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Various

"The Illustrated London Reading Book"

_ a show; sight
SPECTA'TOR, _s._ a looker-on; a beholder
SPECULA'TION, _s._ examination by the eye; view; spy
SPHE'RICAL, _a._ round; globular
SPI'CULA, _s. plur._ little spikes
SPI'CY, _a._ producing spice; aromatic
SPI'DER, _s._ the animal that spins a web for flies
SPI'RAL, _a._ curved; winding; circularly involved
SPI'RIT, _s._ breath; soul of man; apparition; temper
SPI'RITUAL, _a._ that which regards divinity; that which regards the
soul; not temporal
SPLE'NDID, _a._ showy; magnificent; pompous
STABI'LITY, _s._ steadiness; strength to stand
STA'GNANT, _a._ motionless; still
STA'GNATE, _v.a._ lie motionless; have no stream
STA'NDARD, _s._ an ensign in war; a settled rate
STA'RLING, _s._ a bird that may be taught to whistle, and articulate
words
STA'TESMAN, _s._ a politician; one employed in public affairs
STA'TION, _v.a._ place in a certain post or place
STA'TUE, _s._ an image; solid representation of any living being
STA'TURE, _s._ the height of any animal
STE'RIL, _a._ barren; unfruitful
STO'IC, _s._ an ancient philosopher of a particular sect, that met under
the _Stoa_ or portico of the temple
STO'ICAL, _a._ pertaining to the Stoics
STRA'TAGEM, _s.


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