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Seraphine
- - A wind instrument whose sounding parts are reeds, consisting of a thin tongue of brass playing freely through a slot in a plate. It has a case, like a piano, and is played by means of a similar keybord, the bellows being worked by the foot. The melodeon is a portable variety of this instrument.
Shearling
- - A sheep but once sheared.
Sheathing
- verb - cover with a protective sheathing; "sheathe her face"
- enclose with a sheath; "sheathe a sword"
- plunge or bury (a knife or sword) in flesh
- protective covering consisting, for example, of a layer of boards applied to the studs and joists of a building to strengthen it and serve as a foundation for a weatherproof exterior
Spearmint
- noun - common garden herb having clusters of small purplish flowers and yielding an oil used as a flavoring
Splashing
- verb - cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force; "She splashed the water around her"
- dash a liquid upon or against; "The mother splashed the baby's face with water"
- make a splashing sound; "water was splashing on the floor"
- mark or overlay with patches of contrasting color or texture; cause to appear splashed or spattered; "The mountain was splashed with snow"
- soil or stain with a splashed liquid
- strike and dash about in a liquid; "The boys splashed around in the pool"
- the act of scattering water about haphazardly
- the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface
- walk through mud or mire; "We had to splosh across the wet meadow"
Splatting
- verb - flatten on impact; "The snowballs splatted on the trees"
- give off the sound of a bullet flattening on impact
- split open and flatten for cooking; "splat fish over an open fire"
Sprawling
- verb - an ungainly posture with arms and legs spread about
- go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way; "Branches straggling out quite far"
- sit or lie with one's limbs spread out
- spreading out in different directions; "sprawling handwriting"; "straggling branches"; "straggly hair"
Squadrons
- noun - a cavalry unit consisting of two or more troops and headquarters and supporting arms
- a naval unit that is detached from the fleet for a particular task
- an air force unit larger than a flight and smaller than a group