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Solvent An agent capable of dissolving substances. 



Sordes Foul matter; excretion; useless matter. Med: The crust that col- 

 lects on the teeth and lips in low fever. 



Spatula Broad bladed paddle or knife. 



gpelt A race of wheat having loose ears, the grains being hung triangular 

 in cross sections. 



Spike An ear of corn or grain. 



Spores Any minute organization; germs. 



Spuddung Digging ; removing. 



Stale Urine of horses or cattle. 



Stallioners Men who travel with stallions. 



Stanchion Upright bars, posts or timber forming a principal support. 



Stavesacre European and Asiatic larkspur. Seeds contain delphinine; a 

 violent emetic and cathartic. 



Stimulant An agent increasing functional activity. 



Stover Fodder or food for cattle. 



Subcutaneous Lying beneath the skin. 



Subsequent Succeeding or following. 



Substantiate To verify. 



Succulent Juicy. 



Suffice To be enough. 



Sump Puddle or pool. 



Superficial Pertaining to surface; shallow. 



Supines Plants of the genus Lupinus. 



Susceptible Yielding readily; capable of being influenced. 



Symbiosis Living together. 



Symmetry Harmonious relation of parts. Similarity of parts on opposite 

 sides of an axis or center. 



Tamped Packed down. 



Tankage Waste matter from tanks. 



Teosinte A large grass grown for fodder in many warm countries. 



Testicle One of the genital glands of the male in which spermatozoa and 



other portions of the semen are formed. 

 Thurl To drill or bore; specifically in mining. Crossholes or ventilation 



passages between two headings. 

 Tillage Preparing land for seed ; cultivation. 

 Tiller A sprout; a shoot. 



Tillering To put forth new shoots from the roots. 

 Tilth Cultivation. 



