A kindergarten teacher was observing her classroom of children while they drew. She would occasionally walk around to see each child’s artwork.
As she got to one little girl who was working diligently, she asked what her drawing was.
The girl replied, "I’m drawing God."
The teacher paused and said, "But no one knows what God looks like."
Without missing a beat, or looking up from her drawing the girl replied, "They will in a minute."
—adj. Neatly dressed etc.; smart. —v. (-cing) (usu. Foll. By up) make or become smart. sprucely adv. Spruceness n. [perhaps from *spruce2]
- n. - conifer with dense conical foliage.
- its wood. [obsolete pruce prussia]
SPRUNG
see *spring.
SPUNKY
adj. (-ier, -iest) colloq. Brave, spirited.
SPURGE
n. Plant with an acrid milky juice. [latin expurgare to clean out]
SPUTUM
n. (pl. Sputa) 1 saliva.
- expectorated matter, used esp. In diagnosis. [latin]
SQUALL
—n. - sudden or violent wind, esp. With rain, snow, or sleet.
- discordant cry; scream (esp. Of a baby). —v. - utter a squall; scream.
- utter with a squall. squally adj. [probably alteration of *squeal after *bawl]
SQUARE
brackets n.pl. Brackets of the form [ ].
- dance n. Dance with usu. Four couples facing inwards from four sides.
- deal n. Fair bargain or treatment.
- leg n. Fielding position in cricket at some distance on the batsman's leg side and nearly opposite the stumps.
- meal n. Substantial meal.
- measure n. Measure expressed in square units.
- root n. Number that multiplied by itself gives a specified number.
- —n. - rectangle with four equal sides.
- object of (approximately) this shape.
- open (usu. Four-sided) area surrounded by buildings.
- product of a number multiplied by itself (16 is the square of 4).
- l- or t-shaped instrument for obtaining or testing right angles.
- slang conventional or old-fashioned person. —adj. - square-shaped.
- having or in the form of a right angle (square corner).
- angular, not round.
- designating a unit of measure equal to the area of a square whose side is one of the unit specified (square metre).
- (often foll. By with) level, parallel.
- (usu. Foll. By to) at right angles.
- sturdy, squat (a man of square frame).
- arranged; settled (get things square).
- (also all square) a with no money owed. B (of scores) equal. 10 fair and honest. 11 direct (met with a square refusal). 12 slang conventional or old-fashioned. —adv. - squarely (hit me square on the jaw).
- fairly, honestly. —v. (-ring) 1 make square.
- multiply (a number) by itself.
- (usu. Foll. By to, with) adjust; make or be suitable or consistent; reconcile.
- mark out in squares.
- settle or pay (a bill etc.).
- place (one's shoulders etc.) Squarely facing forwards.
- colloq. Pay or bribe (a person).
- (also absol.) Make the scores of (a match etc.) Equal. back to square one colloq. Back to the starting-point with no progress made. Out of square not at right angles. Square the circle 1 construct a square equal in area to a given circle.
- do what is impossible. Square peg in a round hole see *peg. Square up settle an account etc. Square up to 1 move threateningly towards (a person).
- face and tackle (a difficulty etc.) Resolutely. squarely adv. Squareness n. Squarish adj. [french esquare, latin quadra]
SQUASH
—v. - crush or squeeze, esp. Flat or into pulp.
- (often foll. By into) colloq. Put or make one's way by squeezing.
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