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Sey

an American educator; born in

Stye

a little boil on the margin of the eyelid, which commences in the follicle of one eyelash. The tumor generally bursts in a few days, and it is very seldom necessary to puncture it.

Warm-water dressings with lint and oil should be applied.

Stylobate

in architecture, the substructure of a Greek temple below the columns, sometimes formed of three steps which were continued round the peri- STYRIA style, and sometimes of walls raised to a considerable height, in which case it was approached by a flight of steps at one end. a

Subject

that which is placed under

Submarine Boat

a boat capable of being propelled under the water. The first was probably that constructed by Drebbel, a Dutchman, for James I, and Robert Fulton made an effort in the same direction in 1801. Among recent submarine boats the most noteworthy is the Holland submarine torpedo boat. See SUBMARINE MINES AND NAVIGATION.

Substratum

in geology, a stratum SUCCESSION WARS

Substratum

in geology, a stratum England and France, with remainders is generally applied to the matters which intervene between the surface soils and the rocks on which they rest; thus, clay is the common substratum or subsoil of gravel.

Suctoria

a name given by different authors to various groups of animals, of animals , from the fact that the mouth is more or less developed into a suctorial rather than a masticatory organ; especially the Aphaniptera; and a group of Annelida, containing the leeches.

SUDAMINA

Sudamina

minute transparent vesicles arising on the skin toward the favorable termination of various diseases which have been attended by perspiration, as acute rheumatism, typhus, scarlatina, enteric fever, etc.; developed chiefly on the front of the abdomen and the chest. They are placed under the order Vesiculae.

Sudan

ANGLO-EGYPTIAN, the territory lying south of the 27 parallel of latitude, in northeast Africa, under Anglo-Egyptian control. It has an area of 1,014,400 square miles, and the distance from Lake Albert to Egypt is miles.

Sudan

FRENCH. See FRENCH WEST AFRICA.

Sugar Beet

a hardy, biennial plant, grown in France, Germany, Austria, Russia, Holland, Belgium, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Italy, Spain, and, more sub-recently, in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Great Britain. The number of varieties now grown is considerable, but they are all

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