Sikhs
Sikhs, Seks (hind., From Skt. Aisga, Disci Ple). The Term Applied To A Religious Com Munity Of Which The Punjab, In Northwestern India. Is The Principal Seat. From The Time Of The Tenth Pontificate The Sect Called Itself The Khei/sa, `the Property' (of God). At First The Sikhs Were Merely ...
Silage
Silage (from Silo, Sp. Silo, Silo, From Lat. Rims, From Gk. Atmic,siros, Cetp6e, Seiros, Pit For Corn), Or Ensilage. A General Name Applied To Green Crops Packed And Preserved Under Pressure In Specially Constructed Chambers (silos) Or In Stacks (stack Silos), In Each Of Which They Un Dergo Fermentation. The ...
Silchester
Sil'chester. A Village In Northern Hampshire, England, About Half-way Between Reading And Basingstoke. Near The Modern Vil Lage Is The Site Of The Old Roman Town Cahera Atrebatum. The Site Is Inclosed By The Remains Of The Old Wall And Broad Ditch, Hut No Other Ruins Of The City Are ...
Silesia
Silesia, Si-le'shi-a (ger. Schlesien). The Largest Of The Provinces Of Prussia. It Occupies The Southeastern End Of The Kingdom, And Is Hounded By The Provinces Of Posen And Branden Burg On The North. Itussian-poland And Galicia On The East, Austrian Silesia And Bohemia On The South And Southwest, And Saxony ...
Silicon
Silicon (neo-lat., From Lat. Si/ca, Flint), Or Silicium. A Non-metallic Element Discovered By Berzelius In 1s23. Among The Ancients Minerals .rich In Silica Were Used In Glass-making, And Becher Contended That They Contained A Pecu Liar Kind Of Earth, To Which He Gave The Name Terra Ritreseibilis. In The Seventeenth ...
Silkworm
Silkworm. The 'silkworm' Of Commerce Is The Caterpillar Of Rom Bys Ato•i, A Moth Of The Family Bombyeiche, A Group Commonly Known As The Family Of Silkworm Moths. The Caterpillars Of All Of The Species Of This Group Have The Silk Glands Largely Developed, And Many Of Them Spin Large ...
Siloam
Silo'am (heb. Shiloah, Shelah). A Pool Situated At The Southern End Of The Eastern Hill Of Jerusalem, Mentioned In Nehemiah Iii. 15 And John Ix. 7. Isaiah (viii. 6) Speaks Of The "waters Of Shiloah That Go Softly." The Water In This Pool Is Supplied By The Virgin's Spring And ...
Silurian System
Silurian System (from Lat. Silures, A People Of Ancient Britain). A Division Of The Paleozoic Group Of Rocks Established By Murchi Son (q.v.) To Include The Strata Between The Archaean And Devonian Systems. It Was Subse Quently Restricted To The Two Formations Now Known As The Ordovician Or Lower Silurian ...
Silver Plated Tableware
Tableware, Silver-plated. The Manu Facture Of Silver-plated Tableware Originated In England. And The Centre Of Its Manufacture Was At Sheffield And Birmingham. The Industry Now Flourishes In Germany And Also In The United States. Where The Rogers Brothers Were The First To Apply The Process Of Electroplating With Silver To ...
Silver As
Silver (as. Seolfor, Scolubr, Goth. Si/abr, 011g. Silabar, Silbar, Ger. Silber, Silver; Probably From The L'ontie City Of 'axogn, Alybr., Where Silver Abounded). A Metallic Element That Was Known To The Ancients, And When First Mentioned Is Re Ferred To As A Medium Of Exchange. It Is De Scribed In ...
Simeon
Sim'eon (heb. Shim'an; Of Uncertain Deriva Tion). A Very Common Hebrew Name (also Nabatan), Appearing Generally In English As Simon (also Simeon) ; Also The Name Of A He Brew Tribe And Of Its Traditional Ancestor, The Second Son Of Jacob. Of The Patriarch Little Is Told; He Took Part ...
Similarity
Similarity (from Similar, From Lat. Simi Lis, Similar, Like; Connected With Simul, Together, Gk. Ziaa, Kama, Together, Skt. Sama, Like, Equal, Same, And Ultimately With Eng. Same). In Geom Etry, The Theory Of Similar Systems And Similar Figures. Two Systems Of Points A„ B„ And Are Said To Be Similar ...
Simon
Simon, Se'incin'. Jules (jules Francois Simon Suisse) (1814-96). A French Statesman And Philosopher, Born At Lorient, And Educated At Lorient And Vannes. Lie Occupied Positions In The Lyceums At Rennes, Caen, And Versailles, And In 1839 Through The Influence Of Victor Cousin Became A Professor Of The History Of Philosophy ...
Simon Magus
Simon Magus. A Character Who Figures Briefly In The New Testament, And At Greater Length In The Writings Of The Early Christian Fathers. According To The New Testament Ac Count (acts Viii. 5-24). He Was A Sorcerer Of Much Repute In The City Of Samaria And Was Con Verted By ...
Simonides
Simonides S7-mon'i-dez (lat., From Gk. Ityoviong) (b.c. 556-468). A Greek Lyric Poet, Born On The Island Of Ceos. He Was A Finished Literary Craftsman In Many Forms Of Verse Rather Than A Sublime Or Greatly Original Poet. His Long Life Almost Bridged The Century From Pisistra Tus To Pericles. And ...
Sims
Sims, Simz, George Robert (i 847— ) . An English Journalist And Playwright. He Was Horn In London, And Made His Home There. Becoming Almost As Familiar With The Darker Sides Of Lon Don Life As Was Dickens. He Was Educated At Hanwell College And At Bonn. On The Death ...
Sin As
Sin (as. Synn, 011g. Sun Ten, Swan, Ger. Sundt'; Probably Connected With Lat. Golfs, Guilty, Gk. Drib Ate, Mischief, Harm). Voluntary Trans Gression Of A Moral Law Believed To Possess Divine Sanction. All Theories Assume A Fact Which They Presuppose To Be Wet) Understood From The Experi Ential Point Of ...
Sinai
Sinai, Win) Or Si'ni (heb. Sinai). The Mount On Which God Is Said To Have Revealed Himself To Moses. It Is Situated In The Southern Half Of The So-called Sinaitic Peninsula, Project Ing Into The Northern Extremity Of The Red Sea, Between The Gulf Of Suez On The West. And ...
Sincere Brethren
Sincere Brethren (ar. Ikhtean Al-safi The Sincere Brethren And True Friends). A Transcendental And Scientific Order Of Esoteric Nature In Islam, Existing At Basra, On The Lower Euphrates. About 1000. (see Slums.) Little Is Known Of The Personality Of The Members, The Leader Of Whom May Have Been One Zayd ...
Sind Sindh
Sindh, Sind, Or Scinde. A Region In The Northwestern Part Of British India, Now Form Ing A Division Of The Bombay Presidency. It Lies Around The Lower Course Of The Indus. And Is Bounded On The North By Baluchistan And The Punjab. On The East By Rajputana, On The South ...
Sindhi
Sindhi (sin'd6) Language And Lit Erature. The Modern Indian Language And Literature Of Sindh (q.v.). Sindhi Has Been De Rived By Some Scholars From ..sauraseni Prakrit, Especially In The Abhiri Vernacular. Spoken In Media.val Times About The Mouth Of The Indus. Of All The Indian Group Of Languages Sinai Is ...
Sindia
Sin'dia. The Name Of A Powerful Mahratta House, Which Played An Important Part In The History Of India During The Eighteenth And Nine Teenth Centuries. The Rulers Of The Mahratta Principality Of Gwalior, Feudatory To The Brit Ish, Still Bear The Name Of Sindia. The Sindia Family Arose In Gwalior, ...
Singapore
Singapore ( From Skt. Sinhapura, Lion City). The Capital Of The British Straits Settlements And The Most Important Commercial Emporium Of Southeastern Asia, Situated On The Island Of Singapore, In Latitude 1° 17' N., And Longitude 103° 50' 47" E. (map: French-ludo China, D 7). The Town Is Well Built, ...
Singing
Singing (from Sing, As. Singan. To Sing, Cloth. Xiggwan, To Sing. Read, Ohg. Singan, To Sing. Crow. Ger. Singe'', To Sing; Possibly Connect Ed With Gk. 647j, Omphf, Voice, Sound). The Art Of Making Music With The Human Voice. The Physical Apparatus Employed In The Production Of Musical Tones Consists ...
Single Tax
Single Tax. A Tax Designed To Meet All Or The Principal Needs Of Government, Levied Upon A Single Object Of Taxation. The Single Tax On The Rent Of Land Was Introduced Into General Economic Discussion About The Middle Of The Eighteenth Cen Tury By The Physiocrats (q.v.), And Was Popular ...
Sinim
Si'nim. A Land Mentioned In Isaiah Xlix. 12. From The Connection It Is Evident That A Country In The Far North Or East Is Intended; Conse Quently The Pluenician Sinim (genesis X. 17) Cannot Be Considered. The Oldest Creek Version Rendered 'the Land Of The Persians:' Aquila, Theo 'lotion. And ...
Sinjirli
Sinjirli, Sin'jir-le'. The Name Of A Kurdish Village In North Syria Under Mount Amanus, 40 Miles Northeast Of Alexandretta. The Hill Or Tell On Which The Village Lies Is One Of Several Hundreds In That Region Which Scholars Have Recognized As Marking The Sites Of Ancient Cities. In 1883 Dr. ...
Sinus
Sinus (lat., Bend, Hollow). The Cells Or Cavities Contained In Certain Bones, As The Frontal, Ethmoid. Sphenoid, And Superior Maxillary, Are Called Sinuses. The Frontal Sinuses Are Two Ir Regular Cavities Extending Upwar41 And Outward, From Their Openings On Each Side Of The Nasal Spine, Between The Inner And Outer ...
Siouan
Siouan (s(743'un) Stock. One Of The Most Widely Extended And Important Linguistic Groups Of North America, Occupying Within The Recent Historic Period The Greater Portion Of The Plains Area, But In Earlier Times Holding Also The Coast And Midland Region Of Virginia And The Caro Linas, With Outlying Tribes Upon ...
Sioux
Sioux, Sou, Or Dakota. One Of The Most Important Indian Tribes North Of :mexico, Being The Largest In The United States With The Pos Sible Exception Of The Ojibwa. Their Popular Name Ic Supposed To Be An Abbreviation From Nadovesiwag (corrupted By The French To Yada Occsiou.r), 'little Snakes,' I.e, ...
Sioux City
Sioux City. The County Seat Of Woodbury County, Iowa, 156 Miles Northwest Of Des Moines; On The Missouri River, At The Junc Tion Of The Big Sioux And The Floyd (map: Iowa, A 2). Among The Railroads That Enter The City Are The Chicago, Milwaukee And Saint Paul. The Chicago ...
Siren
Siren. An Instrument For The Production Of Musical Sounds In Such A Manner As To Enable Us To Determine The Number Of Vibrations Which Produce A Given Sound. Or. In Other Words, The Pitch. In The Simplest Form Of Siren There Is A Revolving Disk Which Is Pierced With A ...
Sisterhoods
Sisterhoods. Communities Of Women In The Roman Catholic And Anglican Churches, Or Ganized For Religious And Charitable Purposes. The Origin And Growth Of The Principle Which Gave Rise To These Organizations Has Been De Scribed Under Monasticism. The Earlier Com Munities For Women Were Nearly Always Out Growths Of An ...
Sistine Chapel
Sistine Chapel. The Private Chapel Of The Pope In The Vatican. It Was Built. For Sixtus Iv., In 1473, By The Florentine Archi Tect Giovanni De' Dolci. The Apartment Is 133 Feet. Long And 45 Feet Wide, And Is Somewhat Higher Than Its Width. It Is Lighted By Six Win ...
Sits Yen
Sits-yen, Shy617'yen'. A Walled City Of Shing King, Manchuria, On The Right Bank Of The Ta Yang River, Which Flows Southward To The Yellow Sea At The Port Of Ta-ku-shan, Distant 35'iniles (map: China, F 3). It Is Famous For The Finely Grained Marble Found In The Neighborhood, And Its ...
Siut
Siut, Se-cwt' (egyptian •s'yoiret). Or Assiut. A City Of Upper Egypt, Situated Near The West Bank Of The Nile, In Latitude 27° 10' N., 248 Miles South Of Cairo. In Very Early Times It Was A Place Of Importance. Owing To Its Favorable Situa Tion In The Midst Of A ...
Sixtus
Six'tus. The Name Of Five Popes. Sixtus Or Xystus I., Saint., L'ope C.116-25, Under The Reign Of Hadrian.—titxtus Or Xystus 11., Saint, Pope 257-258. Under Him The Communion Be Tween Rome And The North African Churches, Broken Off By The Controversy Over Heretic Bap Tism (q.v.) Under His Predecessor Stephen ...
Size And Slope Of
:material, Size. And Slope Of Conduits Depend Largely Upon Whether The Separate Or Combined System Is Adopted. Vitrified Clay Or Terra-cotta Sewer Pipes (see Pipe) Are Now Almost Universal Ly Used For All Sewers Up To 21 Inches. And Some Times Up To 30 Inehes In Diameter, Whether The System ...
Skat
Skat. A Game Of Cards, The Most Intricate And Perhaps The Most Scientific Of Them All. Its Origin Was In Germany. And Dates From About The Beginning Of The Nineteenth Century. The Derivation Of The Name Is Obscure. Thirty-two Cards Are Used, But, Unlike Whist Cards, They Are Not Double-ended. ...
Skating
Skating (from Skate, From Dutch Schaats, Oduteh, Schadse, High-heeled Shoe). One Of The Primitive Methods Of Man's Progression Over The Ice When It Is Free From Snow. The Earliest Form Of Skate Was A Shin Or Rib Bone Of Some Animal, Tied To The Skater's Foot. Skates Of Bone Are ...
Skepticism
Skepticism (from Skeptic. Of., Fr. Seep Ague, From Gk. (meat Mss, Skeptikos, Inquiring, From Gran-teo-ow, Skeptcsthai. To Consider; Con Nected With Lat. Specere, To Look, Ohg. Spehon, Ger. Spahen, To Spy, Skt. Qtai, To Look). A Term Applied In Philosophy To Any System Which Leaves In Doubt Either The Existence ...
Skiing
Skiing, Ske'ing (from Dan., Norweg. From Teel. Skip, Snow-shoe, Billet Of Wood, As. Geld, Oho. Sett. Ger. Seheit, Billet Of Wood; Con Nected With Lith. Skedra, Lett. Skaida, Gk. Schizo, Splinter, Skt. Ehid, To Split). The Method By Which The Inhabitants Of Norway, Sweden, Parts Of Russia, And Parts Of ...
Skitll
Skitll (icel. Skid, Bowl. Cup; Connected With As. Scale, Eng. Scale, Bowl. Dish Of A Balance, And With As. Sccalu, Sceole, 0i1g. Scala. Ger, &hale, Husk, Scale, Goth. Skaija. Tile, Ochurch Slay. Skolika, Mussel, Lith. Skelti, To Split). The Bony Framework Of The Head. It Is Divided Into Two Parts, ...
Skull
Skull. We May Distinguish In The Skull The Cranium Or Braincase And The Visceral Skeleton. In The Development Of The Human Skull Three Stages May Be Distinguished Which Correspond With Phylogenetic Stages: (1) The Fibro-eonnec Tive Tissue Stage. This Is Represented In Pity Logeny By The Condition In Amphioxus, Where ...
Skunk
Skunk (from Abenaki Seganku, Cree Scecawk, Skunk). A Fur-bearing Mammal Of The Genus Mephitis (or Chincha) Of The Weasel Family (mustelidre), Approaching The Badgers In The Lengthened Claws Of The Fore Feet, In The Planti Grade Hind Feet, In Dentition, And In Habits. Skunks Are Found Only In America, Where ...
Skye
Skye, Ski. The Second Largest Of The Scottish Islands And The Most Northerly Of The Inner Hebrides (q.v.). Forming Part Of The County Of Inverness, From The Mainland Of Which It Is Separated By A Narrow Channel (map: Scotland, B 2). Area, 535 Square Miles_ Skye Is Moun Tainous And ...
Skylark
Skylark. A European Lark (aland° Arren Sis), The 'lark' (q.v.) Par Excellence Of Great Britain, Which, Notwithstanding The Tameness Of Its Brown Plumage, Is A Universal Favorite On Account Of The Sweetness Of Its Cheerful Song, Which It Pours Forth While Soaring And Floating In The Air. More Rarely It ...
Slander Of
Slander (of. Eselandre. Esclaunclre, Esean Dre, Escandle, Escandcle, Seandele, From Lat. Scan Dalum, From Gk. Crkciv3axov, Skandulon, Setnopov, Skandalf'thron, Stumbling-block, Snare, Offense, Scandal; Connected With Int. Scandcre, To Climb, Slat. Strand, To Leap). Defamation Which Is Committed By Way Of Speech : That Is. Either By Vocal Sounds Or By ...
Slang
Slang (of Uncertain Origin: Probably A Cant Use Of The Archaic Preterite Slang, Regarded As A Participle Of Sling, As., 011g. Slingan, Ger. Sehlingen, To Fling, Sling; Connected With Lith, Sunkti, To Creep). Colloquial Words And Phrases Originating For The Most Part In The Lower Classes Of Society Or In ...
Slate Of
Slate (of. Esclat, Fr. Eclat, Splinter, Frag Ment, From Ohg. Slizan, Ger. Sohleissen, As. Slitan, Eng. Slit). A Hard, Fissile Rock Which Has Been Produced From Shale Or Clay By Metamorph Ism. This Process By Means Of Heat And Pressure Consolidates The Original Rock And Obliterates The Original Stratification, Developing ...
Slaughter Houses
Slaughter Houses. The First Attempt To Regulate The Conduct Of Establishments Where, Animals Are Slaughtered For Food Probably Was Made During The Reign Of Richard 11., For In 1388 An Act Of Parliament Forbade The Casting Of Offal And Other Refuse Of Slaughtered Animals Into Rivers And Other Waters. During ...
Slavery
Slavery (from Slave, From Of. Fr. Eselave, From Mhg. Slave, Sklave, Ger. Sklare, Slave, Slav; Originally Referring To Slays Taken By The Germans In War). Legally, That Status Of An Individual Or Individuals Characterized By The Perpetual And Almost Absolute Loss Of Personal And Political Liberty; Socially, An Institution De ...
Slavic Languages
Slavic Languages. A Branch Of The Indo-germanic Languages (q.v.). Among These Languages Slavic Is Most Closely Connected With The Baltic Group, Which Includes Old Prussian, Leak, And Lithuanian. The Most Universally Aeeepted Theory Places The Original Home Of The Slays Within The Borders Of Present Russia In The Region Lying ...
Slavonic Enoch
Slavonic Enoch. A Pseudepigraphical Work Extant Only In A Slavonic Version To Which This Name Has Been Given In Order To Distinguish It From The Ethiopic Enoch. (see Emelt.) In The Manuscripts It Bears The Title The Book Of The Secrets Of Enoch. The Existence Of This Work Seems To ...
Slavonic Music
Slavonic Music. The Music Of The Slav Peoples, Of Whom Those Of Importance Are The Russians, Poles, And Bohemians. Russia. Just As The Hymns Of The Church Of Rome Exerted A. Powerful Influence Upon The Music Of Western Europe. So A Similar Influence Was Exerted Upon The Music Of Eastern ...
Slavs
Slavs. A Branch Of The Aryan Or Indo Germanic Family, Which Constitutes The Great Hulk Of The Population Of Europe East Of The Me Ridian Of 15° E. As Well At Of Siberia. They Are Broad-headed, Below• The Average Aryan In Height, With The Color Of Skin Pale White, Swarthy, ...
Sledge Dog
Sledge Dog. A Dog Used For Hauling Sledges. Especially In The Arctic Regions. Until Civilized Explorers, Fur Traders, And Miners Intro Duced Other Breeds, The Native (logs Of All North Ern Peoples Were Little More Than Half-domesti Cated Wolves. The Typical Eskimo Dog Is Broad Chested, With Powerful Shoulders, A ...
Sleep As
Sleep (as. Slurp, Goth. Slcps, Ohg. Staf, Ger. Sehlaf, Sleep, From As. Slmpan, Goth. Slpj Urn, 0i1g. Skifan. Ger. Schlafen, To Sleep; Connected With Ochurch Slay. Slabfi, Lax, Lat. Labi, To Slide, Fall). A Condition Of The Body In Which The Normal Activity Of The Nervont System Is So Far ...
Sloth
Sloth (from As. Slaw, Ohg. St0o, Dialectic Ger. Sehlpw, Sehlo, Eng. Slow). An Edentate Mammal Of The Family Bradypodiffir. Re Markably Adapted To An Arboreal Life, And Repre Sented By Many Species, All Residents Of Tropical America. They Vary In Size From That Of A Small Bear To That Of ...
Slutel
Slutel Sing: Er, Clailx ( ?-c.1405). The Principal Dutch Sculptor Of The Later Middle Ages. The Earliest Record Of His Life Is That In 1389 He Became Statuary In Ordinary At Dijon, To Philip The Bold Of Bungundy, Whose Service He Had Entered A Few Years Before. In Charge Of ...
Small Arms
Small Arms. A Military Term Denoting The Firearms Carried By The Soldier, In Contra Distinction To Machine Guns And Artillery. Under This Title Will Be Found Discussed The History Of The Development Of The Modern Military Rifle, While Pistols And Revolvers Are Discussed Under Their Own Heads. Firearms Used For ...
Smell
Smell. Sensations Of Smell Are Set Up Through The Stimulation Of The End-organs Of The Olfactory Nerve, By Odorous Particles Contained In The Current Of Inspired Air. The Ultimate Number Of Smell Qualities Is Difficult To Determine. Like Tastes, Odors Come To Us Highly Fused With Affective Qualities, With Other ...
Smith
Smith, Golowin ( 1823 — ). An Anglo American Publicist, Born At Reading, In Berk Shire, England. Lie Was Educated At Eton And Oxford. Elected Fellow Of University College In 1847. Lie Devoted Some Time To Tutoring, And Was Called To The Liar At Lincoln's Inn In 1850. He Never ...
Smith College
Smith College. An Institution For The Higher Education Of Women At Northampton, Mass., Chartered In 1871 And Opened In L~75. The College Was Founded By Miss Sophia Smith (q.v.), Of Hatfield, Who Bequeathed For This Pur Pose The Bulk Of Her Estate. The Undergraduate Course Is Partially Elective. All Undergraduate ...
Smohalla
Smohal'la (c.1820—) (corrupted From Ithntoquala, Preacher, The Name Assumed By Him In Later Life). The Originator And High Priest Of The "dreamer" Indian Religion Of The Columbia River Region. Be Was Chief Of The Ivanapum, Small Tribe Living About Priests Rapids On The Upper Columbia, Washington, And Closely Re Lated ...
Smoke Nuisance
Smoke Nuisance. Smoke Is Produced The Incomplete Combustion Of Fuel, Tiny Bits Of Uncensumed Matter Being Wafted Into The Air By The Gases Which Are Liberated And Not Decomposed. In Order To Effect Complete Combustion, It Is Nec Essary That All The Constituent Gases Be Raised To A Very High ...
Smokeless Powder
Smokeless Powder. An Explosive Sub Stance That Burns Without Developing Much Smoke, And Is Used Chiefly For Military Purposes. The History Of Smokelems Powders Begins With The Discovery Of Mercuric Fulminate In 1800, And Is Continued By Various Attempts To Substitute Am Monium Nitrate For Potassium Nitrate As The Oxi ...
Smuggling
Smuggling (from Smuggle, Lger. Smug Grin, To Smuggle; Connected With Icel. Smjaga, To Creep Through A Bole, As. Smeogan, Arnfigan, To Creep. Ger. Schmiegen, To Cling To. Bend, Get Into, Ochurch Slay. Aimy/,•ati, To Crawl. Lith. To Glide). The Act Of Importing Or Ing Goods From A Country In Violation ...
Smuts
Smuts (probably From As. Smitta, 011g. Smiz, Stain, Spot, Smut ; Connected With As. Mum! To Smite, Goth. Bi-smeitan, S»mi Zan, Ger. Sameissen, To Strike, Smear). A Group Of Fungi Considered Parasitic Upon Cereals And Characterized By Black Dnst-like Masses (spores) Which Take The Place Of The Natural Seed Parts. ...
Smyrna
Smyrna, Sinena. The Capital Of The Vilayet Of Aidin (or Of Smyrna). The Chief City Of Asia _minor And The Second Seaport Of The Ottoman Empire, Situated At The Head Of The Gulf Of Smyrna, In Latitude 38° 26' N. And Longitude 27° 9' E., And Somewhat Eve] 200 Miles ...
Snake Charming
Snake-charming. A Popular Form Of Amusement Which Has Existed In Egypt And Throughout The East From Remote Antiquity. There Are Several Allusions To Serpent-charming In The Old Testament. And Many Classical Writers Refer To It. Serpent-charmers Ascribe Their Power Over Snakes To Some Constitutional Peculiarity, And The Profession Is Handed ...
Snake Dance
Snake Dance. A Ceremony Of The Hopi (mold, Moqui) Indians Of Northeastern Arizona In Which The Handling Of Live Rattlesnakes Is A Striking Feature. The Ceremony Is Held Every Two Years. Alternating With The Flute Dance, And In Only Five Of The Seven Pueblos, At A Date Near August 20th. ...
Snake As
Snake (as. Snacu, (neel. Snahr, Snokr, Snake, From As. Snieun, To Creep, Eng. Sneak; Ultimately Connected With Skt. Nflga, Snake), Or Serpent. A Reptile Representing The Highly Specialized Saurian Order Ophidia. Snakes Differ From Their Nearest Relatives The Lizard, Primarily In Having The Two Halves Of The Lower Jaw Con ...
Snipe
Snipe (icel. Snipe, 011g. Snepho. S»rpfo, Ger. Ychnepfe, Snipe; Probably Connected With Eng.. Snip. Snap). A Small Limicoline Marsh-bird Of The Family Scolopaeithe And Genus Gallinago, Hav Ing A Very Long, Straight Bill, With Nasal Grooves Extending Almost To The Tip, Which Expands A Little And Is Soft And Very ...
Snorri Sturluson
Snorri Sturluson, Sniirw Stm.5r1oti St)n (1179-1241). An Icelandic Historian And Statesman, Remembered As The Author Of The Heimskringla Or Annals Of Early Norwegian Kings, And Of The Younger Or Prose Edda. Snorri, Youngest Son Of A Local Chieftain, Was Reared In The Train Of The Great Chief Jon Lopts Son. ...
Snow As
Snow (as. Snuw, Goth. Snolies, 011g. Soco, Ger. Schnee, Snow; Connected With Lat. Nix, Gk. (ace.) 140a, Nipha, 01r. Sneehia, ()church Slay. Sne'gri, Snegas, Lett. Snegs, Av. Snow, Skt. Snip, To Be Sticky Or Oily). Alinute Crys Tals Of Ice Formed In The Atmosphere When The Aqueous Vapor Is Condensed ...
Soap Bubbles
Soap Bubbles. Alany Important Applica Tions Of The Mechanics Of Liquid Surfaces Can Be Studied Very Conveniently By Means Of Soap Bub Bles And Soap Films. By Measuring The Diameter Of A Bubble And The Pres Sure Upon The Air Within The Elastic Strength Of The Film Can Be Measured. ...
Soap As
Soap (as. Stiff, Ohg. Scifa, Scipfa, Ger. Seife, Soap: Probably Connected With As. Sipan, Mug. Sifen, To Drip, Trickle. Lat. Sebum, Tallow). A Term Generally Employed In Chemistry To De Scribe The Metallic Salts Of The Higher Fatty Acids. In Commerce It Has A More Limited Application. Being Confined To ...
Social Psychology
Social Psychology. A Term Used To Describe The Branch Of Investigation Which Deals With Those Modifications Of Consciousness That Result From The Reciprocal Relations Of Individ Uals In A Community. As Used At Present, The Term Includes Only Human Groups Or Societies. It Adds Few If Any New Mental Processes, ...
Social Settlements
Social Settlements. The Name Given To Those Houses, Situated In The Poorer Districts Of Certain Great Cities, Where Educated Men And Women Live, That They May Come Into Contact With The Poor And Better The Conditions Of That Class. The Social Settlement Movement Repre Sents An Attempt To Establish Closer ...
Social War
Social War (lat. Belluni Sociale). A Desperate Struggle Between Rome And Her Italian Allies (socii), Which Lasted For Two Years (n.c. 90-88). The Races Of Central Italy, The Samnites, Peligatians, Itlarsians, And Lucanians, Had Long Been Bound To Rome By A Forced Allegiance, With Out Enjoying The Rights Of Roman ...
Socialism
Socialism (from Social, From Lat. Socialis, Relating To Companionship, Or Association, From Sodas, Companion, Associate, From Scqui, To Fol Low; Connected With Lith. Sekti, Gk. Vrco-oat, Hepesthat, Sm. Sac, To Follow, And Ultimately With Eng. See). As The Term Is Now Used, Social Ism Is An Ideal Economic System In ...