nò, môve, nor, nốt ,tube, tub, bill ; –811 ;pfind ;—thin, "HIS.

purpose, a project, a contrivance, a design; a|| SCHOOLMISTRESS, skô¿l'mis-tris. s. A wo representation of the aspects of the celestial bo- man who governs a school.

dies, any lineal or mathematical diagram. SCHEMER, skè'můr. s. 98. A projector, a contriver.

SCHESIS, skè'sis. s. A habitude, the relative state of a thing, with respect to other things. A rhetorical figure, in which a supposed affection or inclination of the adversary is introduced in order to be exposed.

SCHISM, sizm. 8. A separation or division in

the church.

SCIATICA, sl-ât'tè-kâ.
SCIATICK, si-ât tik.

8. 509. The hip-gout. SCIATICAL, sl-ât'tè-kâl. a. Afflicting the tip SCIENCE, slense. s. Knowledge; certainty grounded on demonstration; art attained by precepts, or built on principles; any art or spe cies of knowledge..

SCIENTIAL, si-en'shål. a. Producing science
SCIENTIFICAL, shen-fiffè-kâl.a. Producing
SCIENTIFICK, si-ën-tîf'fik.

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demonstrative knowledge, producing certainty. SCIENTIFICALLY, sl-ễn-tîf'fè-kål-ẻ. ad. In such a manner as to produce knowledge. SCIMITAR, sỉm'mè-tår. s. 88. A short sword with a convex edge.

SCINTILLATE, sin'til-åte. v. n. To sparkle, to
emit sparks.
The act

SCINTILLATION, sin-til-la'shun. s.
of sparkling, sparks emitted.
SCIOLIST, sl'd-list. s. One who knows things
superficially.

SCIOLOUS, sl'ò-lås. a. Superficially or imper-
fectly knowing.

SCIOMACHY, sl-ôm'mâ-kẻ. s. Battle with a shadow.-See MONOMACHY.

The common pronunciation of this word is contrary to every rule for pronouncing words from the learned languages, and ought to be altered. Ch in English words coming from Greek words with X, ought always to be pronounced like k; and I believe the word in question is almost the only exception throughout the language. However strange, therefore, skism may sound, it is the only true and analogical pronunciation; and we might as well pronounce scheme, seme, as schism, sizm, there being exactly the same reason for both.-But when once a false pronunciation is fixed as this! is, it requires some daring spirit to begin the reformation: but when once begun, as it has, what seldom happens, truth, novelty, and the appearance of Greek erudition on its side, there is no doubt of its success. Whatever, therefore, may be the fate of its pronunciation, it ought still to retain its spelling. This must be held sacred, or the whole language will be metamorphosed for the very same reason that induced Dr. Johnson to spell Sceptick, Skeptick, ought to have made him spell schism, skism, and and schedule, sedule. All our orthoepists pro-SCION, si'an. s. 166. A small twig taken from nounce the word as i have marked it. SCHISMATICAL, siz-måt'è-kål. a. Implying schism, practising schism.. SCHISMATICALLY, siz-mât ́tẻ kål-é. ad. In schismatical manner.

SCHISMATICK, siz'må-tik. s. One who separates from the true church.

SCHOLAR, sköl'lår. § 88, 353. One who learns of a master, a disciple; a man of letters; a pedant, a man of books; one who has a lettered education.

Mr. Nares questions whether the c should not be pronounced hard in this word, (or as it ought rather tɔ be schiomachy;) and if so, he says, ought we not to write skiomachy, for the same reason as skeptick? I answer, exactly.See SCIRRHUS and SKEPTICK.

Dr. Johnson's folio accents this word properly on the second syllable, (see Principles, No. 518,) but the quarto on the first.

one tree to be engrafted into another. SCIRE FACIAS, si-rè-fà'shâs. s. A writ judi

cial in law.

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a||SCIRRHUS, skîr'rås. s. 109. An indurated gland.

SCHOLARSHIP, skól'lür-ship. s. Learning, li-
terature, knowledge; literary exhibition; ex-
hibition or maintenance for a scholar.
SCHOLASTICAL, skó-lås'tè-kål. a. Belonging
to a scholar or school.

SCHOLASTICALLY, skó-lâs ́té-kål-é. ad. Ac-
cording to the niceties or method of the schools.
SCHOLASTICK, skó-lås'tik a. Pertaining to
the school, practised in the schools befitting
the school, suitable to the school, pedantick.
SCHOLIAST, skó'lè-åst. s. 353. A writer of ex-
planatory notes.
SCHOLION, skò'lè-ôn.
SCHOLIUM, skỏ'lè-ûm.
natory observation.

s. A note, an expla

SCHOOL, skôôl. s. 353. A house of discipline and instructin; a place of literary education,

This word is sometimes, but improperly, written schirrus, with the h in the first syllable instead of the last; and Bailey and Fenning have given us two aspirations and spelt it schirrhus ; both of which modes of spelling the word are contrary to the general analogy of orthog raphy; for as the word comes from the Greek Hippos, the latter only can have the aspiration, as the first of these double letters has always the spiritus lenis and the c in the first syllable, arising from the Greek x, and not the %, no more reason can be given for placing the h after it, by spelling it schirrus, tuan there is for spelling scene from run, schene; or sceptre from

Tfecv, Scheptre. The most correct Latin or thography confirms this opinion, by spelling the word in question scirrhus: aud, according to the most settled analogy of our own language, and the constant method of pronouncing words from the Greek and Latin, the c ought to be soft before the i in this word, and the first syllable should be pronounced like the first of syringe, Sir-i-us, &c

a state of instruction; system of doctrine as de-Whatever might have been the occasion of the

livered by particular teachers.

To SCHOOL, skôỏl. v. a. To instruct, to train; to teach with superiority, to tutor. SCHOOLBOY, skôól'bỏè. s. A boy that is in bis rudiments at school.

SCHOOLDAY, skôỏl'då. s. Age in which yout!. is kept at school.

SCHOOLFELLOW, skỏôl fél-ið. 8. One bred at the same school.

SCHOOLHOUSE, skỏôl'hôůse. s. House of discipline and instruction.

SCHOOLMAN, skôôl'män s. 88. One versed in the niceties and subtilties of academical disputation; one skilled in the divinity of the school. SCHOOLMASTER, sköðl'mås-tår. s. One who presides and teaches in a school

false orthography of this word, its false pronunciation seems fixed beyond recovery and Dr. Johnson tells us it ought to be written skirrhus. not merely because it comes from Giggs, but because c in English has before e and i the sound of s. Dr Johnson is the last man that I should have suspected of giving this advice. What! because a false orthography has obtained, and a false pronunciation in consequence of it, must both these errours be confirmed by a still grosser departure from analo gy? A little reflection on the consequences o. so pernicious a practice would, I doubt not, have made Dr. Johnson retract his advice. While a true orthography remaius, there is some hope that a false pronunciation may be

17 559-Fåte, får, fåll, fät :-me, mêt,-pine, pin ;

mentitious

To despise, to revilę

reclaimed, but when once the orthography is To SCORE, skóre. v. a. To set down as a debí altered, pronunciation is incorrigible and we to impute, to charge, to mark by a line. must bow to the tyrant, however false may be||SCORIA, skoré-à. s. 92. Dross, excrement. his title.-See Principles, No 350, and the SCORIOUS, skóʻre-ås. a. 314. Drossy, recre wold SKEPTICK. Mr. Sheridan pronounces this word skirrous; Mr.To SCORN, skårn. v. a. Scott, Mr. Perry, and W. Johnston, have omit- to vilify. ted it neither Dr. Kenrick nor Buchanan,To SCORN, skörn. v. n. To scoff. take any notice of the sound of c, and, accord-||SCORN, skörn. s. Contempt, scoff, act, of con ing to them, it might be pronounced s; but Barclay writes it to be pronounced skirrus. SCORNER, skörn'ár. s. 98. Contemner, despiSCIRRHOUS, skir'rus. a. 314. Having a gland ser, scoffer, ridiculer.

indurated. SCHIRRHOSITY, skir-rós'è-tè. s. An induration or the glands.

SCISSIBLE, sis sè-bl. a. Capable of being divi-
ded smoothly by a sharp edge.

SCISSILE, sis'sil. a. 140. Capable of being cut
or divided smoothly by a sharp edge.
SCISSION, sizh'âu. s. The act of cutting.-See
ABSCISSION.

SCISSORS, siz zurz. s. 166. A small pair of

tumely.

SCORNFUL, skôru'fäl a. Contemptuous, inso
solent; acting in defiance.
SCORNFULLY, skörnfùl-è. ad. Contemptu.
ously, insolently.

SCORPION, skör'pé-ån. s. A reptile somewhat
resembling a small lobster, with a very veno-
mous sting; one of the signs of the Zodiack.
a scourge so called from its cruelty; a sea fish.
SCOT, skôt. s. Shot, payment. Scot and lot ;
parish payments.

incisions.

shears, or blades moveable on a pivot, and in-To SCOTCH, skôtsh. v. a. To cut with shallow tercepting the thing to be cut. SCISSORE, sizh'ure. s. A crack, a rent, a fis

sure.

The Sclavonian

The hard, white,

SCLAVONIA, sklâ-vò'né-â. s. A province near
Turkey in Europe.
SCLAVONICK, sklå-vôn'îk. a
language
SCLEROTICK, sklè-rôt'tk. a.
outer coat of the eye.
To SCOAT, skóte.
To SCOTCH, skôtsh.
by putting a stone or

SCOTCH, skötsh. a. Belonging to Scotland.
SCOTCH COLLOPS, skóish
SCOTCH'D COLLOPS, skótsht
SCORCH'D COLLOPS, skortsht
Veal cut into smalı pieces and fried.

kollaps. 8.

The inspector may choose which of these he pleases. The first is most in use, and seeing nearest the truth.

SCOTCH HOPPERS, skôtsh'hôp-purz. s. v. a. To stop a wheel play in which boys hop over lines in the ground. piece of wood under it.|SCOTOMY, skôt'to-mè. s. A dizziness or swimming in the head, causing dimness of sight. SCOUNDREL, skðån'drîl. s. 99. A mean rascal, a low petty villain.

N. B. The former of these words is the most in use

To SCOFF, skôf. v. n. To treat with insolent ridicule, to treat with contumelious language. SCOFF, skóf. s. 170. Contemptuous ridicule, expression of scorn, contumelious language. SCOFFER, skôf får. s. 98. Insolent ridiculer, saucy scorner, contumelious reproacher. SCOFFINGLY, skôf fíng-lè, ad. In contempt, in ridicule.

Tó SCOLD, skóld. v. n. See MOULD. To quar rel clamorously and rudely.

SCOLD, skold. s. A clamorous, rude, foulmouthed woman.

SCOLLOP, skôl′låp s. 166. A pectinated shell

fish.

SCONCE, skônse. s. A fort, a bulwark; the head; a pensile candlestick, geuerally with a looking-glass to reflect the light.

To SCOUR, skôår. v. a. 312. To rub hard with any thing rough, in order to clean the surface to purge violently; to cleanse; to remove by scouring, to range in order to catch or drive away something, to clear away; to pass swiftly over

To ‍SCOUR, sköår. v. n. To perform the office of cleaning domestick utensils; to clean; to be purged or las; to rove, to range; to run here and there; to run with great eagerness and swiftness, to scamper.

||SCOURER, sköår är. s. One that cleans by rubbing, a purge one who runs swiftly. SCOURGE, skúrje. s. 314. A whip, a lash, au instrument of discipline; & punishment, a vindictive affliction; one that afflicts, harasses, or destroys; a whip for a top.

To SCONČE, shônse v. a. To mulct, or fine.
SCOOP, sköôp. s. 306. A kind of large ladle, a||To
vessel with a long handle used to throw out li-
quor.

To SCOOP, skỏỏp v. a. To lade out; to carry

SCOURGE, skårje. v. a. To lash with a whip, to whip to punish, to chastise, to chasten; to castigate.

SCOURGER, skår'jur. s. 98. One that scourges a punisher of chastiser.

off in any thing hollow; to cut hollow, or deepSCOUT, skout. s. 312. One who is sent privily SCOOPER, sköỗp år. s. 98. One who scoops. SCOPE, skópe. s. Aim, intention, drift, thing

to observe the motions of the enemy.

aimed at, mark, final end; room, space, ampli-To SCOUT, skôåt. v. n. To go out in order to tude of intellectual view.

SCORBUTICAL, skôr-bù'tè-kâi.
SCORBUTICK, skôr-butik. 509.

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eased with the scurvy. SCORBUTICALLY, skỏi ·bu'tè-kâl-è. ad. With tendency to the scurvy.

To SCORCH, skôrtsh. v a. 352. To burn superficially; to burn.

To SCORCH, skôrtsh. v. n. To be burnt superficially, to be dried up.

observe the inotious of an enemy privately. To SCOWL, skôål. v. n. To frown, to pout, to look angry, sour, and sullen.

SCOWL, sköål. s. 322. Look of sullenness or discontent, gloom.

SCOWLINGLY, skôûlîng-lè. ad. With a frown ing and sullen look.

To SCRABBLE, skråb'bl. v. n. 405. To paw with the hands.

SCRAG, skråg. s. Any thing thin or lean. SCORDIUM, skor’dè-ûm, or skôr’jè-ům. s. 293,||SCRAGGED, skråg'ged. a. 366. Rough, une ven, full of protuberances or asperities.

294, 376. An herb.

SCORE, skóre. s. A notch or loag incision; a SCRAGGEDNESS, skråg'ged-nês. }

S. Lean

line drawn; an account, which, when writing|SCRAGGINESS, skråg'ge-nës. was less common, was kept by marks on talnes; ness, unevenness, roughness, ruggedness. account kept of something past; debt imputed;|| SCRAGGY, skråg'ge. a. 383. Lean, thin; rough, reason, motive; sake, account, reason referred rugged. to some one; twenty. A song in score: the words with the musical notes of a song annexed.

To SCRAMBLE, skråm′bl. v. n. To catch at any thing eagerly and tumultuously with the

mnd, mỏve, nor, nói ;—tube, tủ, bill;−ới; ound ,—thin, THIS.

hands, to catch with haste preventive of anoth-||To SCRIBBLF, skrib'b'. v. n. To write without er; to climb by the help of the hands. SCRAMBLE, skråm'bl. s. 405. Eager contest for something; act of climbing by the help of the hands. SCRAMBLER, skråm'bl-år. s. 93. One that scrambles; one that climbs by the help of the

SCRAP, skråp. s. A small particle, a little piece,
a fragment; crumb, small particles of meat||
left at the table; a small piece of paper.
To SCRAPE, skrape. v. a. To deprive of the
surface by ne light action of a sharp instru-
ment; to take away by scraping, to eraze; to||
act upon any surface with a harsh noise; to
gather by great efforts or penurious or trifling
diligence. To scrape acquaintance, a low phrase:
to curry favour, or insinuate into one's famili-
aritv.

To SCRAPE, skråpe. v. n. To make a harsh
noise; to play ill on a fiddle.

SCRAPE, skråpe. s. Difficulty, perplexity, dis

SCRAPER, skrå pår. s. 98. Instrument with which any thing is scraped; a miser, a man intent on getting money, a scrapepenny; a vile fiddler.

To SCRATCH, skråtsh. v. a. To tear or mark with slight incisions ragged and uneven; to|| tear with the nails; to wound slightly; to hurt slightly with any thing pointed or keen; to rub with the nails; to write or draw awkwardly. SCRATCH, skråtsh. s. An incision ragged and shallow; laceration with the nails, a sight wound.

SCRATCHER, skråtsh'ur. 8. 98. He that scratches.

SCRATCHES, skråtsh'iz. s. 99. Cracked ul-SCRUPLE, skrôô'pl. s. 339, 405. Doubt, per

To SCREECH, skreetsh. v. n. 246. To cry out as in terrour or anguish; to cry as a night||

To SCULK, skålk. v. n. places, to lie close SČULKÉR, skålk'år. 8. 98.

559-Fate, får, fåll, fât;-mè, mêt;-pine, pin;

To lurk in hiding || SEABORN, sè'börn a. Born of the sea, pro duced by the sea.

A lurker, one that
hides himself for shame or mischief.
SCULL, skål. s. The bone which incases and
defends the brain, the arched bone of the head;
a small boat, a cockboat; one who rows a
cockboat; a shoal of fish.
SCULLCAP, skål'kap. s. A headpiece.
SCULLER, skål'lår. s. 98. A cockboat, a boat
in which there is but one rower; one that rows
a cockboat.
SCULLERY, skål'lâr-è. s. The place where com-
mon utensils, as kettles or dishes, are cleaned
and kept.

SCULLION, skål'yan. s. 113. The lowest do-
mestick servant, that washes the kettles and
the dishes in the kitchen.
SCULPTILE, skålp'til. a. Made by carving,
SCULPTOR, ́ skålp'tår. s. 166. A carver, one
who cuts wood or stone into images.
SCULPTURE, skâlp'tshire. s. 461. The art of
carving wood, or hewing stone into images ;
carved work; the act of engraving.
To SCULTURE, skålp'tshure. v. a. To cut,||
to engrave.

SCUM, skám. s. That which rises to the top of
any liquor; the dross, the refuse, the recrement.
To SCUM, skäm. v. a. To clear off the scum.
SCUMMER, skảm'mår. s. 98. A vessel with
which liquor is scummed.

SEABOY, sè'bỏè. s. Boy employed on shipboard SEABREACH, sè'brètsh. s. Irruption of the sea by breaking the banks.

SEABREEZE, sè'brèze s. Wind blowing from

the sea.

SEABUILT, sè'bilt. a. Built for the sea.
SEACALF, sè-kåf'. The seal.
SEACAP, sè'káp. s. Cap, made to be worn on
shipboard.

SEACHART, sè-kårt'. Map on which only the
coasts are delineated.-See CHART.
SEACOAL, sè'kole. s. Coal so called, because

transported by sea.
SEACOAST, sé-koste'. s. Shore, edge of the sea.
SEACOMPASS, sè-kům'pås. s. The card and
needle of mariners.

SEACOW, sè-kôå'. s. The manatee, a very
bulky animal of the cetaceous kind.
SEADOG, sè-dog'. s. Perhaps the shark.
SEAFARER, sé fà-rûr. s. A traveller by sea, a
mariner.

Battle of ships, battle

SEAFARING, sè'fa-ring. a. 410. Travelling by sea.
SEAFENNEL, sè-fên'nîl. s. 99. The same with
SAMPHIRE, which see.
SEAFIGHT, sè-flte'. s.
on the sea.
SEAFOWL, sè-föûl'. s.
SEAGIRT, sè'gêrt. a.
the sea.

A bird that lives at sea
Girded or encircled by

SCUPPER Holes, skåp'pår. s. 98. In a ship,||SEAGREEN, sè'grèèn. a. Resembling the coşinall holes on the deck, through which water is lour of the distant sea, cerulean. carried into the sea. SEAGULL, sè-gûl'. s. A sea bird. SCURF, skårf. s. A kind of dry miliary scab ;SEAHEDGEHOG, sè-hêdje'hôg. s. A kind of soil or stain adherent; any thing sticking on the surface.

SCURFINESS, skôrf'è-nês. s. The state of being scurfy.

SCURRIL, skår'rl. a. Low, nean, grossly opprobrious.

SCURRILITY, skår-rílè-tè s. Grossness of reproach; low abuse.

sea shell-fish.

SEAHOG, sè-hôg'. s. The porpus.
SEAHOLLY, sè-hôl'lè. s. A plant.
SEAHORSE, sè-hårse'. s. The seahorse is a
fish of very singular form: it is about four or
five inches in length, and nearly half an inch
in diameter in the broadest part; the morse.
by the sea-horse Dryden means the hippopota

mus.

SCURRILOUS, skår'rîl-ûs. a. 314. Grossly op-
probrious, using such language as only the li-SEAMAID, sè'måde. s. Mermaid.
cence of a buffoon can warrant.
SCURRILOUSLY, skår'ríl-ås-lè. ad. With gross
reproach, with low buffoonery.
SCURVILÝ, skúr’vẻ-lė. ad. Vilely, basely,
coarsely.

SCURVY, skår'vè, s. A distemper of the in-
habitants of cold countries, and among those
who inhabit marshy, fat, low, moist soils.
SCURVY, skôr'vè. a, Scabbed, diseased with
the scurvy; vile, worthless, contemptible.
SCURVYGRASS, skår'vè-gås. s. The spoon-

wort.

SCUT, skåt. s. The tail of those animals whose
tails are very short.
SCUTAGE, sků'tådje. s. 90. Shield money. A
tax formerly granted to the king for an expe-
dition to the Holy Land. Ash.
SCUTCHEON, skatsh in. s. 259. The shield re-
presented in heraldry.

SCUTIFORM, skú'tè-form. a. Shaped like a
shield.

SCUTTLE, skåt'tl. s. 405. A wide shallow bas-
ket; a small grate; a quick pace, a short
run, a pace of affected precipitation.
To SCUTTLE, skåt'tl. v. n. To run with affect-
ed precipitation.

SEAMAN, sè'mân. s. 88. A sailor, a navigator, a mariner; merman, the male of the mermaid SEAMARK, sè'márk. s. Point or conspicuous place distinguished at sea.

SEAMEW, sé-mu', s. A fowl that frequents the

sea.

SEAMONSTER, sè-môns'tår. s. A strange ani

mal of the sea.
SEANYMPH, sè-nîmf'. s.
SEAONION, sé-ân'yan. s.
SEAOOSE, sè-ôôze'. s.

shore.

s.

S.

A goddess of the sea
An herb.
The mud in the sea of

SEAPIECE, sè'pèèse. A picture represent ing any thing at sea. SEAPOŎL, sé pôôl.' s. A lake of salt water. SEAPORT, sè'port. s. A harbour. SEARISQUE, sè'risk. s. Hazard at sea. SEAROCKET, sè'rok-kit. s. A plant. SEAROOM, sè'rôôm. Open sea, spacious main. SEAROVER, sè'rò-vår. s. A pirate. ||SEASERPENT, sè'sêr-pênt. s. Serpent gene rated in the water. SEASERVICE, sè'sêr-vis. s. Naval war. SEASHARK, sé-shark'. s. A ravenous sea-fish SEASHELL, sè-shẻl'. S. Shells found on the seashore. SEASHORE, sè-shore'. s. The coast of the sea. SEASICK, se'sik. a. Sick, as new voyagers on

the sea.

To 'SDEIGN, zdåne. v. n. To disdain. This contraction is obsolete. SEA, sè. s. The ocean, the water opposed to the land; a collection of water, a lake; proverbially for any large quantity; any thing rough and tempestuous. Half Seas over, half | drunk. SEABEAT, sé'bète. a. Dashed by the waves of SEATERM, sè'term. s. Word of art used by

the sea.

SEASIDE, sè-side'. s. The edge of the sea. SEASURGEON, sè'sår-jån. s. A chirurgeon employed on shipboard.

seamen,

SEABOAT, sè'bôte. 8. 'Vessel capable to bear||SEAWATER, gè'wå-tår. a. The salt water of

nỏ, môve, når, nôt;-tube, tåb, båll;-8il;-påånd,-thin, THIS.

SEAL, sèle. s. 227. The seacalf
SEAL, sèle. s. A stamp engraved with a par-
ticular impression, which is fixed upon the wax
that closes letters, or affixed as a testimony;
the impression made in wax; any act of con-
firmation.

To SEAL, sèle. v. a. To fasten with a seal; to
confirm or attest by a seal; to confirm, to
ratify, to settle; to shut, to close; to mark with

SEAM, sème. s. 227. The edge of cloth where the threads are doubled, the suture where the two edges are sewed together; the juncture of planks in a ship; a cicatrix, a scar; grease, hog's lard. In this last sense not used.

To SEAM, sème. v. a. To join together by suture or otherwise; to mark, to scar with a long cicatrix.

SEAMLESS, sème'lês. a. Having no seam. SEAMSTRESS, sêm'strês. s. 234, 515. A woman whose trade is to sew.

SEAMY, sè'mè. a. Having a seam, showing the

SEARCHER, sertsh'ar. s. Examiner, inquirer,||SECRECY, sè'krẻ-sẻ. s. Privacy, state of being

to||SECT, sekt. s. A body of men following some particular master, or united in some tenets. SÉCTARISM, sek'tâ-rizm. 8. Disposition to petty sects in opposition to things established. SÉCTARY, sẻk tá-rẻ. s. One who divides from publick establishment, and joins with those tinguished by some particular whims; a ft low er, a pupil.

SEAWARD, sè'wård. ad. 88. Towards the sea. SECANT, sè'kânt. s. In Geometry, the right line drawn from the centre of a circle, cutting and meeting with another line called the tan- ||SECTATÖR, sêk-tå'tår 1 521. A follow ‘F gent, without it.