A Treatise on Domestic Economy; For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School

Ocean on the north, and the Pacific Ocean on the east, and forming a part of the Russian empire. The northern part is extremely cold, almost uncultivated, and contains but few inhabitants. It furnishes fine skins, and some of the most valuable furs in the world. It also contains rich mines of iron and copper, and several kinds of precious stones. _Sinclair, Sir John_, of whom it was said, "There is no greater name in the annals of agriculture, than his," was born in Caithness, Scotland, May 10, 1754, and became a member of the British Parliament in 1780. He was strongly opposed to the measures of the British Government towards America, which produced the American Revolution. He was author of many valuable publications, on various subjects. He died December 21, 1835. _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_, see page 124. _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. _Stigma_, (plural _stigmas_ and _stigmata_,) the summit or top of the pistil of a flower. _Style_, or _Stile_, the part of the pistil between the germ and the stigma.