Schoharie grit
(Scho*har"ie grit`) (Geol.) The formation belonging to the middle of the three subdivisions
of the Corniferous period in the American Devonian system; — so called from Schoharie, in New York,
where it occurs. See the Chart of Geology.
Scholar
(Schol"ar) n. [OE. scoler, AS. scolere, fr. L. scholaris belonging to a school, fr. schola a
school. See School.]
1. One who attends a school; one who learns of a teacher; one under the tuition of a preceptor; a pupil; a
disciple; a learner; a student.
I am no breeching scholar in the schools.
Shak. 2. One engaged in the pursuits of learning; a learned person; one versed in any branch, or in many branches,
of knowledge; a person of high literary or scientific attainments; a savant. Shak. Locke.
3. A man of books. Bacon.
4. In English universities, an undergraduate who belongs to the foundation of a college, and receives
support in part from its revenues.
Syn. — Pupil; learner; disciple. — Scholar, Pupil. Scholar refers to the instruction, and pupil to the
care and government, of a teacher. A scholar is one who is under instruction; a pupil is one who is
under the immediate and personal care of an instructor; hence we speak of a bright scholar, and an
obedient pupil.
Scholarity
(Scho*lar"i*ty) n. [OF. scholarité, or LL. scholaritas.] Scholarship. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
Scholarlike
(Schol"ar*like`) a. Scholarly. Bacon.
Scholarly
(Schol"ar*ly), a. Like a scholar, or learned person; showing the qualities of a scholar; as, a
scholarly essay or critique. — adv. In a scholarly manner.
Scholarship
(Schol"ar*ship), n.
1. The character and qualities of a scholar; attainments in science or literature; erudition; learning.
A man of my master's . . . great scholarship.
Pope. 2. Literary education. [R.]
Any other house of scholarship.
Milton. 3. Maintenance for a scholar; a foundation for the support of a student. T. Warton.
Syn. — Learning; erudition; knowledge.
Scholastic
(Scho*las"tic) a. [L. scholasticus, Gr. fr. to have leisure, to give lectures, to keep a school,
from leisure, a lecture, a school: cf. F. scholastique, scolastique. See School.]
