Snakebird
. See Anhinga
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These 12 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Snakebird, Snakeroot, Snakes.
Snakeroot
the popular name of numerous American plants of different species and genera, most of which are, or formerly were, reputed to be efficacious as remedies for snake bites. SNEEHÄTTEN (sna-het'en; "Snowhat"), a mountain in Norway with an altitude of 7,566 feet. It rises from the midst of the Dovrefield, an extensive tract of country, from 40 to 50 miles in extent in every direction, and between 3,000 and 4,000 feet above the sea-level.
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Snakes
or Reptiles, rep'tils, an order of animals, including tortoises, crocodiles, lizards, and serpents. The entire phylum or type is repulsive, unless an exception be made of the lively southern chameleon. There are about 2,000 species. Their circulation is low. Their blood is cold. Their habits are sluggish. Their digestion is slow. In temperate climes they are torpid over winter. None of them requires a warm covering, as of hair. They can go without food for long periods and can remain under water without breathing for a considerable length of time. No reptile hatches its eggs by nesting on them, though the pythoness keeps guard until the sun has done the work. Many species bring forth their young alive. Separate articles may be consulted for the leading animals of the phylum. It may be convenient to refer to the following classification of living reptiles: I. Crocodilians--gavial, crocodile, alligator. II. Tortoises--terrapin, turtles. III. Lizards--iguana, slow-worm, "glass" snake, gila monster, horned "toad ." IV. Serpents--boa, python, black snake, garter snake , copperhead, moccasin, viper, rattlesnake, cobra. See Adder ; Anaconda ; Asp ; Boa Constrictor ; Cobra ; Python ; Rattlesnake ; Viper
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Snap
A small catch, or fastening, as in a bracelet. The fastening of one piece of metal to another by springing of the edges, as in the bezel of a watch case.
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Snapdragon
or Antirrhinum, an old-fashioned garden flower. The common snapdragon is a biennial from one to three feet in height. It has large tubular flowers, having spreading, erect lobes and arranged in a long spike or head. In color, it ranges from red and purple to white. The snapdragon is related to the figwort, betony, foxglove, veronica, digitalis, painted cup, monkey flower, etc. Python. Serpents Boa constrictor . Serpents
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Snarl
To emboss or raise figures upon metal work by driving the metal up from the back with a die or snarling iron, as in metal vases.
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Snarling Iron
An <??> shaped steel tool which is used in snarling, or embossing metal vases, etc. One end of the snarling iron is placed in the vise, and the shank being struck with a hammer, the repercussion of the other end drives out the metal. The snarling iron is only used on vases, pitchers, and like hollow ware.
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Sneezing, Superstitions Relating to
It is said that the custom of blessing one who sneezes originated in Italy in the time of Gregory the Great, during a pestilence which proved mortal to those who sneezed. A still older date is given to this custom by some writers, who state that sneezing was fatal from the time of Adam to that of Jacob, when the latter begged that its fatal effects might be removed. On his request being granted, the people gratefully instituted the custom of saluting the sneezer. some diseases sneezing was a bad, in others a good omen. Sneezing to the right was lucky, to the left, unlucky; from noon to midnight good, from night to noon, bad. St. Austin says that the ancients would return to bed if they sneezed while putting on a shoe. In
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Snider
JACOB, inventor of a method for converting Enfield muzzle-loading rifles into breechloaders, originally a Philadelphia wine merchant, busied himself in inventions connected with dyeing, brewing, coach wheels, the sheathing of ships, etc., and went to England in 1859 to induce the British Government to adopt his system of breech loading or converting. In this he succeeded, but for one reason or another found himself unable to obtain the expected remuneration. He died Oct. 25, 1866, without having received the reward of his labors, worn out by delays, lawsuits, poverty, and debts.
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Snizort
LOCH, a large inlet of the sea on the N. W. of Skye, between Vaternish and Trotternish, picturesquely studded with islands in its upper part. Length 16 miles; greatest breadth about 9.
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Snorri
STURLASON, an Icelandic poet and historian; born in Hvami, in the Dala district of Iceland, in 1178; was the son of Sturla Thordsson, the founder of the powerful family of the Sturlungs. At three years of age he became a foster-son of Jon Loptsson, grandson of Sæmund, author of the "Elder Edda," then the most influential and gifted man in Iceland, and after his death (1197), Snorri remained at Odda with his son Sæmund, and by his marriage, first with Herdys (1199), and after her death with Hallveg Ormsdatter, gained great possessions, sometimes appearing at the Althing with a following of 800 to 900 men. Twice was he appointed "Langmand" (1219- 1223, and 1226-1236). In 1218 he traveled to Norway, where he gained great favor with Duke Skuli, returning to Iceland in 1220. In 1237 he was obliged to flee to Norway in consequence of a league formed against him by his brother Sighvat and his nephew Sturla. Here, by his poetical powers, he aided his patron Skuli in his war against King Hacon, but was in consequence, on his return to Iceland, pursued by the hatred of the king, and murdered through his influence by his son-in-law at Reykaholt, Sept. 22, 1241.
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Snow
ALBERT SIDNEY, an Ameri. can naval officer, born at Rockland, Me., in 1845. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1865 and reached the rank of rear-admiral in 1905. He saw service during the Civil War on the "Marblehead." During the Spanish-American War he was in command of the "Badger." His assignments included service at the Torpedo Station, Newport, R. I., the Boston Navy Yard, the coast survey service, the Naval Academy, the lighthouse service, the naval station at San Juan, and the Navy Yard, New York. He was retired upon reaching the legal age limit in 1907. From 1918 to 1919 he was president of the General Court Martial at the Boston Navy Yard.
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