Madame De Sevigne
. Sevigne, Madame De, Marie De Rabutin-ciiantal, Was B. At Paris, Feb. 6, 1626. She Was The Only Daughter Of The Baron De Chantal, Celse-benignc De Rabutin, And His Wife, Marie De Conlenge. She Was Left Early An Orphan; And At The Age Of Six The Care Of Her Education ...
Madeleine De Scudery
Scudery, Madeleine De, A Once Notable French Novelist, Was Born At Havre In 1607. Left An Orphan At The Age Of Six, She, Along.with A Brother Named Georges, Was Carefully Educated By One Of Her Uncles. While Still Young, She Left Normandy For Paris, Was Admitted To The Hotel Rambouillet ...
Maga Or Soccage
Maga Or Soccage (originally Btaford-soca, Seeking A Lord; Whence We Have Also See, A Right Of Holding A Court), A Tenure Of Lands In England, Of Which The Characteristic Feature Is, That The Service Is Fixed And Determinate In Quality, Thereby Differing Both From Knight-service And From Villeinage. It Was ...
Manufacture Of Soda
Soda, Manufacture Of. Soda, Or, More Correctly, Carbonate Of Soda, Occupies The Chief Place Among Our Leading Chemical Manufactures, Alike From Its Own Importance, And Also On Account Of Its Influence Ou Other Great Chemical Industries, Such As Glass Making, Soap-making, Bleaching, Etc. • A Native Carbonate Of Soda, Or ...
Me Screw Propeller
Screw-propeller, Me, Is Of The Same Construction As The Common Screw (q.v.), But With The Narrow Thread Exaggerated Into A Broad, Thin Plate, And The Cylinder Dimin Ished To A Mere Spindle. One Complete Turn Of Such A Screw Is Shown In Fig. 1. Now If A Screw Of This ...
Med7cinal Uses Of Silver
Med7cinal Uses Of Silver. Nitrate Of Silver, In Small Doses, Constitutes An Excellent Tonic, And It Appears To Exert Almost A Specific Influence Over Certain Convulsive Diseases. As A Tonic, It Is Frequently Prescribed In The Early Stages Of Phthisis, And In Cases Of Irritability Of The Mucous Membrane Of ...
Method Of Least Squares
Squares, Method Of Least, Jr.) Astronomy, The Best Mode Hitherto Discovered Of Obtaining The Most Correct Result From A Number Of Observations Upon Any Phenomenon. These Observations Are Assumed To Differ Slightly From Each Other, And To Be All Of Equal Value, That Is, Taken Under Equally Favorable Conditions, And ...
Military And Naval
Military And Naval Savings-banrs.—in 1842 An Act Was Passed For Establishing Military Savings-banks In Connection With The Regimental Pay Departments. Another Act Was Passed In 1859, Affording Greater Facilities To The Frugal Soldier. The Proceed-. Ings Of These Banks In The First Four Years Present The Following Figures: Deposits In ...
Minor D G C
Minor. D G C F Biz E17. The Minor Keys Take The Same Signature With The Major Keys A Third Above Them. When A New Key Is Introduced In The Middle Of A Piece Of Music, The Signature Of The Former Key Must Be Contradicted, And That Of The New ...
Nassa U Wilma Ni
Senior, Nassa U Wilma Ni, Whim] Economist, B. 1790, Eldest Son Of Rev. J. R. Senior, Vicar Of Durnford, Wilts; Was Educated At Eton And Magdalen College, Oxford, Where Lie Graduated In 1811, Taithig A Distinguished First-class In Classics. In 1819 He Was Called To Db• Bar It Lincoln's Inn. ...
Nicolas Jean De Soult
Soult, Nicolas-jean De Dreu, Duke Of Dalmatia And Marshal Of France, The Son Of A Notary, Was B. At Saint-amensda-bastide, In The Dep. Of Tarn, March 29, 1769. In 1785 He Enrolled Himself As A Private In The Royal Infantry Regiment, And So Distin Guished Himself By His Steady Obedience ...
Ocbitatiee Lords Avandale
Lords Avandale, Ocbitatiee, And Castlestuart ; Earls Of Castlestuart.7-• Andrew Stewart,. Eldest Legitimated Son Of James The Gross, And Grandson Of Murdoch Duke Of Albany, Was Created Lord Avandale In 1455, And Held The Office Of Chahcellor Tb James Iii. Ou His Death Without Issue In 1488, He Was Succeeded ...
Of Divines
Of Divines, And Creeds And Confessions. The First Of These Documents Was Intended To Supersede The Book Of Common Prayer In England, And. Indirectly. The Book Of Common Order In Scotland. It Laid Down Certain General Rules In Regard To Public Worship And The Administration Of The Sacraments, But Left ...
Parts Which Lose More
Parts Which Lose More. Than Forty Per Cent. Parts Which Lose Less Than Forty Per Cent. Fat 23.3 Muscular Coat Of The Stomach 25.7 Blood 75.0 Pharynx And (esophagus 34.2 Spleen 71.4 Skin 83.3 Pancreas 64.1 Kidneys 31.9 Liver 32.0 Lungs 22.2 Head. 44.8 Bones 16.7 Intestines 42.4 Eyes... 10.0 ...
Paul Scarron
Scarron, Paul, The Creator Of French Burlesque, Was B. At Paris In 1610. His Father, A Counselor Of Parliament, Was A Man Of Fortune And Good Family; But Be Having Married Again After The Death Of Paul's Mother, Discord Broke Out Between The Second Wife And Her Step-children, The Result ...
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Shelley, Percy Bysshe, The Eldest Son Of Sir Timothy Shelley, Bart. The Represent Ativc Of An Old Sussex Family, Was Born At Field Place, Near Ilorsham, In That County, On Aug. 4, 1792. His Earlier Education He Received At Home With His Sisters. About The Age Of Ten He Was ...
Phil Jam Spener
Spener, Phil. Jam, An Illustrious German Reformer, And The Founder Of The Sect Known As Pietists, Was Born At Rappoltsweiler (fr. Ribeauville) In Upper Alsace, Jan. 25, 1635. His Father Was Legal Adviser To The Count Von Rappoltsweiler. At An Early Age Speller Showed Deep Religious Susceptibilities. After Studying The ...
Philip Henry Stanhope
Stanhope, Philip Henry, Earl, Historian And Biographer, Was Representative Of A Branch Of The Family Of The Stanhopes. Earls Of Chesterfield. Its Founder, A Distinguished Diplomatist Iii The Reigns Of William Iii. And Queen Aune, Was Son Of The First Earl Of Chesterfield. James, First Earl Stanhope, Was An Eminent ...
Pietro Sarpi
Sarpi, Pietro, Better Known By His Monastic Appellation, Flt. Paolo, Or Brother Paul, Was B. At Venice In The Year •352; Became An Early Proficient In Mathematics As Well As In General Literature, Resolved To Embrace The Monastic Life. And In His 20th Year Took The Vows In The Religions ...
Piiilip Henry Sheridan
Sheridan, Piiilip Henry, B. Ohio, 1833; Graduated At The Military Academy At West Point In 1853, And, Being Assigned To The Infantry, Served On Frontier Duty In Texas For Nearly Two Years, And In Oregon, 1855-61. At The Commencement Of The Rebellion He Was Appointed Quartermaster Of The Army Of ...
Post Office
Post-office Sayings-banks.—mr. Sikes, Of The Huddersfield Banking Company, In A Paper Read Befbre The Congress On Social Science, Held At Bradford In 1659, Advocated Toe Establishment Of Savings-banks In Connection With The Money-order Department Of Tile General Post-office. The Subject Had More Or Less Occupied The Attention Of Public Vien ...
Preservation Stone
Stone, Preservation Mo. The Mechanical Preservation Of Stone Can Be Effected To A Great Extent By Coating The Surface With Boiled Linseed Oil, Or With Oil-paint; But These Methods Are Not Much In Favor, As They Destroy The Crystalline Appearance Which Constitutes The Beauty Of Most Natural Stones. As Promising ...
Public And Grammar Schools
Schools, Public And Grammar. Under Their Respective Heads, Gymnasiums, Evening Schools, Reformatory Schools, And Industihal Schools, Have Been Treated Of At Sufficient Length For The Purposes Of An Encyclopaedia. The List Of' Educational Institutions Would, However, Be Incomplete Were Nothing To Be Said Regarding The Public And Grammar Schools Of ...
Puislils Scip I0
Scip I0, Puislils Cortnemus, Surnamed Armcanus Majon, One Of The Most Accom Plished Warriors Of Ancient Rome, But Whose Reputation Is Perhaps Somewhat Than His Merits, Was B. 237 Or 234 Me. Ile Is First Mentioned As Taking Part, Though Only A Youth, In The Battle Of The Ticinos (218 ...
Q Fiertorius
Fierto'rius, Q., One Of The Ablest Roman Commanders In The Later Ages Of The Repub Lic, Was A Native Of Nursia, In The Country Of The Sabines, And Began His Military Career In Gaul. He Fought, 105 N.c., In The Disastrous Battle On The Rhone In Which The Roman Proconsul, ...
Refraction Of Sound
Sound, Refraction Of. Sound Moves In Straight Lines, In Spherical-fronted Waves; -and Any Small Beam Thereof, If Unequally Retarded Or Accelerated On Either Side, Bends Toward The Side Of Retardation So That The Acoustic Impulses, Always Directly Radial From The Face Of The Sound Wave, Vary In Their Point Of ...
Robert Simson
Simson, Robert, A Celebrated Scotch Mathematician, Was B. At Kirton Hall Iu Ayr Shire, Oct., 1687. He Was Educated At The University Of Glasgow With A View To The Clerical Profession, And Attained Groat Eminence In Classical And Mathematical Knowledge. His Taste For Mathematics Gradually Gained The Ascendency, And All ...
Robert South
South, Robert, D.d., The Son Of A London Merchant, Was B. At Hackney In 1623. His Earlier C Duration Lie Received At Westminster School, Of Which Dr. Busby Was Then Master; And In 1651 He Became A Student At Christ Church, Oxford. In 16b5 And 1657 Successively He Took His ...
Robert Stevenson
Stevenson, Robert, A Scotch Engineer, Was Born At Glasgow, June 8, 1772. His Father, Who Was A Merchant Connected With The West India Trade, Died During His Infancy; And His Mother Having (1786) Married Mr. Thomas Smith, The First Engineer Of The Light-house Board, Young Stevenson Was Led To Devote ...
Royal Arms Of Scotland
Scotland, Royal Arms Of. The Arms Of Scotland Are—or, A Lion Rampant Gulcs, Armed And Langued Azure, Within A Double Tressure Rory Eounterflory Of Fleur-de-lis Of The Second. Supporters—two Unicorns Argent Armed Maned And Unguled Or, Gorged Open Crowns, With Chains Affixed Thereto, And Reflexed Over The Back Of The ...
Russia Serf
Serf, Russia. The Religion Of The Ancient Slaves, Like That Of The Teutonic Nations, Seems To Have Been, In Many Of Its Features At Least, A Kind Of Nature-worship; Not, However, Without The Idea Of A One Supreme Power, To Whom The Other Agencies Were Subordinate. From This Some Authorities ...
S71eerness
S.71eerness', A Sea-port And Naval Arsenal In The Co. Of Kent, Stands On The N.w. Extremity A Me Isle Of Sheppey, At The Confluence Of The Thames And Medway, 11 In. E.n.e. Of Chatham. It Consists Of Four Divisions, Blue-town, Mile-town, Marine-town, And Wcstmiustes, And Of These The First Is ...
Saffron
Saffron, A Coloring Material, Consisting Of The Dried Stigmas Of The Common Yellow Crocus, So Abundant In Our Gardens In Early Spring. It Was Introduced Into Europe From Asia Minor, And Is Largely Cultivated In Several Countries, But Chiefly In Spain. In Eng Land The Crocus Was Unknown Until 1339, ...
Saga
Saga, An Old Norse Word, Used To Denote A Tale Which, Originally Dependent On. And Gradually Elaborated By, Oral Tradition. Had At Last Acquired A Definite Form In Written Literature. Such Sagas (norse Sogitr). Mono. With Poetical And Legislative Writings. Con Stitute The Chief Part Of The Old Norwegian'icelandic Literature. ...
Sage
Sage, Salvia, A Genus Of Plants Of The Natural Order /41,b04.8, And Containing Many Species, Herbaceous, Nail Half-shrubby. There Are Only Two Perfect Stamens, The File Meats Of Which Bear At Their Summit A Cross Thread—the Much Elongated Mina:tire Fastened By It Joint, And Having One Cell Of The Anther ...
Sago
Sago Is It Nutritive Substance Obtained From Several Species Of Palms, Especially The Metraryilon Raga, Which Abounds In Ceram And The. West Coast Of New Guinea. It Grows Also Iu Sumatra, Borneo, Celebes, Timor, Buro, And Other Islands, Of The Indian Archipelago. In Many Of The Islands Sago Is The ...
Saiep
Saiep, The Tubers Of Many Species Of °mills And Other Oreitidete, Dried And Used As An 'article Of Food Of The Two Tubers Usually Found At The Roots Of These Plants, Only One Is Gathered For Salep, The Younger And More Solid Of The Two. The Tubers Arc •ithorod When ...
Saigo
Saigo, The Family Name Of Two Brothers, Both Of Whom Have Held The Highest Mili Tary Office In Japan. S. Takamort, H. In Satsuma About 1827, A Man Of Commanding Physical And Intellectual Superiority, Was One Of The Early Supporter; Of The 1::_erziry And Political Revolution That Broke Up Anarchy ...
Saigon
Saigon, One Of The Finest River-ports In Asia, The Capital Of The French Possessions In Lower Cochin China, Stands 6.1 A Small River Of The Same Name, About 35 M. From The Chinese Sea. The City Is Fortified, And Its Value As A Strategical Position Is Unquestion Able. By Land ...
Sail
Sail. A Sail Is An Expanse Of Canvas. Matting, Or Other Strong Material, On Which The Wind May Exert Its Force And Propel The Vessel. A Sail Is Extended By Means Of A Mast Or Yard, Or Both. It May Be Of Various Shapes. And Of Any Size, According To ...
Sail T3
Sail T3, A Name Applied In The New Testament To The Members Of The Christian Com Munity Generally, But Restricted By Ecclesiastical Usage From Very Early Times To Those Who, Whether Under The Old Or Under The New Dispensation, Have- Been Specially Remark Able For Their Personal And Their Eminent ...
Sailings
Sailings, The To•lmical Name In Navigation For The Various Modes Of Determining The Amount Or Dir •tion Of A Ship's Motion. Or Her Position After Having Sailed A Given Dis Tance In A Given Direct Ion. The Direction Of A Ship's Motion Is Her Course. And Is Expressed In Terms ...
Saint Augustine
Saint Augustine (ante), City, Capital Of St. Johns Co., Fla., On Matanzas Sound, 2 M. W. Of The Atlantic Ocean, From Which It Is Separated By The N. End Of Anas Tasia Island. This Is The Oldest City In The United States—first Settled In 1565 By Menen Dez De Aviles, ...
Saint Bees
Saint Bees, An Ancient Village Of Cumberland, Pleasantly Situated On The Hay Formed By St. Bees Head. It Is 4 M. S. Of Whitehaven, And About 10 In. Beyond The Limits Of The Lake District. Saint Bees Is A.statioti On The Wliiteliaven And Furness Junc Tion Railway. The Parish Is ...
Saint Domingo Dark
Saint Domingo Dark. See Caribbee Bare. Cciari.es-auoustrn. , A French Poet And Critic Of Great Eminence, Was B. At Boulogne-sur-mer, On Dec. 23, 1804. His Father, Who Died Two Months Before His Birth, Was Principal Des (trolls Reunis At That Port. His Mother, A Woman Of Superior Character And Intelligence, ...
Saint John
Saint John (ante), Capital Of St. John Co., N. B., Is Built On A Rocky Peninsula, Slop Ing Up From The Harbor. The Streets Are Laid Out At Right Angles; They Are Wide, And Some Of Them Are Cuttings 40 Ft. Deep Through Solid Rock. There Are Many Fine Public ...
Saint Johns
Saint John's (ante), A City In S.e. Newfoundland, 2,000 M. From Liverpool, 1,640 M. From Valentia, Ireland, 900 M. From Quebec, 540 M. From Halifax, Nova Scotia, 65 M. N. Of Cape Race, 18 M. S. Of Cape St. Francis. 1,665 M. W. Of Galway (the Shortest Distance Between Any ...
Saint Just
Saint Just, Lours Antoine De, A Notable Figure In The First French Revolution, Was B. At Decize, In Nivernais, Aug. 25, 1767; Educated At Soissons By The Oratorians, And Afterward Went To Rheims To Study Law, But Soon Returned To His Native Village, Where He Devoted Himself Exclusively To Literature. ...
Saint Lawrence River
Saint Lawrence River Constitutes By Far The Largest Body Of Fresh Water In' The World. Including The Lakes And Streams, Which It Comprises In Its Widest Acceptation, It Covers, According To The Lowest Estimate, Fully 73,000 Sq.m.; And As Nearly The Whole Of This Area Averages Considerably More Than 600 ...
Saint Louis
Saint Louis, A Port Of Entry Of Missouri, U. S., The Chief City And Commercial Metropolis Of The Central Mississippi Valley, Stands On The Right Bank Of The Mississippi, M. Below Its Confluence With The Missouri, And 174 M. Above The Mouth Of The Ohio. It Is Regularly Built Upon ...
Or Acts Of Parliament
Statutes, Or Acts Of Parliament, Are Those Laws Made From Time To Time By The Legislature, Which Qualify And Alter The Commons Law Or Previous Statutes. All Laws May Be Divided Into Common Law And Statutory Law, The Former Beinx Unwritten, The Latter Being Written. The Theory As To The ...
Or Estates States
States, Or Estates, In Politics, The Name Given To The Classes Of The Population Who Either Directly Or By Their Representatives Take Part In The Government Of A Country. In All European Countries Where The Northern Conquerors Established Themselves, The Rudi Ments Of Representative Government Appeared In The Form Of ...
Or Nard Spikenard
Spikenard, Or Nard (gr. Nardos), A Perfume Highly Prized By The Ancients, And Used Both In Baths And At Feasts. It Was Brought From India, And Was Very Costly. The " Ointinent Of Spikenard " (john Xii. 3) Was Probably An Oil Or Fat, Impregnated With The Perfume. The Plant ...
Or New Sarum Salisbury
Salisbury, Or New Sarum, The Capital Of Wiltshire, Is An Episetrpal City, And A Municipal And Parliamentary Borough, And Stands In A Fertile Valley On The Avon, At The Junction Of That River With Two Of Its Affluents, 83 M. S.w. Of London By The South-we:t Ern Railway, And 23 ...
Or Psychology
Psychology, Or The Science Of Mind, Makes A Wide Transition, The Widest That Can Be Taken Within The Whole Circle Of The Sciences, From The So-called Material World, To The World Of Feeling, Volition, And Intellect. The Main Source Of Our Knowledge Of Mind Is Self-consciousness; And It Is Only ...
Or Red Deer Stag
Stag, Or Red Deer, Cerms Elephas, A Species Of Deer (q.v.) With Rouna Antlers, Which Have A Snag At The Base In Front. The Female Has No Horns, And Is Called A Hind. The Young Male During The First Year Acquires Mere Knobs In Place Of Horns. In The Second ...
Or Saintfoin Saintoin
Saintoin, Or Saintfoin, Onobryehis Satire, A Plant Of The Natural Order Leguminost, Suborder Papaiowteece, Of A Genus Nearly Allied To Het/pare/in (see French Honeysuckle), But Having One-seeded Pods, Which Are Marked With Wrinkles Or Pits, And Are More Or Less Prickly-toothed At The Margin. It' Is A Spreading Perennial, About ...
Or Salivation
Salivation, Or Ptyaltsm.(from The Gr. Vtgaton,the Saliva), Is The Term Employed To Desi:mate An Abnormally Abundant Flow Of Saliva. It Most Commonly ;irises From A :pa Cific Form Of Inflammation Of The Parotid Glands, Induced By The Action Of Mercury, In Widch Ease It Is Termed Mercurial Salivation; But It ...
Or Salonica
Salonica, Or Saloni'fa (anc. Thessalonica, Turk. Selanik), A T. Of European Turkey, In The Vilayet Of The Same Name, And, Next To Constantinople, The Greatest Emporium Of Commerce In The Empire, Is Situated On The Gulf Of Salouiki, And Rises From The Shore Along The Face Of A Hill. The ...
Or Salsa Sarsaparilla
Sarsaparilla, Or Salsa. This Much-employed Medicine Is The Produce Of Several Species Of Smilax Although The Species Yielding The Different Kinds Brought To The Market Have Not Yet Been Fully Ascertained, Anion_ Them, The Three Principal Are Believed To Be S. Ogrinalls, S. Medico, And S. Papyracea; Twining Shrubs. With ...
Or San Marino
San Marino, Or Manmo, One Of The Most Ancient And Most Limited Republican States Of Europe, Consists Of A Craggy Mountain 2,200 Ft. In Height, Situated Amidst The Lesser Ranges Of The Apennines, And Encircled By Provinces Formerly Belonging To The Pontifical States. It Possesses A Total Area Of 21 ...
Or Sankaricharya Sanicara
S'anicara, Or S'ankaricharya, I.e., The Deluirya, Or Spiritual Teacher, S'ankara, Is The Mane Of One Of The Most Renowned Theologians Of India. His Date, As Is The Case With Most Celebrities Of That Country, Is Unknown. Tradition Places Him About 200 B.c., But H. Ii. Wilson Assigns With More Probability, ...
Or Sapphire Deau
Sapphire D'eau, Or Loixru, A Mineral, Called Also Diehroite And Cordierite, One Of The Anhydrous Silicates Of Alumina; Crystalline Form, Six Or Twelve-sided Rhombic Or Hexagonal Prisms, But Often Found In An Amorphous Condition. The Color Is Of Various Shades Of Blue—deeper In The Axial Direction; Yellowish-gray Transversely; Transparent To ...
Or Sarapis Serapis
Serapis, Or Sarapis, The Greek Name Of An Egyptian Deity, Introduced Into Egypt In The Time Of Ptolemy I., Or Soter. This Monarch Is Said To Have Seen The Image Of A God In A Dream, Commanding Him To Remove It From The Place Where It Was; And Sosibins, A ...
Or Scarlet Fever Scarlatina
Scarlatina, Or Scarlet Fever, Is One Of The Group Of Diseases Called Exanthe Mats (q.v.). In Addition To The Characters Common To The Group, Scarlatina Is Almost Always Attended By Sore Throat, And The Rash Or Eruption, Which Is Of Bright Scarlet Color, Commonly Appears As Early As The Second ...
Or Schoolmen Scholastics
Scholastics, Or Schoolmen, Originally The Name Given To The Teachers Of Rhetoric At The Public Schools Under The Roman Empire, But Now Used Almost Exclusively To Denote The So-called Philosophers Of The Middle Ages. After The Fall Of The Old Classic Civilization There Ensued A Long Anarchy Of Barbarism, Lasting ...
Or Sciiamyl Shamyl
Shamyl, Or Sciiamyl (eng. " Samuel"), The Celebrated Leader Of The Independent Tribes Ill The Caucasus, Was Born At Aul-himry, In Northern Dagliesmn, And Belonged To A Wealthy Lesghian Family Of Rank. He Was One Of The Zealous Disciples Of Kasi Mollall, The Great Apostle Of Muridism, And Ably Seconded ...
Or Scrophula Scrofula
Scrofula, Or Scrophula, Was, Until The Last Quarter Of A Century, Regarded As Essentially Of Indolent Glandular Tumors, Occurring Frequently In Tin/ Neck, ; 'rating Slowly And Imperfectly, And Healing With Difficulty. Recent Pathologists, Have Given A More Extended Meaning To The Word According To Them It Signifies A Certain ...
Or Scurvy
Scurvy, Or Sconuu'mtis, Is A Disease Which Is Characterized By A Depraved Condition Of The Blood. In Consequ'ence Of This Morbid State Of The Blood, There Is Great Debility Of The System At Large, With A Tendency To Congestion, Hemorrhage, Etc., In Various Parts Of The Body, Aid Especially In ...
Or Sea Shore
Sea-shore, Or Land Bordering On The Sea, Belongs Partly To The Crown, And The Public Have Certain Rights In Relation Thereto. The Soil Or Property In The Sea-shore Is Vested In The Crown, And The Limit On The Land Side Is Defined To He The Medium Line Of High-water Of ...
Or Seljuk Turks Seljuks
- Seljuks, Or Seljuk-turks, Were An Offshoot Of The Hoei-iie Or Hoci-hu, Is Collec Tion Of Tribes Of Turkish Race, Who, Being Driven South-westward From The'chinese Wall, Had, In 744, A.a-, Overwhelmed That Turkish Empire Of Kiptchak Which Had Given So Much Annoyance To The Sassanidse (q.v.) During Their Reign ...
Or Shah Jehan
Shah-jehan, Or "king Of The World," The Title Assumed On His Accession To The Throne By Khorrum Shah, The Third Sou Of Selim Jehan-ghir, And The Fifth Of The Mogul Emperors Of Delhi. He Was During His Father's Reign Employed In Military Expeditions Tgainst The Itajmits, The Independent Mohammedan States ...
Or Shrike
Shrike, Or Buterm-b1rn, Lanius, A Genus Of Birds Of The Family Loniad• (q.v.), Approaching More Nearly In Character To Thcfalconzike Than Any Other Of That Family; Having A Short, Thick, And Compressed Bill, The Upper Mandible Curve, Hooked At The Tip, And Furnished With A Prominent Tooth, The Base Of ...
Or Sitoiiania Sitoprobia
Sitopro'bia, Or Sitoiia'nia. The Repugnance To Or Refusal Of Food May Range From Mere Impairment Or Loss Of Appetite, Or Hysterical Antipathy To Particular Viands, To Total And Prolonged Abstinence, As A Symptom Of Delusion Or 'delirium. In The :nsape, Fool Has Been Consistently Refused Fur Years. During This Time ...
Or Slate Clay Shale
Shale, Or Slate-clay, An Indurated Day, Which Often Forms Beds In The Coal Meas Ures. It Is Chiefly Composed Of Silica And Alumina, In Variable Proportions, But Also Fre Quently Contains A Considerable Amount Of Carbonate Of Lime And Of Oxide Of Iron. It Is Of A Gray Or Grayish-black ...
Or Slavonians Slaves
Slaves, Or Slavonians (native Name Slotcene Or Slowane, Derived By Some From Eatra, Fame, But Better From Slowo, A Word; Thus Meaning "speaking," Or "articulate," As Distinguished From Other Nations,whom They Called Niemetz, Or "mutes"), The General Name Of A Group Of Nations Belonging To The Aryan Family Whose Settlements ...
Or Sneyders Snyders
Snyders, Or Sneyders, Francis, A Belgian Artist, Celebrated For His Powers As An Animal-painter, Was B. At Antwerp In 1579, And Was Formed In The School Of Henry Van Baden. Originally, He Confined Himself Exclusively To Painting Fruits, And Worked With Rubens. In His Pictures, With Figures By Rubens, Jordaens, ...
Or Solanacee
Solanacee, Or Solane/e, A Natural Order Of Exogenous Plants, Mostly Herbaceoul Plants And Shrubs, But Including A Few Tropical Trees. The Leaves Arc Mostly Alternate, Undivided, Or Lobed, Without Stipules. The Flowers Are Regular, Or Nearly So; The Calyx And Corolla Generally 5-cleft; The Stamens Generally Five. The Fruit Is ...
Or Somnatii Putten Somnauth
Somnauth', Or Somnatii-putten, A T. Of Guzerat• In Hindustan, Is Situated On The S.w. Coast Of The Peninsula Of Kattywar (q.v.), About 33 Iii. From Its Southern Extremity. And Has At Present It Pop, Of 5,000 Most Of Whom Are Mohammedans. The Town Is Fortified By A Strong Stone Wall ...
Or Spinage Spinach
Spinach, Or Spinage (spinacia), A Genus Of Herbaceous Plants, Of The Natural Order Chenopodiaceec; Diwelous, The Male Flowers Consisting Of A 4 Parted Perianth And Four Stamens; The Female Of A 2-3 Cleft Perianth. And A Germen With Four Styles; The Perianth ,hardening Around The Fruit As It Ripens; The ...
Or Spine Spinal Column
Spinal Column, Or Spine, The, Is The Most Important And Characteristic Part Of The Skeleton Of The Highest Animal Sub-kingdom, Which Includes Manfrnals, Birds, Rep Tiles, Amphibians, And Fishes. In Each Of These Classes It Is Composed Of A Series Of Bones Placed One Above, Or In Front, Of Another, ...
Or Stilt Stilts
Stilts, Or Stilt Ploverts, The Common Names Of A Genus, Himantopus, Of The Snipe Family, Seolopacidev, Of The Order Grallatores. The Stilts Have Long, Slender Bills, Cylin Drical, Flattened At The Base, Compressed At The Point; Both Mandibles Channeled To The Extent Of Half Their Length From The Base; Nostrils ...
Or Stlicium Silicon
Silicon, Or Stli'cium (sym. Si, Eq. 14—in New System, 28—spec. Gray. 2.49), Is One Of The Non-metallic Elements (see Chemistry). It May Be Obtained In First Of These, The Three Different Forms, Viz., The Amorphous, The Graphitoid, And The Crystalline. It Is The Amorphous Silicon, Which Is Obtained By The ...
Or Stock Gillyflower Stock
Stock, Or Stock Gillyflower, Nataliela, A Genus Of Plants Of The Natural Order Cruciferaf, Having Cylindrical Or Compressed Pods, And A Stigrria Consisting Of Two Upright Appressed Plates, The Outer Side Of Which Often Rises Ink A Knob Or Horn. The Species Are Herbaceous Or Half. Shrubby, Natives Of The ...
Or Strabismus Squinting
Squinting, Or Strabismus, Is A Well-known And Common Deformity, Which May Be Defined As A Want Of Parallelism In The Visual Axes, When The Patient Endeavors To Direct Both Eyes To An Object At The Same Time. The Squint Is Said To Be Convergent When The Eye Or Eyes Are ...
Or True Friends Sincere
Sincere Brethren, Or True Friends, Is The Name Of A Semi-religions, Semi' Scientific Mohammedan Order, The Beginnings Of Which Are Shrouded In Obscurity, Bii Which, About 970 A.d., Manifested Its Existence By One Of The Boldest And Most Compre. Hensive Literary Undertakings—viz., An Encyclopmdic Treatment Of Philosophy, Theology, Science, Ethics, ...