Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Scorpion \Scor"pi*on\, n. [F., fr. L. scorpio, scorpius, Gr. ?,
   perhaps akin to E. sharp.]
   1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of pulmonate
      arachnids of the order Scorpiones, having a suctorial
      mouth, large claw-bearing palpi, and a caudal sting.

   Note: Scorpions have a flattened body, and a long, slender
         post-abdomen formed of six movable segments, the last
         of which terminates in a curved venomous sting. The
         venom causes great pain, but is unattended either with
         redness or swelling, except in the axillary or inguinal
         glands, when an extremity is affected. It is seldom if
         ever destructive of life. Scorpions are found widely
         dispersed in the warm climates of both the Old and New
         Worlds.

   2. (Zo["o]l.) The pine or gray lizard ({Sceloporus
      undulatus}). [Local, U. S.]

   3. (Zo["o]l.) The scorpene.

   4. (Script.) A painful scourge.

            My father hath chastised you with whips, but I will
            chastise you with scorpions.          --1 Kings xii.
                                                  11.

   5. (Astron.) A sign and constellation. See {Scorpio}.

   6. (Antiq.) An ancient military engine for hurling stones and
      other missiles.

   {Book scorpion}. (Zo["o]l.) See under {Book}.

   {False scorpion}. (Zo["o]l.) See under {False}, and {Book
      scorpion}.

   {Scorpion bug}, or {Water scorpion} (Zo["o]l.) See {Nepa}.

   {Scorpion fly} (Zo["o]l.), a neuropterous insect of the genus
      {Panorpa}. See {Panorpid}.

   {Scorpion grass} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Myosotis}. {M.
      palustris} is the forget-me-not.

   {Scorpion senna} (Bot.), a yellow-flowered leguminous shrub
      ({Coronilla Emerus}) having a slender joined pod, like a
      scorpion's tail. The leaves are said to yield a dye like
      indigo, and to be used sometimes to adulterate senna.

   {Scorpion shell} (Zo["o]l.), any shell of the genus
      Pteroceras. See {Pteroceras}.

   {Scorpion spiders}. (Zo["o]l.), any one of the Pedipalpi.

   {Scorpion's tail} (Bot.), any plant of the leguminous genus
      {Scorpiurus}, herbs with a circinately coiled pod; -- also
      called {caterpillar}.

   {Scorpion's thorn} (Bot.), a thorny leguminous plant
      ({Genista Scorpius}) of Southern Europe.

   {The Scorpion's Heart} (Astron.), the star Antares in the
      constellation Scorpio.

Swamp \Swamp\, n. [Cf. AS. swam a fungus, OD. swam a sponge, D.
   zwam a fungus, G. schwamm a sponge, Icel. sv["o]ppr, Dan. &
   Sw. swamp, Goth. swamms, Gr. somfo`s porous, spongy.]
   Wet, spongy land; soft, low ground saturated with water, but
   not usually covered with it; marshy ground away from the
   seashore.

         Gray swamps and pools, waste places of the hern.
                                                  --Tennyson.

         A swamp differs from a bog and a marsh in producing
         trees and shrubs, while the latter produce only
         herbage, plants, and mosses.             --Farming
                                                  Encyc. (E.
                                                  Edwards,
                                                  Words).

   {Swamp blackbird}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Redwing}
   (b) .

   {Swamp cabbage} (Bot.), skunk cabbage.

   {Swamp deer} (Zo["o]l.), an Asiatic deer ({Rucervus
      Duvaucelli}) of India.

   {Swamp hen}. (Zo["o]l.)
   (a) An Australian azure-breasted bird ({Porphyrio bellus});
       -- called also {goollema}.
   (b) An Australian water crake, or rail ({Porzana Tabuensis});
       -- called also {little swamp hen}.
   (c) The European purple gallinule.

   {Swamp honeysuckle} (Bot.), an American shrub ({Azalea, or
      Rhododendron, viscosa}) growing in swampy places, with
      fragrant flowers of a white color, or white tinged with
      rose; -- called also {swamp pink}.

   {Swamp hook}, a hook and chain used by lumbermen in handling
      logs. Cf. {Cant hook}.

   {Swamp itch}. (Med.) See {Prairie itch}, under {Prairie}.

   {Swamp laurel} (Bot.), a shrub ({Kalmia glauca}) having small
      leaves with the lower surface glaucous.

   {Swamp maple} (Bot.), red maple. See {Maple}.

   {Swamp oak} (Bot.), a name given to several kinds of oak
      which grow in swampy places, as swamp Spanish oak
      ({Quercus palustris}), swamp white oak ({Q. bicolor}),
      swamp post oak ({Q. lyrata}).

   {Swamp ore} (Min.), bog ore; limonite.

   {Swamp partridge} (Zo["o]l.), any one of several Australian
      game birds of the genera {Synoicus} and {Excalfatoria},
      allied to the European partridges.

   {Swamp robin} (Zo["o]l.), the chewink.

   {Swamp sassafras} (Bot.), a small North American tree of the
      genus {Magnolia} ({M. glauca}) with aromatic leaves and
      fragrant creamy-white blossoms; -- called also {sweet
      bay}.

   {Swamp sparrow} (Zo["o]l.), a common North American sparrow
      ({Melospiza Georgiana}, or {M. palustris}), closely
      resembling the song sparrow. It lives in low, swampy
      places.

   {Swamp willow}. (Bot.) See {Pussy willow}, under {Pussy}.

Forget-me-not \For*get"-me-not`\, n. [Cf. G. vergissmeinnicht.]
   (Bot.)
   A small herb, of the genus {Myosotis} ({M. palustris},
   {incespitosa}, etc.), bearing a beautiful blue flower, and
   extensively considered the emblem of fidelity.

   Note: Formerly the name was given to the {Ajuga
         Cham[ae]pitus}.