Secretary Of State
Secretary Of State, An Ancient And Important Office In The Government Of Eng Land. The Oldest Record Of Its Existence Is In The Reign Of Henry Iii., When John Mann Sell Is Described As " Secretarius Roster." Prior To The Restoration. The Holder Of This Office Was Generally Styled The ...
Secretion
Secretion Is The Term Employed In Physiology To Designate The Process Of Separation Of Those Matters From The Nutritious Fluids Of The Body Which Are Destined Not To Be Directly Applied To The Nutrition And Renovation Of Its Organized Fabric, But (1) To Be Either At Once Removed As Injurious ...
Sector
Sector, In Practical Mechanics, An Instrument Of Considerable Utility In Rough Mathe Matical Drawing, Consists Of Two Strips Of Wood, Ivory, Or Metal Jointed Together Like A Carpenter's Foot-rule. It Is Absolutely Necessary For The Correctness Of The Instrument That The Center Of The Axle Of The Joint Should Be ...
Secularism
Secularism Is The Term Applied To A System Of Ethical Principles Begun To Be Advo Cated About 1846 By G. J. Holyoake. As The System Has A Considerttble Number Of Adherents, And Comes Not Seldom Into Public Notice, A Brief Account Of Its Leading Doc Trines Is Here Given. As ...
Sedgwick
Sedgwick, An American Family, Distinguished In Politics, Law, And Literature.—tireo Done Sedgwick, Statesman And Jurist, Was B. At Hartford, Conn., May, 1746. He Was, Descended From Robert Sedgwick, A Maj.gen. Of The Army Of Cromwell. Educated At Yale College, Lie Adopted The Profession Of Law, And Removed To The Western ...
Sedum
Sedum, A Genus Of Plants Of The Natural Order Crassulacece, Having The Calyx In 4 To 8 (usually 5) Deep Segments, Which Often Resemble The Leaves, The Same Number Of Spread Ing Petals, Twice As Many Stamens, And 4 To 8 (usually 5) Germens, Each With A Nectarifer Ens Scale ...
Seebacii
See'bacii, Mutie, Riga,.1835; Daughter Of An Actor; Was Educated At Cologne For Toe Opera. She Appeared In Vaudevilles At Nuremberg And Cassel; And A Great Success At Hamburg As Gretchen In Goethe's Faust, And As Cletrehen In Agmont. She Performed At Hauover, 1856-65. Iu 1o6 She Removed To Berlin With ...
Seguin
Seguin. Erocann, 1812-80: B. France: Educated At The Colleges Of Auxerre And Et. Louis In Paris; Studied Medicine And Surgery Under Hard (q.v.). And Was Afterward Associated With Esquirol. At Itard's Suggestion Dr. Seguin, Soon After Graduating In Medicine, Undertook The Training Of A Few Idiot Children. See Imoov. In ...
Selden
Selden, Joirx, An Illustrious English Scholar And Lawyer, Was B. Dee. 10, 1584, Near Worthing, In Sussex; Studied At Hart Hall Oxford, For Three Years, And Then Removed, First To Eliftord's Inn. London, And Afterward To The Inner Temple, For The Pursuit Of Law., It Wus Here That His Great ...
Selenitd
Selenitd (gr. Selene, The Moon), A Transparent And Beautiful Variety Of Gypsum (q.v.), White, Or Tinged With Green, Gray, Or Yellow. It Receives Its Name From Its Pecul Iar Moon-like Luster. It Is Often Crystallized In Six-sided Prisms, Sometimes In Leases, And Twin Crystals And Quadruple Crystals Occur. It Is ...
Seleucus I
Seleucus I., Surnamed N1catoit, The First Of This Line, Was The Son Of Antiochus, A Distinguished Officer In The Service Of Philip Of Macedon, And Was Born About 358 B.c. Tic Wus One Of The Conspirators Against Perdiceas, And In The Second Partition Of The Provinces Of Alexander The Great's ...
Selewcia
' Selewcia, The Name Of Seven Ancient Eifies Of Asia, Situated In Syria, Pisidia, Pain Phylla, Cilicia, Carla, And Mesopotamia, And Founded During The Earlier Existence Of The Dynasty Of The Seleueidce(q. V.). The Most Distinguished Of These Were: 1. Seleucia Pieria, Founded By Seleucus Nicator, On The Sea-shore, About ...
Selkirrshire
Selkirrshire, In Ancient Times Called Ettrick Forest, Is Bounded By The Counties Of Midlothian, Roxburgh, Dumfries, And Peebles, On The Ti., C., S., And W. Respectively. It Extends In Length From N. To S. About 28 Na, And From E. To W. 16 To 18 And Con Sists Mainly Of ...
Semaphore
Semaphore (from 8(77724, A Sign, And Pheri3, I Bear) Was The Name Applied To The Sys Tem" Of Telegraphy In Use Before The Application Of The Electric Current. Semaphores Were First Established By The French In 1794, As It Plan For Conveying Intelligence Front The Cap Ital To The Armies ...
Semi
Semi. The Name Of A French Family, Distinguished Both In Arms And Letters. It Is Of Limousin Origin, And Was Known There, It Is Said, As Far Back As The 9th Century. The First, However, That Specially Merits Notice Was Henri Firtafccots, Comm De Segni. (born 1689, Died 1751), An ...
Semi Pelagianism
Semi-pela'gianism, A Modification, As The Name Implies, Of The Doctrine Of The Pelagians As To The Powers Of The Human Will, And As To The Effects To Be Attributed To The Action Of Mt Supernatural Grace Of God, And Of The Divine Decree For The Predestination Of The Elect. The ...
Sen Kesimb Chunder
Sen. Kesimb Chunder, Babu, First Became Known Through His Connection With A Society In Calcutta Called The 13rahmo Somaj, Which He Joined In 1857.. The Somaj Was Then Under The Leadership Of Debendra Nath Tagore, And Aimed At The Abolition Of Caste And The Maintenance Of A Divine Worship. Chunder ...
Senecas
Senecas, A Tribe Of Indians, Of The Six Nations, Living In The State Of New York W. Of Seneca Lake. Their Tribal Name Is Tsonnundawaono, Or "people Of The Great Hill,' Receiving The Name Of Senecas Frcm Dutch Settlers Who Called Them Sinnekaas. The Tribe Was Originally Divided Into Eight ...
Senegambia
Senegambia, A Large Maritime Tract Of Country In Western Africa, In Lat. About 10' To N., Long. About 4° To 17' 30' E., Is Bounded On The N. And W. By The Sahara And Soudan( On The S. By The Colony Of Sierra. Leone,-and On The W. By The Atlantic. ...
Senna
Senna Is One Of The Most Important Purgatives Contained In Our Materia Medica. Two Sorts Of Senna Are Recognized In The Pharmacopceia—viz., Alexandrian Senna And Tinnevelly Senna. The Alexandrian Senna Leaves Are Chiefly Obtained From Cassia Hot Ceolata, While The Tinnevelly Senna Leaves Are Yielded By Cassia Elongate. Alexandrian Senna ...
Senpach
Senpach, A Small T. Of Switzerland. In The Canton Of Lucerne, And 0 Tn. By Railway N.w. Of The Tow') Of That Name, Stands On The E. Shore Of The Lake Of Semis:tell. It Is Sur Rounded With Walls, Now In A Ruinous Condition, Has A Pep:dation Of A Little ...
Sensation
Sensation (in Physiology) May Be Defined To Be "the Perception By The Mind Of A Change Wrought In The Body." According To This Definition, Which Is Borrowed From Dr. Todd, Sensation Involves—first, A Bodily Change From Some Cause, Whether Inherent Or External; And Secondly, A Mental Change, Whereby The Perception ...
Sensation_2
Sensation, A Name Of Great Import In The Philosophy Of Mind, As Well As Familiar In Ordinary Speech. Tn The Mental Process So Named, There Is A Concurrence Of Many Contrasting Phenomena, Rendering The Word Ambiguous, And Occasioning Verbal Disputes. I. In Sensation There Is A Combination Or Concurrence Of ...
Senses
Senses. Referring For An Account Of The Several Senses To Their Respective Designa Tions, We Will Here Endeavor To State What Faculties Or Sensibilities Of The Mind Are Prop Erly Included Under The Name. The Common Reckoning Includes The Five Senses—taste, Smell, Touch, Hearing, Sight— But This Is Not Now ...
Senso Rim
Senso Rim& This Term Is Applied By Physiologists To A Series Of Ganglionic Centers, Each Of Which Has The Power Of Communicating To The Mind The Impressions Derived From The Organ With Which It Is Connected, And Of Exciting Automatic Or Involuntary Muscular Movements In Respondence To These Sensations. (see ...
Sentence
Sentence. A Sentence Is The Form Of Words In Which A Thought Or A Proposition (q.v.) Is Expressed. A More Phrase Or Group Of Words, Such As "a Very High Mountain." Which Only Conveys A Menning Or Calls Up An Idea, Hut Does Not Make An Affirmation, Is Not A ...
Sep Tuagint
Sep Tuagint (gr. Hoi Ton 0, Or 0; Let. Septuaginta; Seventy, Lxx., Alexan Drine Version, Etc.), The Most Ancient Greek Translation Of The Old Testament That Lies Come Down To Us, And The One Commonly In Use Among The Jews At The Time Of Christ. Its Origin Is Shrouded In ...
Separate Lutherans
Separate Lutherans Are Those Followers Of Luther Who In Prussia Refuse To Unite With The State Church. In 1817 Frederick William Iii. Formed A Plan For Uniting The Reformed And The Lutheran Churches; But Many Zealous Lutherans Were Opposed To It, And Found A Leader In Johann Gottfried Scheibe!, Professor ...
Septaria
Septa'ria Are Ovate Flattened Nodules Of Argillaceous Limestone, Internally Divided Into Numerous Angular Fragments By Reticulating Fissures Radiating From The Eenter To The Circumference, Which Are Filled Wish Some Mineral Substance, As Carbonate Of Lime Or Sulphate Of Barytes, That Has Been Infiltrated Subsequent To Their Formation. The Fis Sures ...
Sepulchral Mound
Sepulchral Mound. The Practice Of Rearing Mounds Of Earth And Stone Over The Resting-place Of The Dead May Be Traced To Remote Antiquity. It Had Doubtless Its Origin In The Heap Of Earth Displaced By Interment Which, In The Case Of The Illustrious Warrior Or Chief, It Became The Practice ...
Seraglio
Seraglio (properly, Smsay) Is The Palace Of The Sultan At Constantinople. It Stands In A Beautiful Situation On A Head Of Land Projecting Into The Sea, Known As The Golden Porn, And Is Inclosed By Walls 74- M. In Circuit. Within The Walls Are A Variety Of Mosques, Gardens, And ...
Serapeum
Sera'peum (gr. Serapeion Or Sarapeion), A Temple So Named In Honor Of Serapis (q.v.)/ Several Of Which Are Known To Have Existed In The Ancient World. The Most Remarkable Of These Temples Was That Of Alexandria, Which Was Situated S. Of The Canal, And Outside The Walls Of The City, ...
Sereth
Sereth', An Important Affluent Of The Danube. Rises In The Austrian Crownland Of Galicia, Runs Southward Through Almost The Whole Length Of Moldavia, And Joins The Danube 5 M. Above Galatz, After A Course Of 300 Miles. Serf (lat. Semis, A Slave). A Numerous Class Of The Population Of Europe ...
Serous Fluids
Serous Fluids. This Term Is Applied By Chemists And Physicians To Various Fluids Occurring In The Animal Body. They Are Arranged By Gorup-besanez, One Of The Highest Authorities On Physiological Chemistry, Under Three Heads: 1. Those Which Are Contained In The Serous Sacs Of The Body, As The Cerebrospinal Fluid, ...
Serous Membranes
Serous Membranes. There Are Seven Of These Membranes In The Human Body, Three Being Median And Single, While Two Are Dorble And Lateral. They Are The Arach Noid, The Pericardium, And The Peritoneum, With The Two Pleura; And Tuniete Vaginales Testis. Thus They Are Connected, With The Obvious View Of ...
Serpent Charming
Serpent-charming, An Art Which Has Been Practiced In Egypt And Throughout The East From Remote Antiquity, And Which Forms The Profession Of Persons Who Employ It For Their Own Gain, And For The Amusement Of Others. In India, And Partly If Not .entirely In Other Countries, This Profession Is Hereditary. ...
Serpentine
Serpentine, A Mineral Composed Of Silica And Magnesia In Almost Equal Pro Portions, With About 13 To 15 Per Cent Of Water, And A Little Protoxide Of Iron. Serpentine Is Generally Massive; Very Rarely Crystallized In Rectangular Prisms. Common Serpen Tine Sometimes Occurs As A Rock. It Is Unctuous To ...
Serpents
. Serpents, Ophidat, An Order Of Reptiles, Which Is In General Simply Characterized As Having A Very Elongated Body And No External Limbs. The Links, However, Which Unite Saurians With .serpents Are Very Numerous; The Limbs Of Many Saurians Being Partially Wanting, And Little More Than Rudimentary; Whilst Limbs Are ...
Servetiis
Servetiis, Micuael, Or, In His Native Spanish, Miguel Servede, A Notable And Unfortunate Speculator In Theology, Was B. At Villanueva, In Aragon, In 1509. At The Age Of Nineteen He Quitted Spain 7 And Commenced The Study Of Law At Toulouse, Width He Soon Abandoned To Devote Himself With Ardor ...
Servia
Servia (turk. Syrp), A Principality Formerly Included Within The Limits Of European Turkey, But Independent Since '1878. It Is Bounded On The N. By Austria; On The E. By Wallachia Arid Bulgaria; On Toe S. By Roumelia And Bosnia; And On The W. By Bosnia. Area About 18,816 Sq.m.; Pon. ...
Servitude
Servitude, A Name Borrowed By The Law Of Scotland From The Roman Law, To Denote That Kind Of Right Or Interest Which A Person Often Has In Land Of Which He Is Not The Owner, As A Right To Cut Turf, Etc. Servitudes Are Divided Into Predial And Personal. A ...
Sesos1ris
Sesos1ris, The Greek Name Of A Celebrated Egyptian Monarch, Who Is Supposed To Have Conquered All Asia And Ethiopia. His Name Has Passed Into The Series Of Those Eon• Querors Who Have Almost Achieved Universal Empire. According To The Greek Legendary History, When Sesostris Mounted The Throne Of Egypt, He ...
Seton
Seton, In Surgery, Is An Artificially Produced Sinus Or Channel, Through Which Some Substance—e.g., A Skein Of Cotton Or Silk, Or A Long Flat Piece Of India-rubber Or Percha—is Passed So As To Excite Suppuration, And To Keep The Artificially Formed Open Ings Patent. (the Term Is, However, Very Often ...
Sevastopol
Sevasto'pol, Or, As It Is Sometimes Written, Sebastopol (sebastopolis, The "august City"), A Russian Sea-port, Fortress, And Arsenal In The Crimea, In The Government Of Tau Rida. It Is Situated Near The S.w. Extremity Of The Crimea, On The Southern Side Of The Magnificent Harbor Or Roadstead Of Sevastopol, One ...
Seven
Seven, Frequently Used As A Mystical And Symbolical Number In The Bible, As Well As Among The Principal Nations Of Antiquity (the Persians, Indians, Egyptians, Greeks, Romans. Etc.). The Reason For The Preference Of This Number For Sacred Use Has Been Found In Its Consisting Of Three—the Number Of The ...
Seven Wise Masters
Seven Wise Masters Is The Title Of A Mediaeval Collection Of Novels, Important Both From Its Contents And Its Widespread Popularity. The Idea Of The Work Is As Fol Lows: A Certain Prince's Son, Instructed In All Kinds Of Wisdom By Seven Sages, Finds, From An Examination Of The Stars, ...
Seventr Day Seventh Day Adventists Adventists
Seventh-day Adventists (adventists, Seventr-day, Ante), A Sect Whose Peculiar Views Of Prophecy Were Developed In 1845, Just After The Great Advent Excite Ment Of 1840-44. Elder James White And Wife, And Elder J. N. Andrews, Of Maine, With Elder Joseph Bates, Of Mass., Were The Pioneers Of This Denomination. The ...
Seville
Seville' (span. Sevilla, The Rivas Of The Romans), A Famous City Of Spain, For Merly Capital Of The Ancient Kingdom, And Now Of The Modern Province Of The Same Name, Stands On The Left Bank Of The Guadalquivir, 94 In. By Railway N.n.e. Of Cadiz. The City Is Almost Circular ...
Sewage
Sewage. It Is Of The First Importance To Health For Houses, Both In The Town And In The Country, That All Filth Should Be Removed From Them As Speedily As Possible, And Disposed Of In Such A Manlier As To Cease To Be Injurious To Mankind. It May Be Taken ...
Sewage Earth Closet
Sewage Earth-closet. In Addition To The Arrangements Noticed Under Sewage, And Under Sewage, Licrnur's System Of, For Getting Rid Of Excreta, There Is Partially In Use An Earth-closet, In Which The Powerful Deodorizing And Other Properties Of Dry Earth Are Taken Advantage Of To Deprive Refuse Of Offense Or Harm, ...
Sewing Machine
Sewing-machine, One Of The Most Important Inventions Of This Century. Like The Stocking-frame, Which In Principle It Closely Resembles, We Owe It To The Ingenuity Of' A Poor Mechanic, Striving To Lessen The Labor Which He Saw Was A Real Hardship Upon His Wife And Other Poor Women. Elias Howe, ...
Sexagesimal
Sexagesimal, A Mode Of Arithmetical Calculation Introduced By The Ancient Greek Astronomers, Especially By Ptolemy (q.v.), Into Astronomical And Geometrical Reckoning. It Was Founded Upon The Division Of The Circle Into 360 Parts, And, The Radius Being Nearly Of The Circumference, Was Considered To Contain Go Of These Parts Or ...
Seychelles Islands
Seychelles Islands, Situated Nearly In The Center Of The Indien Ocean, Between 40'-5° 35' S. Lat., And 55° L5'-56° Ve. Long., A Group Of More Than Ut, Isles, Resting On An Extensive Bank Of Sand And Coral, And Forming The Most Important Of The Dependen• Cies To The Colony Of ...
Sforza
Sforza, A Celebrated Italian Family, Which Played A Most Important Part In The Affairs Of Italy During The 15th And 16th Centuries, Swayed The Destinies Of Northern Italy For Many Years, And Allied Itself With The First Sovereign Houses Is Founder Was A Peasant Of Cotignola, In The Romagna, By ...
Shad
Shad, Alansa Or .alnsa, A Genes Of Fishes Of The Family Cluprithe, Differing From Duper: (the Herring. Etc.) In Having The Upper Jaw Deeply Notched. The Teeth Are Very Small, On The Jaws Only. And Often Wanting, At Least In The Adult Fish. The Species Are Iiamerous, Inhabiting The Sea, ...
Shaftesbury
Shaftesbury, Antuonv Asnr.ev Cooper, Earl Of, English Statesman And Philan Thropist, Is Descended From A Family Intimately Associated With The Political History And Literature Of England. Sir John Cooper Of Rockbourne, Hampshire, Married Anne, Daughter And Sole Heiress Of Sir Anthony Ashley Of Wimborne, St. Giles, Dorsetshire, Secretary-at-war In The ...
Shagreen
Shagreen' Is Generally Understood To Mean Shark Skin Dressed And Rubbed Down Smooth Or Not; But The Oriental Shagreen, Formely In So Much Repute, Consists 1)1 Por Tions Of The Skins Of Horses, Asses, Camels, And Oxen, The Part Used Being Strips Taken From Head To Tail, Along The Center ...
Shakers
Shakers, The Name Commonly Given To A Small Religious Sect Existing In The United States. Rl He Proper Or Official Description Of This Sect Is The United Society Of Believers Iu Christ's Second Appearing; But Its Members Seem To Have Accepted The Designation Of Shakers, Though It Was Originally Applied ...
Shamikai
Shamikai (not, As Has Often Been Done, To Be Confounded With Sammeas), An Emi Nent Doctor Of The Jewish Law At The Time Of Herod, Head Of A Most Important School, And Supreme Judge Of The Sanhedrim (ab-beth-din) During The Presidency Of Ilillel (q.v.), Along With Whom He Is, Indeed, ...
Shanghai
Shanghai', The Most Important Maritime City Of China, Situated On The Left Bank Of The Iiwangpoo Or Woosung River, 12 In. From Where It Debouches Into The Southern Portion Of The Mouth Of Theinngtsc-kiang, In Lat. 31° 14' N., And Long. 121° E. Though It Is Now One Of The ...
Shannon
Shannon, The Largest Of The Rivers Of Ireland, Rises In The Cuilcagh Mountains, Eounty Of Cavan, And After A Course Of 230 In. Falls Into The Atlantic Ocean Between The Headlands Of Loop And Kerry Head. It Is Commonly Divi Led Into Two Portions, The Upper Shannon From Its Source ...
Shark
Shark, Squalvs, A Linnuean Genus Of Cartilaginous Fishes, Now Forming In Anther's System A Suborder Of Plagiostami (q.v.). And Divided Into A Number Of Families And Many Genera. The Sharks Have Generally An Elongated Form, Tapering Gradually To The Tailt And Not Much Thickened In The Middle. The Muzzle Projects ...
Shawl Manufacture
Shawl-manufacture. Perhaps No Garment Is Of Higher Antiquity Than The Shawl; Indeed, Its Simplicity Of Form Would Lead Us To Infer That It Wits The Earliest In Use. But Of Its Manufacture We Have No Dittinet Account Until The Reign Of The Emperor Jelal-ed-din Mohammed Akbar, In .1536, When The ...
She71iff X S
She71iff (x.-s. The Reeve Or Fiscal-officer Of A Shire; Compare Ger. Graf), In English Law, Is Au Officer Whose Dirties Are Chiefly Ministerial (for He Has Only A Few Trifling Judicial Duties). The Office Is Of Great Antiquity. The Sheriff Was Formerly Chosen By The Inhabitants, Though Probably Requiring Confirmation ...
Sheep
Sheep (ante) Were Introduced Into The American Colony Of Jamestown, Va., In 1609, And Into New York And Massachusetts About 1625. Within 40 Years The Number In The Colonies Had Increased To 3,000. The Breeds Generally Esteemed The Best In The United States Are The Vermont Brewer And Atwood Flocks; ...
Sheep
Sheep, Oral, A Genus Of Ruminant Quadrupeds Of The Family Cavridce, So Nearly Allied To Goats That The Propriety Of Generic Distinction Is Rely Doubtful. They Differ From Goats In Having The Outline Of The Face More Or Less Arched And Con?•x; The Horns Spiral, Sometimes Very Large In The ...
Sheffield
Sheffield, An Important Manufacturing T. And Parliamentary Borough, In The West Riding Of Yorkshire, And Capital Of An Independent District, Called Hallamshire (see Smast); It Is Picturesquely Situated On Several Hills That Shipe Toward The Confluence Of The Rivers Sheaf And Don, 140 M. N.n.w. Of London, With Which It ...
Shelbtjrne
Shelbtjrne, Will7km Petty, Earl Of, Son Of The First Earl, And Descendant Of Sir W. Petty, Founder Of The Science Of Political Arithmetic, Was B. May, 1737, And Com Menced His Political Career In 1761 By Entering The House Of Commons As Member Fot Wycombe, But Only Sat For A ...
Shell
Shell, Bierman .lalon, 1791-1851; B. Waterford, Ireland; Graduated At Trinity College, Dublin; Studied Law And Was Called To The Bar In 1814. For Eight Years He Occupied Himself Chiefly In Writing Several Successful Dramas, Of Which The Iiuguenot Was The Best And The Least Popular. In 1822 Was Printed The ...
Shell
Shell. This Term Is Employed To Designate The Hard Outer Coverings Of A Large Num Ber Of Invertebrate Animals. Shells Are Met With In The Echinodermata, In The Great Major Ity Of The Mollusca (excluding The Molluscoids), In A Few Of The Annelida, As Serpula, Spiror Bis, Etc., In The ...
Shells
Shells, Called In Earlier Times Bombs, Consist Of Hollow Vessels Of Metal, Containing Gunpowder 'or Other Explosive Compound, So Arranged That It Shall Explode At A Certain Point, And Spread Destruction Around By The Forcible' Dispersion Of Its Fragments. The Invention Of This Murderous Missile Cannot Be Accurately Traced. Shells ...
Shemitic Nations Or Siiemites
Shemitic Nations Or Siiemites. The Different Nations Generally Comprised Under This Name, Viz., The Assyrians. The Chaldeans Or Babylonians, The Syrians, Pbeni Eians, Hebrews, Arabs, And Ethiopians, Are All Treated Specially In The Course Of This Work; It Only Remains Here To Add A Few Observations On The Characteristics Ascribed ...
Sheol Lxx
Sheol (lxx. Hades, Thanatos, Vulg. Inferi), A Hebrew Term Of Very Frequent Occur Rence (65 Tines) In The Old Testament, And Rendered By The Authorized Version: Grave, Hell; Or Pit. Its Derivation Is Doubtful: While Souse Connect It With A Root, Denoting To Seek, Others Derive It From A Root, ...
Shepherds Dog
Shepherd's Dog, Ott Suf.ep Doe, The Most Useful And Valuable Of All Kinds Of Dog, And Universally Einployed By Shepherds Throughout Europe, And In The Countries Colonized From Europe, And Also In Some Parts Of Asia. To Assist Them In The Tending Of Their Flocks. Without It The Shepherd Would ...
Sheridan
Sheridan, Rterrann Ilatssurv, Was The Son Of Thomas Sheridan. A Lecturer On Oratory And Elocution, In His Day Of Some Notoriety. He Was Born At Dublin In Sept., 1731, In Due Course Was Sent To School There, And Afterward Removed To Ilarrow. He Gave No Promise As A Boy Of ...
Sheriff
Sheriff, M Scotland, Is A Title Given To Three County Officials, All Appointed By The Crown. The Lord-lieutenant Is "sheriff-principal," And As Such, Though He Performs No Duties, Takes Precedence In The County. The " Sheriff-depute" Discharged The Duties Of The Office Until Recently, When The Greater Part Of Them ...
Sheriff_2
Sheriff (ante) In The United States, Is An Officer Of The State And County, And Not Of The General Government; Lie Has No Judicial Functions Unless Power To Assess Damages In Certain Cases With The Aid Of A Jury Is Considered As Such; And Be Is Almost Invariably Elected By ...
Shield
Shield, A Piece Of Defensive Armor, Borne On The Left Arm, To Ward Off The Strokes Of The Sword And Of Missiles. It Has Been Constantly Used From Ancient Times Through The Middle Ages, Till The Invention Of Fire-arms Rendered It Useless. The Large Shield Morn By The Greeks And ...
Shiites
Shiites (" Sectaries," From The Arab. Eltiah, Shiat, A Party, A Faction), The Name Given To A Mohammedan Sect By The " Sunnites" (q.v.), Or Orthodox Moslems. The Shiites Call Themselves "followers Of Ali," And Have Special Observances, Ceremonies, And Rites, As Well As Particular Dogmas Of Their Own. The ...
Ship Mgmy
Ship-mg:my, A Tax Lir.c1 Recourse To In England At Various Times, Hut Especially In The Reign Of Charles I., For The Equipment Of A Fleet. Iir 1007, When The Country Was Threatened By The Panes, A Law Was Made Obliging All Proprietors Of 310 Bides Of Land To Equip A ...
Shipwrecks
Shipwrecks, In Ancient Times, Were Deemed The Property Of The Crown, But By A Statute Of Henry I., The Harsh Consequences Of This Law Were Avoided Whenever Any Per Son Escaped Alive Out Of The Ship; And In Henry Ii.'s Charter It Was Declared That If Either Man Or Beast ...
Shiraz
Shiraz , A Pele,hrated City Of Persia, And The Capital Of The Province Of Fars, In Let. 29° 41' N., Long. 53° 38' E., Was Formerly A Very Flourishing City, And The Ordinary Residence Of The Persian Monarchs, But Is Now Singularly Divested Of Its Ancient Splendor. It Is Sit ...
Shire
Shire (sax. Seiran, To Divide), A Term Which Seems To Have Originated In The Stir C., And Is Applied To The Districts, Otherwise Called Counties, Into Which Great Britain Is Divided. A Considerable Number Of The Counties Of England, As Kent, Essex, Surrey, Norfolk, Suffolk, Were Formed Out Of The ...
Shoeing Of Horses
Shoeing Of Horses. In Olden Times, Horses Generally Went Unshod, As They Now Do In Many Eastern Countries; But Our Macadamized Roads And Paved Streets, Our Fast Paces And Heavy Loads, Would Speedily Wear Away The Stoutest Hoofs, And A Rim Of Iron Has Accordingly Been Long In Use Its ...
Short Hand
Short-hand, A Very Useful Art, By Means Of Which Writing Is Made Almost As Expe Ditious As Speaking. In Ordinary Long-band, Many Separate Motions Of The Pen Are Required To Form Each Single Letter: Thus M Requires Seven Motions, K Requires Six, Le, Five, T Four, I Three, Etc. But ...