mr. Elphinstone, Dr. Kenrick, and Mr. Perry, mark the word as I have done; and Mr. Nares is of opinion it ought to be so pronounced, though for a reason very different from those I have produced,| namely, in order to keep it as distinct as may oe from the word society. While Mr. Fry frankly owns, it is very difficult to determine the proper pronunciation of this word. Thus have I ventured to decide where "Doctors disagree," and have been induced to spend so much time on the correction of this word, as the improper pronunciation of it does not, as in most other cases, proceed from an evident caprice of custom, as in busy and bury, or from a desire of drawing nearer to the original lan-"Leave dang'rous truths to unsuccessful satires, guage, but from an absolute mistake of the" And flattery to fulsome dedicators." principles on which we pronounce our own. SATIN, sât'tin. s. A soft, close, and shining silk. SATIRE, så tår, såt'år, så'tire, or satire. s. A poem in which wickedness or folly are censured. IF The first mode of pronouncing this word is adopted by Mr. Sheridan, Mr. Scott, Dr. Ash, and Mr. Smith. The short quantity of the first vowel is adopted by Mr. Nares, Mr. El phinstone, Buchanan, and Entick; but quantity of the second syllable they have not marked-The third is adopted by Mr. Perry and Dr. Kenrick; and for the fourth we have no authorities. e Though poets often bend the rhyme to their verse, when they cannot bring their verse to the rhyme; yet, where custom is equivocal, they certainly are of some weight. In this view we may look upon Pope's couplet in his Essay on Criticism: With respect to the quantity of the last syllable, a Belonging to satire, employed in writing invective ; censorious, severe in language. SATIRICALLY, så-tir'rẻ-kâl-è. ad. With in- To SATIRISE, såt'tår-ize. v. a. To censure as in But though the first mode of pronouncing this sond is the most general, and the most agree-SATISFACTION såt-tis-fâk'shån. a. Tks nei 7 559.—Fåte, får, fåll, fât;—mè, mêt ;—plne, pîn`;--- f pleasing to the fall; the state of being pleased; release from suspense, uncertainty, or uneasiness; gratification, that which pleases; amends, atonement for a crime, recompense for an injury. SATISFACTIVE, sâ-tis-fák'tiv. a. Giving satis faction. SATISFACTORILY, sât-tls-fâk'tôr-è-lè. ad. In a satisfactory manner. SATISFACTORINESS, såt-tis-fak'tar-rè-nes. s. Power of satisfying, power of giving content. SATISFACTORY, sáz-tis-fâk'tur-è. a. Giving satisfaction, giving content; atoning, making amends. For the o, see DOMESTICK. To SATISFY, sât'tis-fi. v. a. To content, to please to such a degree as that nothing more is desired; to feed to the fill; to recompense, to pay to content; to free from doubt, perplexity, suspense to convince. To SATISFY, sât tis-fi. v. n. To make payment. SATRAP, så tråp. s. A nobleman in ancient Persia who governed a province. SATURABLE, sât tsha-ra-bl. a. Impregnable with any thing till it will receive no more. SATURANT, sat'tshu-rânt, a. Impregnating to the fill. To SATURATE, såt'tshu-rate. v. a. To impreg- SATURITY, så tú'rẻ-tè. s. Fulness, the state of This was supposed to be the remotest planet when Dr. Johnson wrote his Dictionary; but Mr. Herschel has since discovered a planet still more remote, which will undoubtedly be called hereafter by his own name. The first pronunciation of this word is not the most general, but by far the most analogical; and for the same reason as in Satan: but there is an additional reason in this word, which will weigh greatly with the learned, and that is, the a is long in the original. Mr. Elphinstone, Dr. Kenrick, Perry, and Entick, adopt the second pronunciation of this word; and Mr. Sheridan,|| Scott, Buchanan, W. Johnston, and, if we may guess by the position of the accent, Dr. Ash and Bailey, the first. 148. Gloomy, SATURNINE, sắt tậr-nlne. a. This word, and Satire a poem, are pronounced exactly alike, and for similar reasons. SAVAGE, sav vidje. a. 90. Wild, uncultivated ; uncivilized, barbarous. SAVAGE, sav vidje. s. A man untaught and un- Cruelty, barba BAUCE, såwse. s. 218. Something eaten with food to improve its taste. To serve one the same Sauce; a yulgar phrase to retaliate one injury with another. 10 SAUCE, såwse. v. a. To accompany meat with something of higher relish; to gratify with rich tastes; to intermix, or accompany with any thing good, or ironically, with any thing bad. SAUCEBOX, såwse'boks s. An impertinent or petulant fellow SAUCEPAN, såwse pân. s. A sinall skillet with a long handle, in which sauce or small things are boiled. is set. SAUCILY, saw'sè-lè. ad. Impudently, imperti nently, petulantly. SAUCINESS, saw'sè-nes. s. Impudence, petu lance, impertinence. The regular sound of this diphthong must SAUCY, saw'se. a. 218. Pert, petulant, insolent. be carefully preserved, as the Italian sound of a given to it in this word, and in sauce, saucer, daughter, &c. is only heard among the vulgar: To SAVE, save, v. a. To preserve from danger or destruction; to preserve finally from eternal death; not to spend, to hinder from being spent; to reserve or lay by; to spare, to excuse; to salve. To SAVE, save. v. n. To be cheap. SAVER, så vår. s. 98. Preserver, rescer; one SAVING, så'ving. ad. With exception in fa vour of SAVING, så'ving. s. Escape of expense, some- SAVINGLY, så'ving-le. ad. With parsimony. The first mode of pronouncing this word is SAVORY, så vår-è. s. A plant. taste of. SAVOURILY, sà'vår-è-lè. ad. With gust, with This word is pronounced in the first manner by correct, and in the second by vulgar speak ers. Among this number, however, I do no reckon Mr. Sheridan, Mr. Smith, and M Scott, who adopt it; but in my opinion, Di Kenrick and Mr. Perry, who prefer the first, are not only more agreeable to rule, but to the best usage. In this opinion I am confirmed by Mr. Nares, who says it is commonly pronounc ed in the second manner. See Principles, No. 218 SAW, saw. 219. The pret. of Ser mnổ, môve, nor nốt ;–tube, tỉnh, SAW, saw. s. A dentated instrument, by the attrition of which wood or metal is cut; a saying, a sentence, a proverb To SAW, saw. v. a. Part. Sawed and Sawn. To cut timber or other matter with a saw. buil ;—ôi ;pound ;—thin, THIS. proportions; any thing marked at equal dis tances. To SCALE, skále. v. a To climb as by ladders ; to measure or compare, to weigh; to take off in a thin lamina; to pare off a surface. SAWDUST, saw'dást. 6. Dust made by the at-To SCALE, skåle. v. n. To peel off in thin trition of the saw. SAWFISH, saw fish. s. A sort of fish. SAWPIT, såw'pit. s. Pit over which timber is laid to be sawn by two men. SAW-WORT, såw wart. s. A plant. SAW-WREST, såw'rêst. s. A sort of tool. With the saw-wrest they set the teeth of the saw. SAWER, saw'år. 8. One whose trade SAWYER, saw'yar. 113. } is to saw timber into boards or beans. SAXIFRAGE, såk'se-fradje. s. A plant. SAXIFRAGOUS, sák-slí râ-gås. a. Dissolvent of the stone. To SAY, så. v. a. 220. Pret. Said. To speak, to utter in words, to tell; to tell in any manner. SAYING, saing. s. 410. Expression, words, opinion sententiously delivered. SAYS, sez. Third person of To say. 90. This seems to be an incorrigible deviation.|| SCAB, skab. s. An incrustation formed over a sore by dried matter; the itch or mange of horses; a paltry fellow, so named from the itch. SCABBARD, skåb’bård, s. 418. The sheath of a sword. SCABBED, skâb ́bêd, or skáb'd. a. 366. Covered or diseased with scabs; paltry, sorry. This word, like learned, blessed, and some others, when used as an adjective, is always pronounced in two syllables; and when a participle, in one. See Principles, No. 362. SCABBEDNESS, skåb'bed-nês. s. The state of being scabbed. SCABBINESS, skâb'bè-nês. s. The quality of being scabby. SCABBY, skab bè. a. Diseased with scabs. SCABIOUS, ska be-ås. a. Itchy, leprous. SCABROUS, ská brûs. a. 314. Rough, rugged, pointed on the surface; harsh, unmusical. SCABWORT, skåb'wart. s. A plant. SCAD, skåd. s. A kind of fish; probably the same as Shad. SCAFFOLD, skåf'fuld. s. 166. A temporary particles. SCALED, skål'd. a. 359. Squamous, having scales like fishes. SCALENE, skå-lène'. s. In Geometry, a triangle that has three sides unequal to each other. SCALINESS, skå ́lè-nès. s. The state of being scaly. SCALL, skåwl. s. 84. Leprosy, morbid bald ness. SCALLION, skål'vån. s. 113. A kind of onion. SCALLOP, skôl lap. s. 166. A fish with a hollow pectinated shell. This word is irregular, for it ought to have the a in the first syllable like that in tallow; but the deep sound of a is too firmly fixed by custom to afford any expectation of a change. Mr. Sheridan, Mr. Scott, Dr. Kenrick, Mr. Nares, and Mr. Smith, pronounce the a in the manner I have given it, and Mr. Perry only as in tallow To SCALLOP, skôl'ap. v. a. To mark on the edge with segments of circles. SCALP, skålp. s. The skull, the cranium, the bone that encloses the brain; the integuments of the head. To SCALP, skålp. v. a. To deprive the skull of its integuments. SCALPEL, skâl'pêl. s. An instrument used to scrape a bone. SCALY, skále. a. Covered with scales. To SCAMBLE, scâm'bl. v. n. 405. To be tur bulent and rapacious, to scramble, to get by struggling with others; to shift awkwardly Little used. SCAMMONIATE, skâm-mò ́nè-åte. a. 91 Made with scammony. SCAMMONY, skâm'mo-nè. 8. The concrete gummy resinous juice of a climbing plant growing in Syria. It is brought in light, spongy, friable masses of a blackish colour, and has a faint unpleasant smell and bitterish pungent taste. To SCAMPER, skâm'pår. v. n. 98. To fly with speed and trepidation. gallery or stage raised either for shows or spec-To SCAN, skån. v. a. To examine a verse by tators; the gallery raised for execution of great malefactors; frames of timber erected on the side of a building for the workmen. SCAFFOLDAGE, skåf'fal-didje. s. 90. ry, hollow floor." SCAFFOLDING, skâf'fål-ding. s. 410. ing slightly erected. SCALADE, skå-låde'. SCALADO, skå-lå'dó. S. Galle Build A storm given to a place by raising ladders against the walls. See LUMBAGO. SCALARY, skalá-rẻ. a. like those of a ladder. Proceeding by steps To SCALD, skáld. v. a. 84. To burn with hot liquor. SCALD, skald. s. Scurf on the head. SCALD, skåld. a. Paltry, sorry. SCALDHEAD, skåld-hed'. s. A loathsome disease, a kind of local leprosy in which the head is covered with a scab. SCALE, skåle. s. A balance, a vessel suspended by a beam against another; the sign Libra in the Zodiack; the small shells or crusts whichlying one over another make the coats of fishes; any thing exfoliated, a thin lamina; ladder, means of ascent; the act of storming by ladders; regular gradation, a regular series rising like a ladder; a figure subdivided by lines like the steps of a ladder, which is used to measure proportions between pictures and the thing represented; the series of harmonick orjašical counting the feet; to examine nicely. SCANDAL, skån'dál s. 88. Offence given by the faults of others; reproachful aspersion, opprobrious censure, infamy. To treat opprobriously, to charge falsely with faults. To SCANDALIZE, skån'då-lize. v. a. To of fend by some action supposed criminal; to reproach, to disgrace, to defame. To SCANDAL, skån dål, v. a. SCANDALOUS, skån'dá-las. a. 314. Giving publick offence; opprobrious, disgraceful; shameful, openly vile. SCANDALOUSLY, skân'dâ-lås-lè. ad. Censori ously, opprobriously; shamefully, ill to a degree that gives publick offence. SCANDALOUSNESS, skân'dã-lås-nês. s. The quality of giving publick offence. SCANDALUM MAGNATUM, skân'då-lảm-mâgna tam. s. An offence given to a person of dignity by opprobrious speech or writing; a writ to recover damages in such cases.-Ash. SCANSION, skån'shån. S. The act or prac tice of scanning a verse. To SCANT, skånt. v. a. To limit, to straiten. SCANT, skånt. a. Parsimonious; less than what is proper or competent. SCANTILY, skånt'te-le. ad. Sparingly, niggardly; narrowly. SCANTINESS, skân'tè-nês. 8. Narrowness want of space: want of amplitude or great» ness |