Restoration. To bring back; to recover health.

Rodent. Animals of the rat variety.

Sanhedrin. A Jewish council and tribunal, in existence until about A. D. 425. The Great Sanhedrin had 71 priests, scribes and elders.

Scrutiny. Examination; visual investigation; glance.

Segmental. Pertaining to a three-sided body; or one portion of an orange, as an illustration, wherein one of the split-up parts is called a segment.

Secluded. Hidden; carefully kept out of sight.

Shrouds. One of the stout ropes, often made of wire, that are stretched from the mast-head of a vessel to the sides or to the rims of a top, serving as a means of ascent and as lateral stays for the mast.

Spasmodic. Not regular; in fits.

Sortie. A term applied to rushing tactics in battle.

Spectrum. The term applied to the scientific division of the light rays projected from an object.