Sherlock Holmes and his friend Watson were on a camping and hiking trip.
They had gone to bed and were lying there looking up at the sky. Holmes said, "Watson, look up. What do you see?"
"Well, I see thousands of stars."
"And what does that mean to you?"
"Well, I guess it means we will have another nice day tomorrow. What does it mean to you, Holmes?"
"To me, it means someone has stolen our tent."
- medicinal preparation from its leaves or bark. [spanish or portuguese]
SASSENACH
n. Scot. & ir. Usu. Derog. English person. [gaelic sasunnoch]
SATELLITE
dish n. Dish-shaped aerial for receiving satellite television.
- —n. - celestial or artificial body orbiting the earth or another planet.
- (in full satellite state) small country controlled by another. —attrib. Adj. Transmitted by satellite (satellite television). [latin satelles -lit- attendant]
SATINWOOD
n. A kind of yellow glossy timber.
SATURNINE
adj. Of gloomy temperament or appearance.
SAUCEBOAT
n. Jug or dish for serving sauces etc.
SAUTERNES
n. Sweet white wine from sauternes in the bordeaux region of france. [sauternes in france]
SAXIFRAGE
n. Rock-plant with small white, yellow, or red flowers. [latin saxum rock, frango break]
SAXOPHONE
n. Metal woodwind reed instrument used esp. In jazz. saxophonist n. [sax, name of the maker]
SCALLYWAG
n. (also scalawag) scamp, rascal. [origin unknown]
