A liquid hydrocarbon, C10H18, of the acetylene series. It is produced artificially.

Royal.

See Rial, an old English coin.

A clause added to a document; a rider. See Rider.

A gold coin of Zealand [Netherlands] equal to 14 florins, about $ 5.60.

A grain yielded by a hardy cereal grass (Secale cereale), closely allied to wheat; also, the plant itself. Rye constitutes a large portion of the breadstuff used by man.

A disease in a hawk.

A piece of iron crossing the hole in the upper millstone by which the stone is supported on the spindle.

A peasant or cultivator of the soil.

Eating, or subsisting on, filth.

A branch.

Rush, a plant.

See Rhysimeter.

A ford.

A genus of large edentulous sirenians, allied to the dugong and manatee, including but one species (R. Stelleri); -- called also Steller's sea cow. S () the nineteenth letter of the English alphabet, is a consonant, and is often called a sibilant, in allusion to its hissing sound. It has two principal sounds; one a mere hissing, as in sack, this; the other a vocal hissing (the same as that of z), as in is, wise. Besides these it sometimes has the sounds of sh and zh, as in sure, measure. It generally has its hissing sound at the beginning of words, but in the middle and at the end of words its sound is determined by usage. In a few words it is silent, as in isle, debris. With the letter h it forms the digraph sh. See Guide to pronunciation, // 255-261.

The suffix used to form the plural of most words; as in roads, elfs, sides, accounts.

The suffix used to form the third person singular indicative of English verbs; as in falls, tells, sends.

An adverbial suffix; as in towards, needs, always, -- originally the genitive, possesive, ending. See -'s.

A contraction for is or (colloquially) for has.

See Sadh.

Same as Bushmen.

A Mexican liliaceous plant (Schoenocaulon officinale); also, its seeds, which contain the alkaloid veratrine. It was formerly used in medicine as an emetic and purgative.

Same as Sabian.

Same as Sabianism.

Alt. of Sabaism

See Sabianism.

A genus of palm trees including the palmetto of the Southern United States.

Armies; hosts.

Incorrectly, the Sabbath.

In mediaeval demonology, the nocturnal assembly in which demons and sorcerers were thought to celebrate their orgies.