Part 229

Spot stroke. (Eng. Billiards) The pocketing of the red ball in a top corner pocket from off its own spot so as to leave the cue ball in position for an easy winning hazard in either top corner pocket.

Spray"board` (?), n. (Naut.) A screen raised above any part of the gunwale of a boat to keep out spray.

Spray"er (?), n. One that sprays; any instrument for vaporizing and spraying liquids.

Spread, n. 1. An arbitrage transaction operated by buying and selling simultaneously in two separate markets, as Chicago and New York, when there is an abnormal difference in price between the two markets. It is called a back spreadwhen the difference in price is less than the normal one.

2. (Gems) Surface in proportion to the depth of a cut stone.

Spring steel. A variety of steel, elastic, strong, and tough, rolled for springs, etc.

Sprock"et (?), n. [Etymology uncertain.] (Mach.) (a) A tooth or projection, as on the periphery of a wheel, shaped so as to engage with a chain. (b) A sprocket wheel.

Spud (?), n. A potato. [Colloq.]

Spur, n. 1. (Mining) A branch of a vein.

2. The track of an animal, as an otter; a spoor.

Squam (?), n. [From Squam, shortened fr. Annisquam, name of a village on the coast of Massachusetts.] An oilskin hat or southwester; -- a fisherman's name. [U. S.]

Squash (?), n. A game much like rackets, played in a walled court with soft rubber balls and bats like tennis rackets.

Squaw man. A white man who has married an Indian squaw; sometimes, one who has gained tribal rights by such a marriage; -- often a term of contempt. [Western U. S.]

Squaw vine. (Bot.) The partridge berry (Mitchella repens).

Squee"gee, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Squeegeed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Squeegeeing (?).] To smooth, press, or treat with a squeegee; to squilgee.

Squeegee roller. A small India-rubber roller with a handle, used esp. in printing and photography as a squeegee.

Squeeze, n. 1. (Mining) The gradual closing of workings by the weight of the overlying strata.

2. Pressure or constraint used to force the making of a gift, concession, or the like; exaction; extortion. [Colloq.]

One of the many "squeezes" imposed by the mandarins.

A. R. Colquhoun.

Squelch (?), v. i. [Perh. imitative. Cf. Squelch.] To make a sound like that made by the feet of one walking in mud or slush; to make a kind of swashing sound; also, to move with such a sound.

He turned and strode to the fire, his boots squelching as he walked.

P. L. Ford.

A crazy old collier squelching along under squared yards.

W. C. Russell.

Squif"fy (?), a. Somewhat intoxicated; tipsy. [Slang] Kipling.

Squil"gee (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Squilgeed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Squilgeeing.] To swab, press, or treat with a squilgee; as, to squilgee a vessel's deck.

Squint, v. i. To have an indirect bearing, reference, or implication; to have an allusion to, or inclination towards, something.