SCHOHARIE GRIT
Scho*har"ie grit`. (Geol.)
Defn: 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. Etym: [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 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. Etym: [OF. scholarité, or LL. scholaritias.]
Defn: Scholarship. [Obs.] . Jonson.