Shad As
Shad (as. Sccaddu, Dialectic Ger. Scloude, Shad; Connected With Ir., Gael. Sgadan, Welsh Ysgadenyn, Herring). An Important Anadromous Fish Of The Herring Family (clupeidre, Q.v.) And Genus Alosa. Shad Grow To A Larger Size Than Herring And Differ From Them In The Absence Of Teeth In The Jaws And In ...
Shadow Play
Shadow Play. A Dramatic Representa Tion By Means Of Shadows East By Puppets Upon A Screen. It Is, Therefore, A Modification Of A Puppet Show (sec Puepet), Though The Same Thing In Principle Has Sometimes Been Aeeom 'plished By Shadows Of Living Persons Moving Be Hind A Screen Or By ...
Shah Jehan
Shah Jehan, 1e-hiin' (pers., King Of The ( ?-c.1665). The Fifth Of The Mogul Em Perors Of Delhi. He Was The Third Son Of Jehan Gir, And Before His Accession To The Throne Dis Tinguished Himself By Victories Over The Rajputs, The 'mohammedan States Of The Deccan. And The Afghans ...
Shakers
Shakers. The Name Commonly Applied To The Members Of The Millennial Church,' Or 'the United Society Of Believers,' A Communistic So Ciety Having I)ranclies In New York, Massachu Setts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Maine, Ohio, Kentucky, Georgia, And Florida. They Say That They Were Originally A Sect Of Quakers And Were ...
Shakespeare
Shakespeare, Shfilesper, William ( 150-' 1616). An English Poet And Dramatist, Born At Stratford-upon-avon, In The County Of Warwick, In April, 1564. He Was Baptized On April 26 (old Style) ; And, As It Was A Common Practice To Christen Infants When Three Days Old, The Tra Dition Which Makes ...
Shale
Shale (ger. Sehale, Ohg. Seala, As. Secalu, Shell, Husk, Scale; Connected With (1church Slay. Skolika, Mussel. Lith. Skclti, To Split). An In Durated Clay Consolidated Chiefly By The Pressure Of Overlying Sediments. It Often Forms Heavy Beds In Many Geological Formations. In The Carboniferous Formation Shale Beds Of Slaty Ap ...
Shalmaneser
Shalmaneser, Shril'man-var (heb. Sha/emoneser, From Assyr. Shulmanu-asharida, Shulman Is First). The Name Of Several Famous Kings Of Assyria. (1) Shalalinesea I. (about B.c. 1300) Was The First Assyrian Monarch To At Tempt Successfully Dominion In The West. Ile Seems To Have Crossed The Euphrates And To Have Conquered Musri, A ...
Shamanism
Shamanism, Shiemon-lz'm (pers. Sha Ma N, Idolater). The Name Applied To The Religion Of Certain Ural-altaic Peoples, As Finns, Hunga Rians, Turks, Mongolians, And Tunguses. But Chief Ly Those Of Northwestern Asia. At Present, Sha Manism Is Hest Represented By The Practices Of The Tunguses. According To Them There Are ...
Shan Si
Shan-si, Slain's& (chin., Mountain, Or Mountains, West). An Inland Province Of China, Originally Bounded On The North By The Great Wall, But Now Including That Portion Of Southern Mongolia Which Lies South Of The In O• Yin Moun Tains (map: China, D 4). Its Greatest Length Is From North To ...
Shan Tung
Shan-tung, (chin., Mountain East). A Maritime Province Of China, A Con Siderable Portion Of Which Consists Of A Moun Tainous Promontory 100 Miles Wide, Which Pro Jects Eastward From The Mainland Into The Yel Low Sea For 200 Miles, And Is Distant From The Peninsula Of Korea Less Than A ...
Shanghai
Shanghai, Siding/hi' (chin., Above The Sea). A City And Treaty-port In The Province Of Kiang-su, China, Situated At The Junction Of The I Iwang-p'u With The Wu-sung-kiang (here Known To Foreigners As Soochow Creek), 12 Miles Above The Entrance Of The United Stream (which Bears The Name Of The Smaller ...
Shans
Shans, Shanz. A Numerous Group Of Tribes On The Frontiers Of China, Burma, And Siam, Extending Considerably To The South. Physically And Linguistically They Belong, Together With The Laotians, The Thos-nuong Tribes Of The Chinese Tongking Frontier, And The Civilized Siamese Of The Southwest, To The Thai, One Of The ...
Shark
Shark (probably From Lat. Carcharus, From Gk. Kapxaplas, Karcharias, Sort Of Shark, From Suipxapos, Karcharos, Jagged; Connected With Kap Ktvos, Karkinos, Skt. Karkata, Crab, Karkara, Hard). The Name Given To Such Elasmobranch Fishes (see Elasmobranchh) As Have Their Gill Openings Lateral Instead Of Ventral. As In The Skates ( Batoidea). ...
Shawano
Shawano. •sha'vn-nt, Or Shawnee From Shawan, South, Or .seiran. Pungent, Salty). One Of The Most Important Tribes Of The Algon Quian Stock (q.v.). The Shawano Were Formerly Noted Salt-makers. They Carried On An Extensive Manufacture At The Salt Springs Of Southwestern Virginia And Traded The Product To Other Tribes. They ...
Shayss Rebellion
Shays's Rebellion. An Uprising In Massachusetts In 178g-87. The Revolutionary War Had Left The Country In Great Economic Dis Tress. Especially Was This The Case In Western Massachusetts. Where The People Were Weighed Down With Private Debts And Burdensome Taxes, And Snffered Greatly From The Inevitable Effects Of A Depreciated ...
Sheathing
Sheathing (from Sheath, As. Sccep, Sea P, Seen Sccida. Ger. ,‘:cheide, Sheath; Prob Ably Connected With As. Seeadan, Seedmi, Goth. Skaidan, See ((btu • Tier. :a./widen. To Separate, Lat. Scinderc, Gk. Crxqcip, Schizein, To Split, Lith. Skedzu, Skcdu, 1 Separate. Skt. Chid, To Split). The Covering Of A Ship's Hull, ...
Sheba Ho
She'ba Ho). Sheba, Ar. Sabo, Assyr. Sab`a). Llehrew Eponym Of The Sab:can People, Represented In Gen. X. 28 As One Of The Thirteen (originally Twelve) Sons Of Joktan. Eber's Son; In Gen. Xxv. 3 As A Son Of Jokshan, Abraham's Son By Keturan; In Gem X. 7, As A Son ...
Shechem
Shechem, She'kem (ha). She.hcal, The Hack, Hence, Perhaps, Applied To A Watershed). An Ancient City Of Palestine, In The Centre Of Mount Ephraim, The Modern Nabulus (map: Palestine, C 31. It Lay Between The Mountains Of Ebal And Gerizim, In A Fair And Well-watered Valley. Which Is The Meeting-place Of ...
Sheep As
Sheep (as. Sceap, Sre'p, 0eg. Seal, Ger. Schaf, Sheep; Of Unknown Etymology). A Horn Less Or Hollow-horned Ruminant Belonging To The Genus Ovis, And Covered With A Fleece Of Wool Varying In Color, Length. Fineness, And Strength Of The Fibre. The Male Is Designated A Ram (or Wether When Castrated), ...
Sheffield
Sheffield. A Manufacturing City In The West Riding Of Yorkshire, England, Picturesque Ly Situated On Several Hills That Slope Toward The Confluence Of The Rivers Sheaf And Don. 165 Miles North-northwest Of London. And 41 Miles East Of Manchester (map: England, E 3). It Possesses Many Fine Public Buildings, Such ...
Sheil
Sheil, Steel, Richard Lalor (1791-1851). An Irish Orator And Dramatist. He Was Horn Near Waterford; Graduated At Trinity College, Dublin ; Studied Law And Was Called To The Bar In 1s14. In 1822 Was Printed The First Of His Nketches Of The Irish Bar. A Keen And Witty Pic Ture ...
Shekinah
Shekinah, She-ki'nft (late Heb. Shakinah, From Shaken, To Reside Or Dwell). A Term That Belongs To Jewish Theology Of The Period After The Close Of The 11 Ehrew Canon And Was Adopted By Early Christian Writers, Expressing The Pres Ence Of The Divine Majesty In Heaven, Among The People Of ...
Shell Money
Shell Money. A Primitive Medium Of Exchange Which Consisted Of Certain Sea-shells In Their Natural Condition, O• Nearly So, Or Of Pieces Of Sea-shells Formed Into Heads, O• Otherwise Shaped. In The Former Class Fall The Money Cowry (see Cownv), The Dentalium, And Several Other Shells; And In The Latter ...
Shelley
Shelley, Peacr Bysshe ( 1792-1822 ) . An English Revolutionary And Lyric Poet Of The High Est Rank. Shelley Was Of Old English Stock. His Grandfather, Bysshe, Who Was Born In America And On His Removal To England As Heir To A Small Landed Estate Enriched The Family By Wealthy ...
Sheriff As
Sheriff (as. Scirgcrffa, Shire-reeve, From Stir, District. County, Jurisdiction, Business Gcrefa, Reeve). The Chief Executive Officer Of A County, Who At Times Exercises Judicial Func Tions Also. Notwithstanding His Latin Title Of Rice Conies, He Was Never A Deputy Earl. At The Opening Of English Legal History He Appears As ...
Sheriffs Court
Sheriffs Court. A Scotch Tribunal, Corresponding To The County Court Of England And Of The American States. It Takes Its Name From The Title Of The Presiding Magistrate—the Sheriff (q.v.)—whose Judicial Functions In Scot Land Have Increased Rather Than Diminished Dur Ing Modern Times. Until 1748 The Office Of Sheriff ...
Shetland Or Zetlandislands
Shetland ( Or Zetland ) Islands (anciently Maitland, The Latin Ultima Thule). A Group Of About 1110 Scottish Islands, 23 Of Which Are Inhabited, Lying Between The Atlantic And The North Sea. 50 Miles Northeast Of The Orkneys, And 210 Miles West Of Norway (map: Scotland, F 1). The Largest ...
Shewbread
Shewbread. An Expression Used In The English Bible For The 12 Loaves Which, According To The Pentateuchn) Codes, Were Plced On A Table Of Acacia Wood In The Holy Of Holies. They Were Made Of Fine Flour, Unleavened, And Sprinkled With Frankincense; They Were Arranged In Two Rows Of Six ...
Shield As
Shield (as. Scild, Scyld, Goth. Skildus. 011g. Scilt, Ger. Schi/d, Shield; Possibly Connect Ed With Lith. Skein, I Split). A Piece Of Defensive Armor Borne On The Left Arm Or In The Hand, To Ward Off The Strokes Of The Sword And Of Missiles. It Is Common To All Nations ...
Shin Shu
Shin'-shu' (jap., True Sect, Full Name Jodo Shin-shu, True Sect Of The Pure Land). A Japanese Buddhist Sect. As Its Title Indicates. It. Is A Branch Of The Jodo (pure Land) Sect. Like The Other Buddhist Bodies In Japan. The Jodo Derived Its Teaching From China. It Be Lieves In ...
Ship Railway
Ship Railway. A Railway On Which Ships Are Transported Either In A Cradle Running On Wheels, Or In The Water In A Tank Carried On A Wheeled Truck Or Car. Such Railways Are De Signed To Connect Two Navigable Bodies Of Water Separated By An Isthmus, And Thus Save A ...
Ship As
Ship (as. Scip, Scyp, Goth. Skip, Ohg. Scif, Sccf, Ger. Schiff, Ship; Of Unknown Etymology). In Strictly Nautical Nomenclature The Term Ship Is Applied To A Large Vessel With Three Or More Masts, Of Which At Least Three Are Square-rigged. The Term Is Very Generally Applied To Vessels Of All ...
Shipbuilding
Shipbuilding. The Simplest Form Of Floating Craft Designed To Support And Transport Men Or Objects Is The Log: The Next Step Is The Raft ; Then The Dugout, Or Log Hollowed Out : The `hollowed Out' Principle Being Established, The Canoe Of Hark Or Skins Stretched Upon Light Frames Naturally ...
Shipping Subsidies
Shipping Subsidies. Pecuniary Aid To Shipping By Public Grant. The Terms Bounty And Subvention May Be Employed In The Same Sense. The First Direct Bounty In Aid Of Shipping Of Any Kind Was Granted In 1730 By The 3d George 11. (e. 20, § 9), Which Provided For A Bounty ...
Ships Papers
Ship's Papers. A Merchant Vessel Is Required To Carry Certain Documents Which Are Termed The "ship's Papers." These Consist Of: (1) Register. Sometimes Replaced Or Accompanied By (a) Certificate Of Enrollment (if Employed In United States Coasting Trade). (b) Passport Is Sued By The Sovereign Authority, (e) Sea Letter Issued ...
Shire As
Shire (as. Seise, Scyre, Di*trict, County, Ju Risdiction, Business, From Scirian, Sucrinn, Secon Dary Form Of Sciron, Seeran, Secoran, To Cut Off, Shear, 0ho. Setran, Ger. Se/arca, To Cut, Shear; Connected With Gk. Xc(pco,, Kc Ircin, Lab. Skirti, To Cut). A Term Which Seems To Have Originated Before The Time ...
Shock
Shock (mdutch Schock, Dutch Schok, 011g. Scot., Shock, Jolt; Connected With As. Sracan, Secacan, Eng. Shake). A Sudden Depression Of The Vital Powers Due To Injury Or Profound Men Tal Emotions. Through This Depression Of The Nerve Centres A Circulatory Paresis Is Induced, Which Results In The Accumulation Of The ...
Shoes As
Shoes (as. Scco, Goth. Skohs, Otig. Scoop, Ger- Schuh, Shoe) And Shoe Manufac Ture. The Shoe In Its Simplest Form Was Un Doubtedly A Sandal O• Sole With Straps Attached To It By Means Of Which It Might He Fastened On To The Foot. Such A Shoe Was Designed Simply ...
Shore
Shore (probably Connected With As. Sceran, Sciran, Sceoran, To Cut Off, Eng. Shear, Shire). The Margin Between The Land Area Of The Earth And The Water Area. The Outline And General Ebarac Ter Of Continental Shores Arc Modified Chiefly In Two Ways: (1) By The Erosive And Transporting Action Of ...
Shorthand
Shorthand. A Common English Word Used For All Kinds Of Abbreviated Writing Other Than Abbreviated Longhand. It Is Not Generally Applied To The Ancient Hieroglyphics. Though These Are A Kind Of Short Writing, In Which A Single Character Is Often Made To Represent A Whole Idea. The Name 'stenography' Is ...
Shoshonean Stock
Shosho'nean Stock. An Important Group Of Cognate Tribes Originally Holding Most Of The Territory From The Central Flocky Mountain Region, Across The Interior Basin, To The Sierras And Extending On The Southeast Into The Texas Prairies And On The Southwest Across South Cali Fornia To The Pacific. At One Time ...
Shoshoni
Shoshoni, Shei-shr?int. I Probably From Shishinowits, Snake, The Name Given Them By The Cheyenne). The Tribe, Calling Themselves Simply Numa, 'people,' From Which The Shoshonean Stock (q.v.) Takes Its Name, Formerly Holding The Mountain Country Of Western Wyoming And The Adjacent Portions Of Colorado, Idaho, Utah, And Northeastern Nevada. In ...
Shotgun
Shotgun. A Term Employed To Denote A Weapon Used For Sporting Purposes In Contra Distinction To The Military Rifle, Which Is Dis Cussed Under Small Arms ( Q.v.) , Where The His Toric Development Of Firearms Will Be Found Treated. The Flint-lock Gun Was Used For Sport Ing Purposes Well ...
Shoulder Joint As
Shoulder-joint (as. Sculdor, 0110.. Sealtin.a,( H-r. Schuller; Of Unknown Etymology). A Ball-and-socket Joint Formed At The Junction Of The Humerus And Scapula. The Large Globular Head Of The Humerus Is Received Into The Shallow• Glenoid Cavity Of The Scapula, By Which Arrange Ment Extreme Freedom Of Tnotion Is Obtained, While ...
Shrew As
Shrew (as. Scffaira, Shrew; Connected With 011g. Serf:item Ger. Sehroten, To Cut, Gnaw, Bruise. As. Seroudian, Eng. Shred). A Small Nocturnal Quadruped Of The Family Soricidw, And Especially Of The Genus Which Includes The Smallest Of All Mammals. The Shrews Are Often Con Founded With Mice, But Belong To All ...
Shrike As
Shrike (as. Scric, Icel. Skrilcia, Shrike, From Skrikja, To Shriek, Titter; Connected With Gk. Tcp(gecv, Kri:ein., To Creak). A Predatory, Insectivorous Bird Of The Family Laniid:v, Having A Short, Thick, And Compresl.ed Bill, The Upper Mandible Curved, Hooked At The Tip, And Fur Nished With A Prominent Tooth, The Base ...
Shushwap
Shush'wap (properly Sfiq-apmuq). An Interesting Tribe Of Salishan Stock (q.v.) Occu Pying An Extensive Territory Extending From The Main Divide Of The Rocky Mountains To Fraser River And From Quesnelle To Shushwap Lake, Southern British Columbia. They Are Divided Into Several Local Bands Or Village Communities, And Their Houses Were ...
Siam
Siam, Sl-tn'. An Independent Kingdom Of Southeastern Asia, Bounded On The North By Burma And French Indo-china (the Shan States), On The East By French Indo-china, On The South By Cambodia, The Gulf Of Siam, And The Straits Settlements, And On The West By The Indian Ocean And Burma. Apart ...
Sibioom
Sibioom (ar. Sanriim, Hot Pestilent Wind, From Summa, To Poison). A Hot Suffocating Wind, Carrying Clouds Of Dust. Although These Winds Occur In Their Greatest Intensity In The Deserts Of Northern Africa And Western Asia, Analogous W•imls Are Found In India, North America, And Aus Tralia. Simooms May Be Either ...
Sibyl
Sibyl (lat. Sibylla, From Gk. Aff3exxa, Sibyl; Connected With Lat. Per-sibus, Wise). The Name In Greek Legend Of Women Inspired By Apollo With Prophetic Power. The Early Authorities Men Tion But One, Probably The Erythra'an Llerophile. Later Poets Or Local Legends Increased The Num Ber, And Finally We Hear Of ...
Sibylline Oracles
Sibylline Oracles. A Lengthy Collec Tion Of Greek Hexameters, Pseudonymously As Cribed To The Oriental Sibyl. These Writings Be Long To An Extensive Literature First Produced By The ,iews, Whom The Early Christians Soon Followed With The Intention Of Proving That The Pagan Oracles Or The Ancient Poets Had Borne ...
Sicilian Vespers
Sicilian Vespers. The Name Given To The Massacre Of The French In Sicily, Which Began At Palermo On The Day After Easter (march 30th), 1282, While The Bells Were Ringing For The Vesper Service. Charles Of Anjou (q.v.) Had De Prived The Hohenstaufen Dynasty Of Naples And Sicily, And Had ...
Sicyon
Sicyon, (lat., From Gk. Eacv6v, Sikyon, Seky591). The Principal City Of A Small But Fertile State Of Ancient Greece, Sicyonia, Situated In The North Of The Pelopon Nesus, Having The Corinthian Gulf For Its Northern Boundary, With Aehaia On The West. Phlius On The South, And Corinth On The East. ...
Siddons
Sid'dons, Mrs. Sarah ( 1755-1831). A Cele Brated English Actress. She Was The Daughter Of Roger Kemble (q.v.) And Was Born At Brecon. In Wales. As A Mere Child She Showed The Family Genius For The Stage, And During Her Youth She Played As A Member Of Her Father's Company ...
Sidney
Sidney, Sir Pinup (i554s6). A Celebrated English Writer And Soldier. He Was Born At Bens Hurst In Kent, And When Ten Years Old Was Sent To The School At Shrewsbury,'whence, In 1568, Lie Went To Christ Church, Oxford. Be Left The Uni Versity Without A Degree, Hut With A High ...
Siege And Siege Works
Siege And Siege Works (of. Sege, Siege, Fr. Siege, From I,at. Scderr, To Sit ; Connected With Gk. Gecreat, Hezrsthai, Slat. Sad. Ochurch Slay. Lith. Sedeti,0110. Si=an, Ger. Sitzei?, Oath. Sitar. As. Sittan, Eng. Sit). In Conducting A Siege, The Enemy, Where Possible, Is Surround Ed And Cut Off From ...
Siemens
Siemens, Ze'llirdis, Ernst Werner Von (1816-92). A German Electrical Engineer. He Was Born At Lenthe. Near Hanover, And Was Edu Cated In The Gymnasium Of Lfibeck And In The School Of Artillery And Engineering At Berlin, Becoming An Artillery Officer In 1838. He Studied Chemistry And Electro-magnetism. And Invented A ...
Siemens_2
Siemens, Sir William (karl Wiliiet.m) (1823-83). An English Engineer And Metallur Gist. 11e Was Born At Lenthe, Hanover, And Was A Brother Of \verner Siemens (see Above), With Whom He Was Associated In Many Scientific Inves Tigations And Commercial Enterprises. Lie Was Educated At Magdeburg And Giittingen And Then Entered ...
Siena
Siena, Se-5'na. The Capital Of The Province Of Siena. In Tuscany. Italy, Picturesquely Situated On The Crests Of Three Hills, Over 1000 Feet Above The Sea, Near The Elsa, 60 Miles By Rail South Of Florence And Only 30 Miles In A Straight Line (map: Italy. F 4). It Is ...
Sienese School Of Painting
Sienese School Of Painting. The Principal Italian School Of Painting, Next To The Florentine, In The Later Thirteenth And Four Teenth Centuries; The Fifteenth It Declined. As Compared With The Florentine School (q.v.) It Was More Detailed In Finish, Brighter In Color, And More Refined In Sentiment, But Inferior In ...
Sienkiewicz
Sienkiewicz, Syen-kye'vech, Henryk (1846—). A Famous Polish Novelist, Born In Wola Okrzejska, Government Of Siedlce. On Graduating From The Realgymnasium At War Saw He Studied Philosophy At The University Of That City And Made His Literary Debut In 1872 With A Humorous Story, Nobody Is A Prophet In His Own. ...
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone, Se-e'er:1 Le-o'ne. A Colonial Possession Of Great Britain On The West Coast Of Africa. The Colony Proper Comprises A Narrow Strip Along The Coast From The Great Scarcies River (the Boundary Line Of French Guinea) To The Nano River (the Boundary Line Of Liberia), Including Also The Islands ...
Sierra Nevada
Sierra Nevada, Ne-viilda. A Mountain Range In Eastern California, Forming The Divide Be Tween The Great American Basin And The Valley Of The Sacramento And San Joaquin Rivers (map: California, D 3). It Is A Tilted Plateau 80 Miles Wide And Extending In A North-northwest Direction, 400 Or 500 Miles ...
Sieyes
Sieyes, Sn'yas', Emmanuel Joseph, Count (1748-1336). A French Revolutionary Leader And Publicist, Generally Known As The Abbe Sieyez. He Was Born At Frejus, And Was Edu Cated At Paris With A View To Entering The Church. He Was Made A Canon In Brittany (1775) And Was Later Transferred To The ...
Sigel
Sigel, So'gel, Franz (1824-1902). A German American Soldier, Born At Sinsheim, In Baden. In 1848 He Took A Prominent Part In The Revolu Tionary Movement In Baden, And On The Reviewed Outbreak Of The Insurrection, In The Spring Of 1849, Commanded The Troops On The Neckar. In May He Was ...
Sight As
Sight (as. Ge-sihp, Ohg. Ye-situ, Ger. Cc Sicht, From As. Sfon, Ohg. Sehan, C;er. Sehen, To See; Connected With Lat. Sequi, Gk. Ercaoat, Hepes Thai,lith. Sckti, Skt. Sac, To Follow), Defects Of. Under This Head We Shall Consider Certain Af Fections Of The Eyesight Due To Some Known Or Unknown ...
Sights
Sights. The Means By Which Cannon Or Small Arms Are Pointed Or Aimed. There Are Almost As Many Varieties As There Are Varieties Of Weapons. With Modern High-power Gulls, Telescopic Sights Are Necessary On Ac Count Of The Difficulty Of Seeing The Target At The Ex Treme Long Range Of ...
Sigismund
Sigismund, Slyis-mfind, Ger. Pron.. Z%/g S Munt (c.1308-1437). Holy Roman Emperor From 1411 To 1437. He Was The Second Son Of The Emperor Charles Iv., Whom He Succeeded In 1378 In The Margraviate Of Brandenburg. In 1379 He Became Affianced To Mary, Heiress Of Louis The Great, King Of Hungary ...
Sign Language
Sign Language. A System Of Intertribal Gesture Emumnnieatien Among The American In Dians Used It All The Plains Tribes In Default Of A Common Language, And Practically The Same From Canada To The Mexican Border. In Many Respects It Forms The Manual Counterpart Of The Indian Pictograph System As Displayed ...
Signature Ul
Signature (ul. Signature, From Lat. Sig. Nare, To Sign, From Signam, Sign, Mark, Token). In Its Broadest Legal Sense, The Name Of A Person, Written Or Printed, Or A Sign Or Mark Intended To Represent His Name, And Either Executed Or Affixed By The Person Himself Or Adopted By Him ...
Signorelli
Signorelli, Se'nya-rel'ls, Luca ( 1441 1523). An Italian Painter Of The Renaissance, Usually Classed With The 'umbrian School, But His Affinities Are Rather Florentine. He Was Born At Cortona, Studying First. Under Piero Della Fran Cesca At Arezzo, And At An Early Period He Came Under The Influence Of Pollajuolo ...
Siieep Raising
Siieep-raising Was Originally And To A Large Extent Has Continued A Pastoral Industry; And Because Sheep Can Thrive Upon Scanty Vegetation And Succeed Best When Given Free Range, They Are Popular In Countries Where Land Is Cheap And Pastures Abundant, And Where The Industry Can Be Carried On Extensively, As ...