<B>saying, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>something said; statement. (SYN) utterance, declaration, assertion. <DD><B> 2. </B>a proverb. <BR> <I>Ex. "Haste makes waste" is a saying.</I> (SYN) adage, saw, maxim. <DD><B> 3. </B>making a statement. <BR> <I>Ex. Saying and doing are two things, we say (Thomas Heywood).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>go without saying,</B> </I>to be too obvious to need mention. <BR> <I>Ex. It goes without saying that you are always welcome at our house.</I> </DL>
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<B>saynete, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(in Spain) a short, amusing dramatic piece with few characters. <DD><B> 2. </B>(in France) a somewhat similar short dramatic piece. </DL>
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<B>sayonara, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Japanese.) goodbye; farewell. <BR> <I>Ex. Michener's novel concludes with the lovers forlornly bidding each other sayonara (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
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<B>says, </B>verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> the third person singular, present indicative of <B>say.</B> <BR> <I>Ex. He says "No" to everything.</I> </DL>
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<B>Say's law,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Economics.) the theory that in a system of free enterprise the goods produced represent demand as well as supply, so that total supply and total demand are equal, and overproduction is impossible. </DL>
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<B>say-so, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) <DD><B> 1. </B>one's mere word; an unsupported statement. <BR> <I>Ex. Do you believe that, just on his say-so? They'd grab a bright idea right away, just on the say-so of somebody they trusted (New Yorker).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>authority or power to decide. <BR> <I>Ex. We would want the say-so on where the buildings are put up and what kind of buildings (Wall Street Journal).</I> </DL>
<B>SBA</B> (no periods) or <B>S.B.A.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) Small Business Administration. <BR> <I>Ex. SBA lends to small business, helps it get government contracts, provides information ... (Newsweek).</I> </DL>
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<B>S-band, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a band of ultrahigh radio frequencies ranging between 1550 and 5200 megahertz. <BR> <I>Ex. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena will use the S-band to study the nearsurface gravitational profile of the moon and the subsurface gravity anomalies such as mascons and impact craters (Science News).</I> </DL>
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<B>sbirro, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ri.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (in Italy) a policeman. </DL>
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<B>'sblood, </B>interjection.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Archaic.) "God's blood," used as an oath. </DL>
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<B>SBR</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> styrene-butadiene rubber. </DL>
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<B>sc</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> small capitals. </DL>
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<B>sc.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an abbreviation for the following: <DD><B> 1. </B>he or she engraved or carved it (Latin, <I>sculpsit</I>). <DD><B> 2. </B>namely (Latin, <I>scilicet</I>). <DD><B> 3. </B>scale. <DD><B> 4. </B>scene. <DD><B> 5a. </B>science. <DD><B> b. </B>scientific. <DD><B> 6. </B>screw. <DD><B> 7. </B>scruple or scruples (in apothecaries' weight). </DL>
<B>SCA</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> Standard Consolidated Area (the official name in the United States for two or more adjacent metropolitan areas and additional counties, such as Greater Chicago). </DL>
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<B>scab, </B>noun, verb, <B>scabbed,</B> <B>scabbing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a crust that forms over a sore or wound as it heals. <BR> <I>Ex. A scab formed on the spot where he was vaccinated.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a skin disease in animals, especially sheep; scabies or mange. <DD><B> 3a. </B>any one of several fungous or bacterial diseases of plants, usually producing dark, crustlike spots. <DD><B> b. </B>one of these spots. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Informal.) a workman who will not join a labor union or who takes a striker's place. <BR> <I>Ex. Thousands of workers poured through picket lines amid shouts of "scabs," "blacklegs" and "traitors" and into auto making factories (Wall Street Journal).</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>(Slang.) a rascal; scoundrel. <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to become covered with a scab. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Informal.) to act or work as a scab. </DL>
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<B>scabbard, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a sheath or case for the blade of a sword, dagger, or knife. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to put into a scabbard; sheathe. </DL>
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<B>scabbard fish,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any one of various fishes with a long, thin, silvery body and a long dorsal fin, such as a variety found in the Pacific off North America. </DL>
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<B>scabbed, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>having scab or mange. <DD><B> 2. </B>covered with scabs. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Obsolete, Figurative.) mean; contemptible. </DL>
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<B>scabble, </B>transitive verb, <B>-bled,</B> <B>-bling.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to shape or dress (stone) roughly. </DL>
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<B>scabbling, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a chip of stone. </DL>
<B>scabies, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a disease of the skin caused by mites that live as parasites under the skin and cause itching; the itch. </DL>
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<B>scabietic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having scabies or mange. </DL>
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<B>scabiosa, </B>noun. <B>=scabious</B> (2).</DL>
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<B>scabious</B> (1), adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B><B>=scabby.</B> <DD><B> 2. </B>of or like scabies or mange. </DL>
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<B>scabious</B> (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a group of herbs with long, tough stems and dense flower heads of various colors. </DL>
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<B>scabland, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an area stripped of topsoil by floodwaters, leaving low hills of bare rock, as in the Pacific Northwest. </DL>
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<B>scabrin, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a potent insecticide obtained as an oily yellow liquid from the roots of various plants of the composite family. </DL>
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<B>scabrous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>rough with very small points or projections. <BR> <I>Ex. scabrous skin.</I> (SYN) scraggly. <DD><B> 2. </B>full of difficulties; harsh; thorny. <BR> <I>Ex. scabrous questions, a scabrous situation.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>hard to treat with decency; indelicate; risque. <BR> <I>Ex. The inhabitants mix, mate, and mismate in a series of scabrous sexual exercises (Time).</I> adv. <B>scabrously.</B> noun <B>scabrousness.</B> </DL>
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<B>scad, </B>noun. <B>=saurel.</B></DL>
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<B>scads, </B>noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) a large quantity or number. <BR> <I>Ex. scads of trouble, scads of people.</I> </DL>
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<B>scaffold, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a temporary structure for holding workmen and materials during the construction, repair, or decoration of a building. <DD><B> 2. </B>a raised platform on which criminals are put to death, especially by hanging. <BR> <I>Ex. Truth forever on the scaffold, wrong forever on the throne (Lowell).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>a platform, stage, or stand for exhibiting shows, seating spectators, or the like. <DD><B> 4. </B>any raised framework. <DD><B> 5. </B>scaffolding material. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to furnish with a scaffold; support with a scaffold. <BR> <I>Ex. The walls were scaffolded for the use of firearms (Scott).</I> </DL>
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<B>scaffolder, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) a person who erects scaffolding. </DL>
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<B>scaffolding, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a scaffold or a system of scaffolds. <BR> <I>Ex. A fire which broke out in scaffolding that had been erected round it during repair work ... (London Times).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>materials for scaffolds. </DL>
<B>scalage, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1a. </B>an amount deducted, as from the listed weight or price, to allow for moisture, leakage, or the like. <DD><B> b. </B>the act of making such an allowance or deduction. <DD><B> 2. </B>the estimated board feet of lumber obtainable from a log, tree, stand of timber, or the like. </DL>
