(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Scorpio
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a large zodiacal constellation between Libra and Sagittarius
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the eighth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about October 23 to November 21
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Scorpio \Scor"pi*o\, n.; pl. {Scorpiones}. [L.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) A scorpion.
2. (Astron.) (a) The eighth sign of the zodiac, which the sun enters about the twenty-third day of October, marked thus [[scorpio]] in almanacs. (b) A constellation of the zodiac containing the bright star Antares. It is drawn on the celestial globe in the figure of a scorpion.
Sign \Sign\, n. [F. signe, L. signum; cf. AS. segen, segn, a sign, standard, banner, also fr. L. signum. Cf. {Ensign}, {Resign}, {Seal} a stamp, {Signal}, {Signet}.] That by which anything is made known or represented; that which furnishes evidence; a mark; a token; an indication; a proof. Specifically: (a) A remarkable event, considered by the ancients as indicating the will of some deity; a prodigy; an omen. (b) An event considered by the Jews as indicating the divine will, or as manifesting an interposition of the divine power for some special end; a miracle; a wonder.
Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God. --Rom. xv. 19.
It shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign. --Ex. iv. 8. (c) Something serving to indicate the existence, or preserve the memory, of a thing; a token; a memorial; a monument.
What time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men, and they became a sign. --Num. xxvi. 10. (d) Any symbol or emblem which prefigures, typifles, or represents, an idea; a type; hence, sometimes, a picture.
The holy symbols, or signs, are not barely significative; but what they represent is as certainly delivered to us as the symbols themselves. --Brerewood.
Saint George of Merry England, the sign of victory. --Spenser. (e) A word or a character regarded as the outward manifestation of thought; as, words are the sign of ideas. (f) A motion, an action, or a gesture by which a thought is expressed, or a command or a wish made known.
They made signs to his father, how he would have him called. --Luke i. 62. (g) Hence, one of the gestures of pantomime, or of a language of a signs such as those used by the North American Indians, or those used by the deaf and dumb.
Note: Educaters of the deaf distinguish between natural signs, which serve for communicating ideas, and methodical, or systematic, signs, adapted for the dictation, or the rendering, of written language, word by word; and thus the signs are to be distinguished from the manual alphabet, by which words are spelled on the fingers. (h) A military emblem carried on a banner or a standard. --Milton. (i) A lettered board, or other conspicuous notice, placed upon or before a building, room, shop, or office to advertise the business there transacted, or the name of the person or firm carrying it on; a publicly displayed token or notice.
The shops were, therefore, distinguished by painted signs, which gave a gay and grotesque aspect to the streets. --Macaulay. (j) (Astron.) The twelfth part of the ecliptic or zodiac.
Note: The signs are reckoned from the point of intersection of the ecliptic and equator at the vernal equinox, and are named, respectively, {Aries} ([Aries]), {Taurus} ([Taurus]), {Gemini} (II), {Cancer} ([Cancer]), {Leo} ([Leo]), {Virgo} ([Virgo]), {Libra} ([Libra]), {Scorpio} ([Scorpio]), {Sagittarius} ([Sagittarius]), {Capricornus ([Capricorn]), {Aquarius} ([Aquarius]), {Pisces} ([Pisces]). These names were originally the names of the constellations occupying severally the divisions of the zodiac, by which they are still retained; but, in consequence of the procession of the equinoxes, the signs have, in process of time, become separated about 30 degrees from these constellations, and each of the latter now lies in the sign next in advance, or to the east of the one which bears its name, as the constellation Aries in the sign Taurus, etc. (k) (Alg.) A character indicating the relation of quantities, or an operation performed upon them; as, the sign + (plus); the sign -- (minus); the sign of division /, and the like. (l) (Med.) An objective evidence of disease; that is, one appreciable by some one other than the patient.
Note: The terms symptom and and sign are often used synonymously; but they may be discriminated. A sign differs from a symptom in that the latter is perceived only by the patient himself. The term sign is often further restricted to the purely local evidences of disease afforded by direct examination of the organs involved, as distinguished from those evidence of general disturbance afforded by observation of the temperature, pulse, etc. In this sense it is often called physical sign. (m) (Mus.) Any character, as a flat, sharp, dot, etc. (n) (Theol.) That which, being external, stands for, or signifies, something internal or spiritual; -- a term used in the Church of England in speaking of an ordinance considered with reference to that which it represents.
An outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace. --Bk. of Common Prayer.
Note: See the Table of {Arbitrary Signs}, p. 1924.
{Sign manual}. (a) (Eng. Law) The royal signature superscribed at the top of bills of grants and letter patent, which are then sealed with the privy signet or great seal, as the case may be, to complete their validity. (b) The signature of one's name in one's own handwriting. --Craig. Tomlins. Wharton.
That is what happened when it made ABS brakes standard equipment on all the current Granada (Scorpio) models.
Ford is lowering the prices by #1,000 for heavily equipped versions of its Fiesta, Escort, Orion and Sierra models and by #2,000 for some of its Granada and Scorpio models.
Discussions are under way for assembly of a car, probably modeled on Ford's West German-made Scorpio, in the Soviet Union.
A federal court here ruled against MCA Inc.'s record division in its lawsuit claiming that closely held Scorpio Music Inc. had sold counterfeit MCA records and tape.
"I think they're interested in a vehicle with the size and performance characteristics of the Scorpio," Poling said, adding the vehicle would be made at an existing plant near Gorky or at a new plant probably in the Gorky area.
But he (I can not imagine any businesswoman being attracted to such a car) has to put up with an unacceptable level of noise on all but the smoothest roads. Even worse is the impossibility of making the Scorpio keep a straight line on a motorway.
Lincoln-Mercury officials said they will continue selling the Merkur Scorpio luxury touring sedan.
The new Scorpio 24V model is exempt from the increases.
Outstanding Ingenue, Drama Series: Kimberly McCullough as Robin Scorpio, "General Hospital," ABC.
Ford discovered the dangers of ABS's cost when it made the feature standard on its Scorpio models in Europe in 1985.
The Scorpio certainly is a worthy competitor in its market segment, which includes the Audi 5000 and Mercedes 190, and has won hearts in Europe.
Among characters who now populate "General Hospital" are: _ The menage a trois of Robert Scorpio (Tristan Rogers), Anna Devane (Finola Hughes), and Duke Lavery (Ian Buchanan).
The Omega looks much nicer than Ford's curiously fish-eyed Scorpio.
Listed on the back of the bus were two Southern California phone numbers for Scorpio Tours.