Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SCEN'IC, or SCEN'IC-AL, a. [L. scenicus.]

Pertaining to scenery; dramatic; theatrical.

SCEN-O-GRAPH'IC, or SCEN-O-GRAPH'IC-AL, a. [See Scenography.]

Pertaining to scenography; drawn in perspective.

SCEN-O-GRAPH'IC-AL-LY, adv.

In perspective. – Mortimer.

SCE-NOG'RA-PHY, n. [Gr. σκηνη, scene and γραφω, to describe.]

The representation of a body on a perspective plane; or a description of it in all its dimensions as it appears to the eye. – Encyc.

SCENT, n. [Fr. senteur, from sentir, L. sentio, to perceive.]

1. Odor; smell; that substance which issuing from a body affects the olfactory organs of animals; as, the scent of orange or an apple; the scent of musk. The word is applicable to any odor, agreeable or offensive.
2. The power of smelling; the smell; as, a hound of nice scent.
3. Chase followed by the scent; course of pursuit; track. He traveled upon the same scent into Ethiopia. – Temple.

SCENT, v.t.

1. To smell; to perceive by the olfactory organs; as, to scent game, as a hound.
2. To perfume; to imbue or fill with odor, good or bad. Aromatic plants scent the room. Some persons scent garments with musk; others scent their snuff.

SCENT'ED, pp.

1. Smelt; perceived by the olfactory organs.
2. Perfumed; imbued with odor.

SCENT'FUL, a.

1. Odorous; yielding much smell. – Drayton.
2. Of quick smell. – Browne.

SCENT'ING, ppr.

1. Smelling; perceiving by the olfactory organs.
2. Perfuming; filling with odor.

SCENT'LESS, a.

Inodorous; destitute of smell.

SCEP'TER, n. [Fr. sceptre; L. sceptrum; Gr. σκηπτρον, from σκηπτω, to send or thrust; coinciding with L. scipio, that is a shoot or rod.]

1. A staff or batoon borne by kings on solemn occasions, as a badge of authority. Hence,
2. The appropriate ensign of royalty; an ensign of higher antiquity than the crown. Hence,
3. Royal power or authority; as, to assume the scepter. The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, till Shiloh come. – Gen. xlii.
4. A constellation.

SCEP'TER, v.t.

To invest with royal authority, or with the ensign of authority. – Hall.

SCEP'TER-ED, a.

Bearing a scepter; as, a sceptered prince. To Britain's queen the scepter'd suppliant bends. – Tickel. Gold-scepter'd Juno. – Parnell.

SCEP'TER-LESS, a.

Having no scepter.

SCEP'TIC, n. [See SKEPTIC.]

SCHA'AL-STEIN, or SCALE-STONE, n.

A rare mineral, called also tafelspath and tubular spar, occurring in masses composed of thin lamins collected into large pismatic concretions or hexahedral prisms. Its color is grayish or pearly white, tinged with green, yellow or red. – Cleaveland.

SCHE'DI-ASM, n. [Gr. σχεδιασμα.]

Cursory writing on a loose sheet.

SCHED'ULE, n. [L. schedula, from scheda, a sheet or leaf of paper; Gr. σχεδη, from σχιζω, to cut or divide; L. scindo, for scido. The pronunciation ought to follow the analogy of scheme, &c.]

1. A small scroll or piece of paper or parchment, containing some writing. – Hooker.
2. A piece of paper or parchment annexed to a larger writing, as to a will, a deed, a lease, &c. – Encyc.
3. A piece of paper or parchment containing an inventory of goods. – Encyc.

SCHEE'LIN, or SCHE'LI-UM, n. [So called from Scheele, a distinguished chemist.]

A different name of tungsten, a hard brittle metal of a grayish white color, and brilliant. Dict.

SCHEIK, n.

Among Arabians, an old man; hence, a chief. See Shaik.

SCHE'MA-TISM, n. [Gr. σχηματισμος, from σχημα. See Scheme.]

1. Combination of the aspects of heavenly bodies.
2. Particular form or disposition of a thing. [A word not much used.] – Creech.

SCHE'MA-TIST, n.

A projector; one given to forming schemes. [Schemer is more generally used.]

SCHE'MA-TIZE, v.t.

To form a scheme or schemes.

SCHEME, n. [schema; Gr. σχημα, from σχεω, a contracted word, probably from σχεθω, to have or hold.]

1. A plan; a combination of things connected and adjusted by design; a system. We shall never be able to give ourselves a satisfactory account of the divine conduct, without forming such a scheme of things as shall take in time and eternity. Atterbury.
2. A project; a contrivance; a plan of something to be done; a design. Thus we say, to form a scheme, to lay a scheme, to contrive a scheme. The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes. – Swift.
3. A representation of the aspects of the celestial bodies; any lineal or mathematical diagram. Brown. Hudibras.

SCHEME, v.i.

To form a plan; to contrive.