Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Dictionary: SPERE – SPHAC'E-LUS
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SPERE, v.t.
To ask; to inquire. [Local.]
SPER'ED, pp.
Asked; inquired.
SPERM, n. [Fr. sperme; L. sperma; Gr. σπερμα.]
- Animal seed; that by which the species is propagated. – Bacon. Ray.
- The head matter of a certain species of whale, called cachalot. It is called by the French blanc de baleine, the white of whales. It is found also in other parts of the body; but it is improperly named, not being a spermatic substance. Of this matter are made candles of a beautiful white color.
- Spawn of fishes or frogs.
SPERM-A-CE'TI, n. [L. sperma, sperm, and cetus, a whale. It is pronounced as it is written.]
The same as sperm.
SPERM'A-PHORE, n.
In botany, that part of the ovary from which the ovules arise; it is synonymous with placenta.
SPERM-AT'IC, a.
- Consisting of seed; seminal. – More.
- Pertaining to the semen, or conveying it; as, spermatic vessels. – Ray. Coxe.
SPERM'A-TIZE, v.i.
To yield seed. [Not in use.] – Brown.
SPER-MA-TO-CELE', n. [Gr. σπερμα, seed, and κηλη, tumor.]
A swelling of the spermatic vessels, or vessels of the testicles. – Coxe.
SPER'MO-DERM, n. [Gr. σπερμα and δερμα.]
In botany, the whole integuments of a seed in the aggregate. – Lindley.
SPERM-OL'O-GIST, n.
One who treats of seeds.
SPERSE, v.t.
To disperse. [Not in use.] – Spenser.
SPET, n.
Spittle, or a flow. [Not in use.]
SPET, v.t.
To spit; to throw out. [Not used.]
SPEW, v.i.
To vomit; to discharge the contents of the stomach. – B. Jonson.
SPEW, v.t. [Sax. spiwan; D. spuwen, spuigen; G. speien, contracted from speichen; Sw. spy; Dan. spyer; L. spuo.]
- To vomit; to puke; to eject from the stomach.
- To eject, to cast forth.
- To cast out with abhorrence. – Lev. xviii.
SPEW'ED, pp.
Vomited; ejected.
SPEW'ER, n.
One who spews.
SPEW'ING, n.
The act of vomiting.
SPEW'ING, ppr.
Vomiting; ejecting from the stomach.
SPEW'Y, a.
Wet; foggy. [Local.] – Mortimer.
SPHAC'E-LATE, v.i. [See Sphacelus.]
- To mortify; to become gangrenous; as flesh.
- To decay or become carious, as a bone.
SPHAC'E-LATE, v.t.
To affect with gangrene. – Sharp.
SPHAC'E-LA-TED, pp.
Affected with gangrene; mortified.
SPHAC'E-LA'TION, n.
The process of becoming or making gangrenous; mortification. – Med. Repos.
SPHAC'E-LUS, n. [Gr. σφακελος, from σφαζω, to kill.]
- In medicine aud surgery, gangrene; mortification of the flesh of a living animal.
- Death of a bone. – Coxe.