_Sirloin_: The loin of beef. The appellation "sir" is the title of a
knight or baronet, and has been added to the word "loin," when applied
to beef, because a king of England, in a freak of good humor, once
conferred the honor of knighthood upon a loin of beef.
_Slack_: To loosen, to relax, to deprive of cohesion.
_Soda_: An alkali, usually obtained from the ashes of marine plants.
To _Spade_: To throw out earth with a spade.
_Spermaceti_: An oily substance found in the head of a species of whale
called the spermaceti whale.
_Spindling_: Shooting into a long, small stalk.
_Spinous process_: A process or bony protuberance, resembling a spine or
thorn, whence it derives its name.
_Spool_: A piece of cane or reed or a hollow cylinder of wood, with a
ridge at each end, used to wind yarn and thread upon.
_Stamen_, (plural, _stamens_ and _stamina_:) In _weaving_, the warp, the
thread, any thing made of threads. In _botany_, that part of a flower on
which the artificial classification is founded, consisting of the
filament or stalk, and the anther, which contains the pollen or
fructifying powder.
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