Scheme
(Scheme), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Schemed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Scheming.] To make a scheme
of; to plan; to design; to project; to plot.
That wickedness which schemed, and executed, his destruction.
G. Stuart. Scheme
(Scheme), v. i. To form a scheme or schemes.
Schemeful
(Scheme"ful) a. Full of schemes or plans.
Schemer
(Schem"er) n. One who forms schemes; a projector; esp., a plotter; an intriguer.
Schemers and confederates in guilt.
Paley. Scheming
(Schem"ing), a. Given to forming schemes; artful; intriguing. — Schem"ing*ly, adv.
Schemist
(Schem"ist), n. A schemer. [R.] Waterland.
Schene
(Schene) n. [L. schoenus, Gr. a rush, a reed, a land measure: cf. F. schène.] (Antiq.) An
Egyptian or Persian measure of length, varying from thirty-two to sixty stadia.
Schenkbeer
(Schenk"beer`) n. [G. schenkbier; schenken to pour out + bier beer; — so called because
put on draught soon after it is made.] A mild German beer.
Scherbet
(Scher"bet) n. See Sherbet.
Scherif
(||Scher"if) n. See Sherif.
Scherzando
(||Scher*zan"do) adv. [It.] (Mus.) In a playful or sportive manner.
Scherzo
(||Scher"zo) n. [It.] (Mus.) A playful, humorous movement, commonly in 3-4 measure, which
often takes the place of the old minuet and trio in a sonata or a symphony.
Schesis
(||Sche"sis) n. [NL., fr. Gr. fr. to have or hold. See Scheme.]
1. General state or disposition of the body or mind, or of one thing with regard to other things; habitude.
[Obs.] Norris.
2. (Rhet.) A figure of speech whereby the mental habitude of an adversary or opponent is feigned for
the purpose of arguing against him. Crabb.
Schetic
(Schet"ic Schet"ic*al) , a. [Cf. Gr. holding back.] Of or pertaining to the habit of the body; constitutional.
[Obs.] Cudworth.
Schiedam
(Schie*dam") n. [Short for Schiedam schnapps.] Holland gin made at Schiedam in the
Netherlands.
Schiller
(Schil"ler) n. [G., play of colors.] (Min.) The peculiar bronzelike luster observed in certain
minerals, as hypersthene, schiller spar, etc. It is due to the presence of minute inclusions in parallel
position, and is sometimes of secondary origin.
Schiller spar (Min.), an altered variety of enstatite, exhibiting, in certain positions, a bronzelike luster.
