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to press, to strain ; probably only 

 a corruption of Eng. strain, to 

 squeeze), a sudden and excessive 

 strain of the muscular fascia, 

 tendons, or ligaments. 



spur, n., sper (AS. spura, Ger. 

 sporn, Gael, spor, a spur), the 

 same as ' calcar ' : spurred, a. , 

 sperd, same as ' calcarate ; ' see 

 ' calcar. ' 



squama, n., skwam'a, squamae, 

 n. plu. , skwam'-e (L. squama, the 

 scale of a fish or serpent), in bot., 

 a scale ; a part arranged like a 

 scale, as tracts on the receptacle 

 of Compositse : squamseform, a. , 

 sTcwam'-e-fdrm (L. forma, shape), 

 scale-like : Squamata, n. plu., 

 slcwam'dt'-a (L. squdmdtus, scaly), 

 the division of Reptiles, among 

 which the integument develops 

 horny scales, while there are no 

 dermal ossifications : squamate, 

 a., skwdm f -dt, scale-like ; scaly. 



squama occipitis, skwam'-ci dk-sip' 

 it-is (L. squama, a scale ; occiput, 

 the back part of the head, occip- 

 itis, of the back part of the head), 

 in anat., a region of the occipital 

 bone. 



gquamo-parietal, a., skwdmf-5-par- 

 l f -%t-al, one of the three sutures 

 at the side of the skull which is 

 arched : squamo-sphenoidal, a. , 

 sfen-oyd'-al, the outer portion of 

 an irregular suture, occurring be- 

 tween the outer extremity of the 

 basilar suture and the spheno- 

 parietal : squamo-zygomatic, a. , 

 zig^dm-dt^ik, a suture which forms 

 a centre of ossification in the foetal 

 skull. 



squamose, a., skwam-oz', and 

 squamous, a., slcwdm'-us (L. 

 squama, a scale), in bot., covered 

 with scales ; squamate ; in anat., 

 applied to a portion of the tem- 

 poral bone : squamosal, a. , skwdm- 

 6z'-al, in anat., applied, in the 

 lower vertebrata, to one of the 

 bones of the skull. 



squamulse, n. plu., slcwam'-ul-e 

 (dim. of L. squama, a scale), in 



bot., minute membranous scales, 

 occasionally occurring in the 

 flowers of grasses : squamulose, 

 a., skwdm'ul'dz' ', having minute 

 scales. 



squarrose, a., slcwtir-roz' (mid. L. 

 squarra, roughness of the skin ; 

 squarrosus, covered with scurf), 

 in bot., covered with projecting 

 parts or jags, as leaves ; having 

 scales, small leaves, or projections, 

 spreading widely from the axis on 

 which they are crowded. 



Stachytarpheta, n. , stak'-i-tdrf-et'-a' 

 (Gr. stachus, an ear or spike of 

 corn ; tarpheios, thick, dense), a 

 genus of plants, Ord. Verbenacese : 

 Stachytarpheta mutabilis, mut- 

 ab'il-is (L. mutabilis, changeable), 

 a handsome, ever-flowering shrub, 

 whose leaves have been imported 

 from S. America to adulterate 

 tea ; it is also used for tea. 



Stackhousiacese, n., stdk-howz'Z* 

 af-sb-e (after Mr. Stackhouse, a 

 British botanist), the Stackhousia 

 family, an Order of plants of 

 Australia : Stackhousia, n. , stak* 

 howzf-i-d, a genus of plants. 



staggers, n. plu., stag'gerz (Dan. 

 staggre, Prov. Ger. staggeren, to 

 stagger), a disease in horses and 

 cattle attended with reeling or 

 giddiness. 



Stagmaria, n., stag-mar'-i-a (Gr. 

 stagma, a fluid, a liquor), a genus 

 of plants, Ord. Anacardiaceae : 

 Stagmaria verniciflua, vern'is* 

 i-fld'-a (F. vernis, mid. L. vernix, 

 varnish ; L. fluo, I flow), a species 

 which is the source of the hard 

 black varnish called Japan Lac- 

 quer. 



stamen, n., stdm'Vn (L. stamen, 

 the standing thing, as a thread 

 from the distaff, or the warp in 

 the upright looms of the ancients 

 from sto, I stand), in bot., the 

 male organ of the flower, situated 

 within the petals, and consisting 

 of stalks or filaments, and anthers 

 containing pollen : staminal, a., 

 stam'm-alj of or pert, to a stamen : 



