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S On Ontario Land Record Index; transaction type; = sale LEGAL

S MASON Stone Mason ABBREVIATION

S.P. without issue for sine prole LATIN

S/O son of ABBREVIATION

SA South Australia, AUS PLACE-NAME

SAA Saarland, BRD PLACE-NAME

SAB Sachsen-Altburg, GER PLACE-NAME

SABADO Saturday SPANISH

SABATO Saturday ITALIAN

SABBATARIUS a Jew LATIN

SABBATI Saturday LATIN

SABBATIS DIES Saturday LATIN

SABODO, SABBADO Saturday PORTUGUESE

SABOTA Saturday CZECH

SABOTH Sunday WELSH

SACK in Scotland a weight of good of 40 or 80 stone (640 or 1280 pounds); a sack of wool contained 364 pounds WEIGHT

SACRISTA sacrist, parish clerk LATIN

SACRISTAIN sexton FRENCH

SADDLE TREE MAKER one who made the frames for saddles that the saddler used OCCUPATION

SADDLER maker, repairer or seller of saddles or other furnishing for horses OCCUPATION

SADWRN Saturday WELSH

SAGE-FEMMES midwife FRENCH

SAGGER MAKER one who made the fireclay containers in which the stoneware was placed ready for firing OCCUPATION

SAITH seven WELSH

SAL Shropshire, ENG PLACE-NAME

SALEUR DE POISSON fish curer FRENCH

SALEUR DE VIANDES meat packer / curer / pickler FRENCH

SALOONIST saloon keeper OCCUPATION

SALPINGITIS inflammation of the fallopian tubes MEDICAL

SALT BOILER one who obtained salt by boiling water OCCUPATION

SALTER one who made or dealt in salt OCCUPATION

SALTER maker of or dealer in salt OCCUPATION

SAMEDI Saturday FRENCH

SAMSTAG Saturday GERMAN

SAND HOG those who dug the tunnel under the river OCCUPATION

SANDESMAN ambassador or messenger OCCUPATION

SANDWICHMAN wears a sandwich billboard for advertising OCCUPATION

SANGUINOUS CRUST scab MEDICAL

SAO PAULO FEVER a typhus-like disease caused by a microorganism rickettia rickettsi. Also Rocky Mountain Spotted fever. MEDICAL

SAPONARIUS soap boiler LATIN

SAPPHIRE frees from enchantment; denotes repentance; birth stone for April (also see diamond) SYMBOLS

SARCINET WEAVER silk weaver OCCUPATION

SARCOMA a tumour, often maligant, derived from the connective tissues MEDICAL

SARDONYX represents married happiness; birth stone for August SYMBOLS

SARTOR tailor LATIN

SASE Self Addressed-Stamped Envelope ABBREVIATION

SAUCER dealer in pickles, dried meats, and sauces or a dealer in dyes and colors used in the dying trade OCCUPATION

SAVANT servant OCCUPATION

SAVONNIER candle, soap or tallow maker FRENCH

SAWBONES physician OCCUPATION

SAWYER saws timber to boards OCCUPATION

SAXTE sixty SCOTLAND

SAY cloth of fine texture resembling serge MATERIAL

SAY WEAVER one who made say, material used for table cloths or bedding OCCUPATION

SB stillborn ABBREVIATION

SB Southern Baptist ABBREVIATION

SC South Carolina, USA PLACE-NAME

SCABIES acariasis; a disease of the skin caused by mites MEDICAL

SCAGIOLA MAKER one who made imitation marble OCCUPATION

SCALERAKER employed by the parish to clean the streets OCCUPATION

SCAPPLER one who roughly shaped the stone prior to being finished by the stonemason OCCUPATION

SCARLATINA scarlet fever MEDICAL

SCARLATINA ANGINOSA Fothering's Disease MEDICAL

SCARLET FEVER acute infectious fever with rash caused by streptococcus infection in the throat MEDICAL

SCARLET RASH scarlet fever MEDICAL

SCAVELMAN employed to keep the waterways and ditches clear OCCUPATION

SCAVENGER employed by the parish to clean the streets OCCUPATION

SCG Sachsen-Coberg-Gotha, GER PLACE-NAME

SCH On Ontario Land Record Index; type of lease or sale = School LEGAL

SCHADDOW HALF a portion of land facing north and not exposed to the sun SCOTLAND

SCHAFFMON six inches (SCT); also Shaftmon or schathmont MEASURE

SCHAFTMONDE a palm MEASURE

SCHAIFE a bunch of 24 arrows MEASURE

SCHATHMONT six inches (SCT); also Shaftmon or schaffmon MEASURE

SCHOOL MISTR mistress ABBREVIATION

SCHOOL TEAC school teacher ABBREVIATION

SCHOOLMASTER the same as the modern definition of 'teacher' OCCUPATION

SCHOONDOCHTER daughter-in-law DUTCH

SCHOONMOEDER mother-in-law DUTCH

SCHOONVADER father-in-law DUTCH

SCHOONZOON son-in-law DUTCH

SCHRIMPSCHONGER artisan who carves in bone, ivory, or wood OCCUPATION

SCHUMACKER shoemaker OCCUPATION

SCHWEIGERMUTTER mother-in-law GERMAN

SCHWEIGERSOHN son-in-law GERMAN

SCHWEIGERTOCHTER daughter-in-law GERMAN

SCHWEIGERVATER father-in-law GERMAN

SCHWESTER sister GERMAN

SCIATICA painful condition in the hip or thigh MEDICAL

SCIEUR sawyer FRENCH

SCIRRHOUS a large hard and painful swelling, often cancer MEDICAL

SCIRRHUS a large hard and painful swelling, often cancer MEDICAL

SCISSOR barber LATIN

SCLEROSIS the hardening or thickening of a tissue MEDICAL

SCOLIOSIS abnormal lateral curvature of the spinal column MEDICAL

SCORBUTUS scurvy MEDICAL

SCORE twenty MEASURE

SCOTCH DRAPER sold goods door to door with payment to be made by installments OCCUPATION

SCOTCHMAN sold goods door to door with payment to be made by installments OCCUPATION

SCOTOMA dizziness with dimness of sight MEDICAL

SCOTOMY dizziness with dimness of sight MEDICAL

SCOTS-IRISH descendants of the Scottish Presbyterians who were placed in the northern counties of Ireland by the British in the early 1600's GENEALOGY

SCREENER screened the ore at the mines surface OCCUPATION

SCREWS rheumatism MEDICAL

SCRIBBLER employed in a scribbling mill where the wool was roughly carded before spinning OCCUPATION

SCRIBE clerk OCCUPATION

SCRIBER employed at the docks to mark the cotton bales with the approximate weight ready for selling by the brokers OCCUPATION

SCRIBLER a minor or worthless author OCCUPATION

SCRIBUS scribe, scrivener LATIN

SCRIMER fencing master OCCUPATION

SCRIPTA LITERA MANET the written word remains LATIN

SCRIPTOR writer LATIN

SCRIPTURE READER employed by the local clergy to go from house to house reading parts of the bible to try and encourage people to attend church; also read scriptures during some services OCCUPATION

SCRIVENER professional or public copyist or writer; notary public; clerk OCCUPATION

SCRIVENER'S PALSY writer's cramp MEDICAL

SCROFULA tubercular infection of the throat lymph glands (see Kings evil) MEDICAL

SCROFULODERMA tuberculosis of the skin MEDICAL

SCRUMPOX impetigo MEDICAL

SCRUPLE a weight of 20 grains MEASURE

SCRUTINEER election judge OCCUPATION

SCT Scotland PLACE-NAME

SCULLERY MAID female servant who performed all the menial tasks OCCUPATION

SCULLION male servant who performed all the menial tasks OCCUPATION

SCULPTEUR sculptor FRENCH

SCURVY lack of vitamin C characterized by livid spots and general bodily exhaustion MEDICAL

SCUTCHER beat the flax to soften the straw in the bundles OCCUPATION

SD South Dakota, USA PLACE-NAME

SD Seventh Day Adventist ABBREVIATION

SE On Ontario Land Record Index; type of free grant = Scottish Emigrant (sons) LEGAL

SEAL PRESSER employed in the glass industry to seal the bath against air intake which could spoil the finished surface OCCUPATION

SEARCHER customs man OCCUPATION

SEBACEOUS CYST a firm, rounded, elastic swelling containing a thick semisolid substance, it may appear anywhere on the body but is most common on the scalp MEDICAL

SEBORRHEA a chronic disease of the sebaceous glands marked by excess fatty secretion of the skin MEDICAL

SECHS six GERMAN

SECRET SPRINGER one made watch springs OCCUPATION

SECY secretary ABBREVIATION

SEEDSMAN sower of seeds OCCUPATION

SEGUNDA FEIRA Monday PORTUGUESE

SEI six ITALIAN

SEIS six SPANISH

SEIS six PORTUGUESE

SEK a measure of wool containing about 680 pounds MEASURE

SEL Selkirk, SCT PLACE-NAME

SELF ACTING MINDER one in charge of the automatic spinning mule in the mills OCCUPATION

SELF-POLLUTION masturbation MEDICAL

SELLARIUS saddler LATIN

SELLIER saddler; harness maker FRENCH

SEMI LORER maker of leather thongs OCCUPATION

SEMPER FIDELIS always faithful LATIN

SEMPSTER seamstress OCCUPATION

SENECTUS old age MEDICAL

SENESCHAL a senior steward of a manor OCCUPATION

SENEX old man LATIN

SENILITY the gradual loss of physical or mental ability due to old age MEDICAL

SENIOR older, elder LATIN

SEPOLCRO grave ITALIAN

SEPPELLIRE bury ITALIAN

SEPSIS poisoning by bacteria or their products MEDICAL

SEPT seven FRENCH

SEPTEMBER September DUTCH

SEPTEMBER September LATIN

SEPTEMBER September GERMAN

SEPTEMBER September NORWEGIAN

SEPTEMBRE September FRENCH

SEPTEMBRO September PORTUGUESE

SEPTIC infected MEDICAL

SEPTICAEMIA blood poisoning MEDICAL

SEPTIEMBRE September SPANISH

SEPTUM seven LATIN

SEPULT a burial LATIN

SEPULTAR bury SPANISH

SEPULTAR bury PORTUGUESE

SEPULTURA grave SPANISH

SEPULTURA grave PORTUGUESE

SEPULTUS buried LATIN

SERGENT DE VILLE policeman FRENCH

SERIVENER clerk specializing in drawing up bonds OCCUPATION

SEROUS APOPLEXY a stroke with the built up of fluid MEDICAL

SERPEN August CZECH

SERRE-FREIN brakeman FRENCH

SERRURIER locksmith FRENCH

SERUM SICKNESS anaphylaxis MEDICAL

SERV servant ABBREVIATION

SERVITEUR servant FRENCH

SERVT servant ABBREVIATION

SETE seven PORTUGUESE

SETTE seven ITALIAN

SETTEMBRE September ITALIAN

SETTEN a weight in Orkney containing 24 marks; also setting WEIGHT

SETTING a weight in Orkney containing 24 marks; also setten WEIGHT

SEWER HUNTER scavenger who concentrated on the sewers trying to find valuable objects OCCUPATION

SEWER RAT bricklayer who specialized in making and repairing sewers and tunnels OCCUPATION

SEWING CLERK collector of clothing piecework OCCUPATION

SEWSTER seamstress OCCUPATION

SEX six LATIN

SEXTA FEIRA Friday PORTUGUESE

SEXTILLIS August LATIN

SEXTON employee or officer of a church who cared and upkept church property and sometimes rang bells and dug graves OCCUPATION

SEXTON PRESB CHU Sexton Presbyterian Church ABBREVIATION

SF Society of Friends ABBREVIATION

SFK Suffolk, ENG PLACE-NAME

SG Sank Gallen, CH PLACE-NAME

SH Schaffhausen, CH PLACE-NAME

SHAFTMON six inches (SCT); also schaffmon or schathmont MEASURE

SHAGREEN CASE MAKER one who worked with shagreen leather OCCUPATION

SHAKER a religious sect founded in Manchester in the mid-18th century that practices celibacy and communial living RELIGION

SHAKES delirium tremens MEDICAL

SHAKING ague MEDICAL

SHAKING CHILLS ague MEDICAL

SHAKING PALSY Parkinson's Disease MEDICAL

SHANTY MAN lumberman OCCUPATION

SHARECROPPER tenant farmer who would be paid with part of the crop OCCUPATION

SHEARER removed the fleece from sheep OCCUPATION

SHEARGRINDER sharpened shears, scissors OCCUPATION

SHEARMAN shearer of cloth, metal OCCUPATION

SHEARMAN one who made worsted (yarn or thread spun from long-staple-wool) OCCUPATION

SHEATH MAKER one who made scabbards for swords OCCUPATION

SHEEPMAN sheep herder OCCUPATION

SHEPSTER dressmaker OCCUPATION

SHERMAN shearer of cloth, metal OCCUPATION

SHI Shetland, SCT PLACE-NAME

SHINGLER a roof tiler who used wooden tiles (shingles) OCCUPATION

SHINGLES viral disease with painful skin blisters in a band on the body MEDICAL

SHIP FEVER typhus MEDICAL

SHIP HUSBAND repairer of ships while in harbor OCCUPATION

SHIP MASTER owner or captain of a ship OCCUPATION

SHIPCHANDLER one who handles cordage, cancvas or other ship's supplies OCCUPATION

SHIPJOINER finished cabins on vessels OCCUPATION

SHIPWRIGHT constructor or repairer or ships OCCUPATION

SHO Schleswig-Holstein, BRD PLACE-NAME

SHOE FINDER seller of shoe maker's tools OCCUPATION

SHOE WIPER servant who polished shoes OCCUPATION

SHOESMITH cobbler; one who shoed horses OCCUPATION

SHOT FIRER one in charge of blasting in mines or quarries OCCUPATION

SHRAGER one who trimmed and pruned trees OCCUPATION

SHRIEVE sheriff OCCUPATION

SHRIEVE sheriff OCCUPATION

SHUFFLER yardman on the farms OCCUPATION

SHUNTER one who moved rolling stock around the railway yards OCCUPATION

SHUTTLE MAKER made the shuttles for the weaving mills OCCUPATION

SIC thus LATIN

SIC TRANSIT GLORIA MUNDI thus passes away the glory of this world LATIN

SICKLEMAN reaper OCCUPATION

SIDESMAN one who assisted the churchwarden OCCUPATION

SIEBEN seven GERMAN

SIETE seven SPANISH

SIL Schlesien (Silesia), GER PLACE-NAME

SILICOSIS a disease of the lungs due to inhalation of minute articles of stone, flint or sand (by quarrymen, potters, stonecutters & sandblasters); grinder's disease MEDICAL

SILK DRESSER prepared the silk for weaving OCCUPATION

SILK ENGINE TURNER turned the wheel on automatic silk weaving looms OCCUPATION

SILK MERCER sold silk cloth and items made from silk OCCUPATION

SILK THROWER worker in the silk industry OCCUPATION

SILK TWISTER silk spinner OCCUPATION

SILKER sewed the ends of the fabric to prevent the layers from separating OCCUPATION

SILVERSMITH worked with silver OCCUPATION

SIMPLE ANGINA sore throat MEDICAL

SIMPLER agriculturist that we would call herbalist today OCCUPATION

SINE PROLE without issue; also s.p. LATIN

SINUSITIS inflammation of sinus or sinuses MEDICAL

SIRIASIS inflammation of the brain due to exposure to the sun MEDICAL

SISSOR tailor OCCUPATION

SIX six FRENCH

SIZER one who applies size to textiles OCCUPATION

SKELPER one who made and sold beehives OCCUPATION

SKEPPER one who made and sold beehives OCCUPATION

SKINKER tapster in an ale house OCCUPATION

SKINNER dealer in hides, mule driver OCCUPATION

SKIPMAKER one who made the skips used in mining and quarrying for moving men or materials to the surface OCCUPATION

SKIPPER master of a ship OCCUPATION

SL Slovakia PLACE-NAME

SLAPER one who worked in a pottery preparing the clay for the potter OCCUPATION

SLAPPER one who worked in a pottery preparing the clay for the potter OCCUPATION

SLATER roofer OCCUPATION

SLAYMAKER maker of reeds or slays for looms OCCUPATION

SLEEK a measure of food containing 40 pounds WEIGHT

SLEEPING SICKNESS a chronic disease caused by an invasion of the body by a tiny parasite (trypanosome) MEDICAL

SLI Sligo, IRL PLACE-NAME

SLO Slovenia PLACE-NAME

SLOES milk sickness MEDICAL

SLOPSELLER seller of ready-made clothes in a slop shop OCCUPATION

SLP Schaumburg-Lippe, GER PLACE-NAME

SLUBBER operated the machine used to prepare cotton for spinning OCCUPATION

SLUBBER DOFFER removed the bobbins from the spindles in the mills OCCUPATION

SLZ Salzburg, OES PLACE-NAME

SMALLPOX contagious viral disease with fever and blisters MEDICAL

SMALLWARE MAKER who made smallware, e.g. tapes, braids, etc OCCUPATION

SME Sachsen-Meiningen, GER PLACE-NAME

SMELTER worker in a metal smelter; smelt fisherman OCCUPATION

SMIDDY smith OCCUPATION

SMILAX a flower that represents constancy SYMBOLS

SMITH metal worker OCCUPATION

SMUGSMITH smuggler OCCUPATION

SNG Singapore PLACE-NAME

SNOB repairer of shoes OCCUPATION

SNOBSCAT repairer of shoes OCCUPATION

SNUFFER MAKER made the candle snuffer OCCUPATION

SO Solothurn, CH PLACE-NAME

SOAP BOILER soap maker OCCUPATION

SOBRINA niece SPANISH

SOBRINA female cousin on the mother's side LATIN

SOBRINHA niece PORTUGUESE

SOBRINHO nephew PORTUGUESE

SOBRINO nephew SPANISH

SOBRINUS male cousin on the mother's side LATIN

SOCER father-in-law LATIN

SOCRINUS brother-in-law LATIN

SOCRUS mother-in-law LATIN

SOEUR sister FRENCH

SOFTENING OF THE BRAIN general paralysis of the brain due to syphilis MEDICAL

SOGRA mother-in-law PORTUGUESE

SOGRO father-in-law PORTUGUESE

SOHN son GERMAN

SOJOURNER CLOTHIER travelling clothes salesman OCCUPATION

SOL soldier ABBREVIATION

SOLDAT soldier FRENCH

SOLICITOR lawyer OCCUPATION

SOLUTUS bachelor LATIN

SOM Somerset, ENG PLACE-NAME

SONDAG Sunday NORWEGIAN

SONNABEND Saturday GERMAN

SONNTAG Sunday GERMAN

SOPER soap maker OCCUPATION

SOR sister PORTUGUESE

SORE THROAT DISTEMPER diphtheria or quinsy MEDICAL

SORELLA sister ITALIAN

SOROR sister LATIN

SOROR CONSANGUINEA stepsister LATIN

SOROR UTERINA stepsister with the same mother LATIN

SORORIS FILIA niece LATIN

SORORIS FILIUS nephew LATIN

SORORIUS brother-in-law, sister's husband or sister's son LATIN

SORTER tailor LATIN

SORTER tailor OCCUPATION

SORTOR tailor LATIN

SOUFFEUR TRAVAILLANT LE VERRE glass blower FRENCH

SOUTER shoe maker OCCUPATION

SP sine parole (without issue) LATIN

SP Spiritualist ABBREVIATION

SPALLIER tin worker who performs chiefly menial tasks OCCUPATION

SPANISH DISEASE syphilis MEDICAL

SPANISH INFLUENZA epidemic influenza MEDICAL

SPASMOPHILIA a condition, mainly in infants, in which there is abnormal sensitivity to external stimuli causing spasms and convulsions MEDICAL

SPASMS sudden involuntary contractions of a muscle or muscles MEDICAL

SPASTIC stiffness of muscles or joints MEDICAL

SPERVITER keeper of sparrows OCCUPATION

SPICER grocer or dealer in spices OCCUPATION

SPINA BIFIDA deformation of the spinal column and protruding spinal cord tissue MEDICAL

SPINNER spins yarn OCCUPATION

SPINSTER an unmarried woman; formerly in England, an unmarried woman of nobility from a viscount's daughter downward LEGAL

SPINSTER a woman who spins fibers into threads OCCUPATION

SPL sine parole legitima (without legitimate issue) LATIN

SPLITTER operated a splitting machine or one who split things by hand, e.g. stone, timber, etc OCCUPATION

SPM sine parole mascual (without male issue) LATIN

SPONSA wife LATIN

SPONSALIA dowry; marriage banns LATIN

SPONSOR a godparent; a bondsman GENEALOGY

SPOONER made spoons OCCUPATION

SPOSO spouse ITALIAN

SPOTTED FEVER typhus or meningitis MEDICAL

SPRUE chronic tropical disease caused by invasion of the body by a minute parasite fungus MEDICAL

SPS sine parole s--?-- (without survivors) LATIN

SPURIA illegitimate daughter LATIN

SPURIUS illegitimate son LATIN

SPURRER maker of spurs OCCUPATION

SPURRIER maker of spurs OCCUPATION

SQUINACY, SQUINANCY quinsy MEDICAL

SQUIRE shield bearer, attend a knight; the title of a gentleman next in rank to a knight TITLE

SQUIRE farm owner; justice of the peace OCCUPATION

SR senior ABBREVIATION

SR/O sister of ABBREVIATION

SRI Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) PLACE-NAME

SRK Sark, CHI PLACE-NAME

SRU Sachsen-Rudolstadt, GER PLACE-NAME

SRY Surrey, ENG PLACE-NAME

SSO Sachsen-Sondershausen, GER PLACE-NAME

SSX Sussex, ENG PLACE-NAME

ST ANTHONY'S FIRE contagious skin disease caused by streptococcal infection with fever; also erysipelas, the evil or eel thing MEDICAL

ST IGNATIUS ITCH pellagra MEDICAL

ST VITUS' DANCE convulsive motions of the limbs, and strange and involuntary gesticulations; also chorea MEDICAL

STA. MASTER station master ABBREVIATION

STABLER hostler OCCUPATION

STABULARIUS stable keeper LATIN

STAGE one eighth of a mile MEASURE

STALLMAN keeper of a market stall OCCUPATION

STAMPMAN worker of an ore crushing machine OCCUPATION

STAPLER one who sorted the wool into different grades OCCUPATION

STATIONER bookseller, seller of paper & writing implements OCCUPATION

STATIST politician OCCUPATION

STAYMAKER corset maker OCCUPATION

STEEPLE JACKER painted flag poles, etc OCCUPATION

STEERSMAN ship's helmsman OCCUPATION

STÉNOGRAPHE stenographer FRENCH

STENTERER operated the cloth finishing machine OCCUPATION

STEP BOY employed to help passengers to enter or leave the coach OCCUPATION

STERBEN die GERMAN

STERVIN die DUTCH

STEVEDORE laborer who unloads and loads ships' cargoes OCCUPATION

STEWARD manager of property, purveyor of supplies or someone who attended passengers on conveyance OCCUPATION

STI Stirling, SCT PLACE-NAME

STICHER one who does decorative stitching OCCUPATION

STIEFDOCHTER stepdaughter DUTCH

STIEFMOEDER stepmother DUTCH

STIEFMUTTER stepmother GERMAN

STIEFSOHN stepson GERMAN

STIEFTOCHTER stepdaughter GERMAN

STIEFVADER stepfather DUTCH

STIEFVATER stepfather GERMAN

STIEFZOON stepson DUTCH

STILLBORN dead at birth MEDICAL

STIMPART a fourth part of a peck; also forpet or lippie MEASURE

STIRLING JUG the Scottish standard liquid measure that contained 3 pounds and 7 ounces of the water of Leith MEASURE

STOCKINER maker or weaver of stockings OCCUPATION

STOCKINGER knitter, weaver, or dealer in stockings OCCUPATION

STOKER tends the fire of an engine boiler OCCUPATION

STOMATITIS inflammation of the mouth MEDICAL

STONE a calculous concretion in the kidneys or bladder MEDICAL

STONE fourteen pounds WEIGHT

STONE MASON'S DISEASE silicosis MEDICAL

STONE PICKER employed to remove the stones from the farmers fields before planting OCCUPATION

STONE POCK acne MEDICAL

STONE WORKERS worked with stone, eg masons, quarriers, etc OCCUPATION

STONEMAN a surveyor of highways OCCUPATION

STONEWARDEN a surveyor of highways OCCUPATION

STOOL OF REPENTANCE in Scotland an elevated seat in the church on which, in former times, persons sat during divine service as a punishment for fornication and adultery SCOTLAND

STOP GALLANT sweating sickness MEDICAL

STOREMAN one responsible for stored goods OCCUPATION

STOWYER one who stowed the nets away on fishing boats OCCUPATION

STRANGER'S FEVER yellow fever MEDICAL

STRANGERY rupture or painful urination MEDICAL

STRANGULATED HERNIA a constricted hernia that cut off the blood supply leading to death of tissue and gangrene MEDICAL

STRANGURY pain and difficulty passing urine MEDICAL

STRAVAIGER vagrant OCCUPATION

STRAW a plant that represents agreement SYMBOLS

STRAW JOINER one who thatched roofs OCCUPATION

STRAW PLAITER one who made straw braids for the hat industry OCCUPATION

STRAW, BROKEN a plant that represents a broken agreement SYMBOLS

STREAKER one who prepared the body for burial OCCUPATION

STREDA Wednesday CZECH

STREET BOY street cleaner OCCUPATION

STREET ORDERLY street cleaner OCCUPATION

STRICTURE an abnormal contraction of some duct or channel MEDICAL

STRIDOR harsh, high-pitched, noisy breathing that accompanies spasms or other abnormalities of the respiratory passages MEDICAL

STRIKER blacksmiths helper or harpooned the whale OCCUPATION

STRINGER made the strings for bows OCCUPATION

STRIPPER employed in the woolen trade to remove the rubbish from the carding machines OCCUPATION

STROKE a condition caused by hemorrhage into the brain, cerebral embolism or cerebral thrombosis MEDICAL

STRUCTOR builder, mason, bricklayer LATIN

STRUMA scrofula; sometimes goiter (swelling of the thyroid gland at the front of the neck) MEDICAL

STS Staffordshire, ENG PLACE-NAME

STUFF GOWN junior barrister OCCUPATION

STUFF GOWNSMAN junior barrister OCCUPATION

STUFF WEAVER wove stuff (the coarse part of flax) OCCUPATION

STUFFING croup MEDICAL

STVERTEK Thursday CZECH

STY Steiermark (Styria), OES PLACE-NAME

STY inflammation of a sebaceous gland of the eyelid causing painful swelling of the lid margin; also hordeolum MEDICAL

SU Soviet Union PLACE-NAME

SUBARACGNOID HEMORRHAGE bleeding into the space between the middle region of three layers of tissue which protect the surface of the brain MEDICAL

SUBDURAL HEMORRHAGE bleeding into the space between the middle region of three layers of tissue which protect the surface of the brain MEDICAL

SUCCESSIO descendants LATIN

SUCKSMITH one who made ploughshares OCCUPATION

SUDOR ANGLICUS sweating sickness MEDICAL

SUE On Ontario Land Record Index; type of free grant = son of a U.E.L. LEGAL

SUEGRA mother-in-law SPANISH

SUEGRO father-in-law SPANISH

SUFFOCATIVE CATARRH croup MEDICAL

SUH Suhl, DDR PLACE-NAME

SUL Sun WELSH

SUMMER CHOLERA cholera morbus MEDICAL

SUMMER COMPLAINT baby diarrhea caused by spoiled milk MEDICAL

SUMNER summoner or apparitor OCCUPATION

SUMPTER porter OCCUPATION

SUNSTROKE fever, convulsions, nausea, vomiting and giddiness caused by an overexposure to strong sunlight MEDICAL

SUOCERA mother-in-law ITALIAN

SUOCERO father-in-law ITALIAN

SUPERCARGO merchant ship officer in charge of cargo & the commercial concerns of the ship OCCUPATION

SUPERIOR upper LATIN

SUPERSTES surviving, alive LATIN

SUPPURATION the process of forming pus, as in a wound or abscess MEDICAL

SURFEIT an overloading of the stomach by excess in eating and drinking MEDICAL

SURINTENDANT superintendent FRENCH

SURROGATE COURT has jurisdiction over the administration of estates; limited to the county where the estate is LEGAL

SURVEILLANT caretaker FRENCH

SUSCEPTOR godparent, undertaker, receiver LATIN

SUT Sutherland, SCT PLACE-NAME

SUTLER one who supplies an army with provisions OCCUPATION

SUTOR shoemaker LATIN

SUZERAIN a feudal lord or baron TITLE

SW Swedenborgian; New Jerusalem ABBREVIATION

SWACK a large draught of liquor SCOTLAND

SWAILER miller or dealer in grain OCCUPATION

SWAIN herdsman OCCUPATION

SWAMP FEVER leptospirosis or malaria MEDICAL

SWAMP SICKNESS malaria, typhoid or encephalitis MEDICAL

SWE Sachsen-Weimar, GER PLACE-NAME

SWE Sweden PLACE-NAME

SWEALER miller or dealer in corn OCCUPATION

SWEATING SICKNESS infectious and fatal disease common to the UK in the 15th century; possibly influenza; also bloody sickness MEDICAL

SWEEP chimneysweep OCCUPATION

SWEET PEA a flower that represents departure SYMBOLS

SWELL MAKER one who made shallow baskets OCCUPATION

SWINEHERDER pig keeper OCCUPATION

SWINEYARD pig keeper OCCUPATION

SWINGLER one who beats flax to remove woody parts OCCUPATION

SWORD CUTLER sword maker OCCUPATION

SWR Scherin, DDR PLACE-NAME

SYCOSIS infection of the hair follicles of the beard area; ring-worm of the beard; also barber's itch or barber's rash MEDICAL

SYDENHAM'S CHOREA ceaseless, rapid, jerking, involuntary movements of the face, limbs or body MEDICAL

SYNCOPE fainting MEDICAL

SYNOCHUS a continued fever MEDICAL

SYNOVITIS inflammation of the synovial membrane (tissue that lines the cavities around joints) MEDICAL

SYPHILIS a contagious venereal disease caused by the invasion of the body by the micro-organism Spirochaeta pallida MEDICAL

SYSTOLE the phase of contraction in the heart beat MEDICAL

SZ Schwyz, CH PLACE-NAME

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