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spect less agreeable. Byron also says, that it has a much 
pleasanter appearance than Tinian. Voyagers in general, 
however, agree in giving Tinian the preference to Sapan, 
both in regard to extent and beauty. On the west side of 
this island, at the bottom of a steep bay, well sheltered with 
wood, lies a safe and commodious port called Cantanhitola. 
This island was at one time the best peopled of all the La- 
drone islands, and was not thoroughly subdued by the Spa¬ 
niards, till the beginning of the ITthceutury. Lat. 15. 13. 
N. long. 145. 55. E. 
SAYTAN HARBOUR, a bay on the west coast of the 
island of Sumatra. Lat. 1. 2. S. long. 99. 55. E. 
SAZARI, a river in the north-west part of Sardinia, 
which, at its influx into the sea, has a harbour formed by a 
mole. 
SAZAWA, a river of Bohemia, which issues from the lake, 
of Zdarko, flows nearly through the middle of the kingdom, 
and joins the Muldau below dawle. 
SAZAWA, a small town of Bohemia, on the above river; 
28 miles south-east of Prague. 
SBA1NEE, a village of Algiers; 27 miles east of Con- 
stantina. 
SBEAH, a village of Tunis, in Africa, the ancient 
Sufpw ; 20 miles south of El Medea. 
SBEEBAH, a town of Tunis, in Africa, the ancient 
Tucca Tcre’binthina-, 50 miles north of Spaitla 
SBECCA, a village of the Bled-el-Jeredee, in the southern 
part of the territory of Tunis, the ancient Cerbica-, 50 miles 
south-west of Gafsa. 
SBICA, a town of Nedsjed, in Arabia, near a lake; 220 
miles east of Madian. 
SBOAKE, a village of Upper Egypt, on the left bank of 
the Nile; 5 milesnorth of Tahta. 
SBRAZLAW, or Konigsaal, a small town of Bohemia, 
where the river Beraun joins the Muldau; 8 miles south of 
Prague. 
SCAB, [j'casb, Sax.] Dry incrustation over a sore. 
What’s the matter, you dissentious rogues. 
That rubbing the poor itch of your opinion. 
Make yourselves scabs. Shahspeare. 
A paltry fello w. 
This vap’ring scab must needs devise 
To ope the Blunder of the skies. Swift. 
SCABB'ARD, s. [from the German, schap.'] The sheath 
of a sword. 
Enter fortune’s gate. 
Nor in thy scabbard sheath that famous blade, 
’Till settled be thy kingdom and estate. Fairfax. 
SC ABB’ED, adj. Covered or diseased with scabs.—The 
briar fruit makes those that eat them scabbed. Bacon .— 
Paltry ; sorry. 
To you such scabb’d harsh fruit is given, as raw 
Young soldiers at their exercisings knaw. Drydcn. 
SCABBED HEAD, in Medicine. See Porrigo, in 
Pathology. 
SCABBED HEELS, or Frush, in the Manege, is an 
eating - putrefaction upon a horse’s frush, which is very hard 
to cure, and has a noisome smell. 
SCABB'EDNESS, s. The state of being scabbed. 
SCABBINESS, s. The quality of being scabby. 
SCABB'Y, adj. Diseased with scabs. 
Her wrinkled skin as rough as maple rind. 
So scabby was, that would have loathed all woman kind. 
Spenser. 
SCABELLA, or Scabilla, the persons who in antiquity 
beat time to the performance of music; they were generally 
furnished with wooden or iron sandals, in order to mark the 
measure in a more distinct manner. These instruments were 
called Kowrct^ia, KooiTr'/.a, or koochtu, by the Greeks, by 
the Latins pedicula, scabel/a, or scabilla, because they re¬ 
sembled little pattens or clogs. 
SCABELLUM, in Ancient Architecture, a kind of 
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pedestal, usually square, sometimes polygonous, very high 
and slender, commonly terminating in a kind of sheath or 
scabbard, or profiled in manner of a baluster. Its use is to 
support bustos, or other relievos, &c. 
SCABIES, in Medicine, the itch, so called from the in¬ 
tense itching which accompanies every form of this conta¬ 
gious disease. See Pathology. 
SCABIOSA, [This is a modern name, which some derive 
from scaber, rough or rugged; but others, with more reason, 
from scabies, the itch, which disorder the common sort is 
said to cure], in Botany, a genus of the class tetrandria, order 
monogynia, natural order aggregatae, dipsaceae (Jussj. 
—Generic Character. Calyx: common perianth many-flow¬ 
ered, spreading, many-leaved; leaflets in -various rows sur¬ 
rounding the receptacle, and placed upon it, the inner ones 
gradually less. Proper perianth double, both superior; 
outer shorter, membranaceous, plaited, permanent; inner 
five-parted, with the segments subulate-capillaceous. Co¬ 
rolla universal equal. Proper one-petalled, tubular, four or 
five-cleft, equal or unequal. Stamina : filaments four, subu¬ 
late-capillary, weak. Anthers oblong, incumbent. Pistil: 
germ inferior, involved in its proper sheath as in a calycle. 
Style filiform, length of the corolla. Stigma obtuse, ob¬ 
liquely emarginate. Pericarp none. Seeds solitary, ovate- 
oblong, involute, crowned variously with proper calyxes. 
Receptacle common convex, chaffy or naked. Exterior 
corollets often larger, more unequal. Crowns of the seeds 
various in the different species. The primary distinction 
of the species is to be taken from the division of the florets 
into four-cleft and five-cleft.— Essential Character. Calyx 
common, many-leaved ; proper double, ’ superior. Re¬ 
ceptacle chaffy or naked. 
I.—With four-cleft corollets. 
1. Scabiosa Alpina, or Alpine scabious.—Corollets four- 
cleft equal, calyxes imbricate, leaves pinnate, leaflets lanceo¬ 
late serrate. Root perennial, composed of many strong 
fibres which run deep in the ground. Stems several, strong, 
channelled, upwards of four feet high. Flowers on naked 
peduncles at the ends of the branches, drooping, of a whitish 
yellow colour, and appearing at the end of June.—Native of 
the Alps of Switzerland, Dauphine, and Italy. 
2. Scabiosa ustulata.—Scales of the calyx acute, leaves 
lyrate toothed.—Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
3. Scabiosa rigida, or rigid-leaved scabious_Calyxes im¬ 
bricate obtuse, leaves lanceolate, serrate-eared. Stem suf- 
fruticose, rugged. Peduncles terminating, very long.—Native 
of the Cape of Good Hope. 
4. Scabiosa attenuata, or narrow-leaved scabious._ 
Calyxes imbricate, scales oblong, obtuse, leaves linear, 
smooth, entire and pinnatifid at the base. This is a smooth 
plant, with grooved filiform branches; the younger ones sub- 
pubescent. Peduncle filiform, terminating the branches, 
one-flowered.—Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
5. Scabiosa scabra, or rugged-leaved scabious.—Scales of 
the calyx obtuse, leaves bipinnatifid, rugged rigid. This is 
an herbaceous plant, of the stature and with the stem and 
flowers of the Scabiosa rigida.—Native of the Cape of Good 
Hope. 
6. Scabiosa Transylvanica, or Transylvanian scabious_ 
Calyxes and chaffs awned. This is an annual plant, with 
stems rising four or five feet high, and dividing into several 
branches. Leaves hairy, cut almost to the midrib. Flowers 
small, of a pale purplish colour.—Native of Transylvania. 
7. Scabiosa Syriaca, or Syrian scabious.—Calyxes imbri¬ 
cate and chaffs awned, stem dichotomous, five or six feet 
high, leaves lanceolate.—Root annual. Flowers sub-sessile 
in the forks of the stem.—Native of Syria. 
8. Scabiosa leucantha, or snowy scabious.—Calycine 
scales, ovate imbricate, leaves pinnatifid.—Root perennial. 
Stem stiff, two feet high,L>ifid at top, spreading; in the divi¬ 
sion arises a naked peduncle, which, as also the divisions, are 
each terminated by a single flower, composed of many white 
florets—Native of the south of France and Piedmont. 
9. Scabiosa succisa, or devil’s-bit scabious.—Root peren¬ 
nial. 
