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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Sănd'-worm, n.p. 1169(Zoöl.) A species of annelid inhabiting the sand.
  2. Sānd'wort, n.p. 1169A small plant of the genus Arenaria. London.
  3. Sănd'y, a.p. 1169Consisting of, abounding with, or resembling sand; full of sand; covered or sprinkled with sand; as, a sandy desert or plain; a sandy road or soil. 2. Of the color of sand; of a yellowish-red color…
  4. Sān'dyx, n.p. 1169See SANDIX.
  5. Sāne, a.p. 1169In a sound condition; not disordered or shattered; healthy; as, a sane body. 2. Especially, not disordered in intellect; of sound reason; not insane; having the regular exercise of reason and other…
  6. Sāne'ness, n.p. 1169The state of being sane, or of sound mind; sanity.
  7. Sāng, imp.p. 1169of sing.
  8. Sān'-gā-ree', n.p. 1169Wine and water sweetened and spiced.
  9. Sang-froid, n.p. 1169Freedom from agitation or excitement of mind; lack of ardor; coolness; indifference.
  10. Sān'gi-ă'ĕ, n.p. 1169A Turkish governor of a sangiacate, or district forming part of a pashalic. Brande.
  11. Sān'gi-a-cāte, n.p. 1169A division of a Turkish pashalic.
  12. Sān'gre-al, n.p. 1169See GRAIL.
  13. Sān-guĭf'er-oŭs, a.p. 1169Conveying blood. Sanguiferous vessels (Anat.), the arteries, veins, and capillaries.
  14. Săn'gui-fi-cā'tion, n.p. 1169(Physiol.) The production of blood; the conversion of the products of digestion into blood.
  15. Săn’gui-fi’er, n.p. 1169A producer of blood. Floyer.
  16. Sān-guĭf'lu-oŭs, a.p. 1169Flowing or running with blood.
  17. Săn’gui-fy, v. i.p. 1169To produce blood.
  18. San-guĭgē-nous, a.p. 1169Producing blood; as, sanguigenous food. Gregory.
  19. Săn'guī-nā'rī-ă, n.p. 1169(Bot.) A genus of perennial plants having a red juice; bloodroot. Gray.
  20. Săn'gui-na-ri-ly, adv.p. 1169In a sanguinary or blood-thirsty manner.
  21. Sān'gui-nā'ri-ness, n.p. 1169The state or quality of being sanguinary.
  22. Săn'gui-na-ry, a.p. 1169Attended with much bloodshed; bloody; murderous; as, a sanguinary war, contest, or battle. 2. Bloodthirsty; cruel; eager to shed blood. Passion ... makes us brutal and sanguinary. Broome.…
  23. Săn'gui-na-ry, n.p. 1169(Bot.) A plant of the genus Sanguinaria; bloodwort; bloodroot.
  24. Săn'guine, a.p. 1169Having the color of blood; red. “Like to that sanguine flower inscribed with woe.” Milton. 2. Characterized by abundance and active circulation of blood; as, a sanguine bodily temperament. 3. Warm…
  25. Sān'guīne, n.p. 1169Blood color. Spenser. 2. Bloodstone.
  26. Sān'guīne, v. t.p. 1169To stain with blood, or of the color of blood; to ensanguine.
  27. Sān'guīne-less, a.p. 1169Destitute of blood; pale. [Rare.]
  28. Sān'guīne-ly, adv.p. 1169In a sanguine manner; ardently; with confidence of success. I can not speculate quite so sanguinely as he does. Burke.
  29. Sān'guīne-ness, n.p. 1169The condition or quality of being sanguine; redness; fullness of blood; heat or ardor of temperament.
  30. San-guīn'e-ōūs, a.p. 1169Abounding with blood; sanguine. 2. Of, or pertaining to, blood. 3. Constituting blood. Browne. 4. Blood-red; crimson.
  31. San-guīn'i-ty, n.p. 1169Sanguineness. [Obs.] Swift.
  32. Sān'gui-nīv'o-roūs, a.p. 1169Eating or subsisting on blood.
  33. San-guïn'o-len-cy, n.p. 1169The state of being sanguinolent or bloody.
  34. San-guïn'o-lent, a.p. 1169Tinged or mingled with blood; bloody.
  35. Sān'gui-sūge, n.p. 1169(Zoöl.) The blood-sucker; a leech, or horse-leech. See LEECH.
  36. Sān'he-drīm, n.p. 1169(Jewish Antiq.) The great council of the Jews, which consisted of seventy members, to whom the high priest was added. It had jurisdiction of religious matters. [Written also sanhedrin.]
  37. Sān'i-cle, n.p. 1169(Bot.) A plant of several species of the genus Sanicula; black snake-root; — so called from its reputed healing qualities.
  38. Sā'ni-ēs, n.p. 1169(Med.) A thin, serous fluid commonly exhaled at the surface of ulcers. Dunglison.
  39. Sā'ni-ōūs, a.p. 1169Pertaining to sanies, or partaking of its nature and appearance; thin and serous, with a slight bloody tinge; as, the sanious matter of an ulcer. 2. Excreting or effusing a thin, serous, reddish…
  40. Săn'i-ta-rīst, n.p. 1169An advocate of sanitary measures; one especially interested in sanitary measures or reforms.
  41. Sān'i-tā'ri-ŭm, n.p. 1169A health station. [Rare.] “A sanitarium for troops.” Oliphant.
  42. Sān'i-ta-ry, a.p. 1169Pertaining to, or designed to secure, sanity or health; relating to the preservation of health; hygienic; as, sanitary regulations. [See Note under SANATORY.]
  43. Săn'i-ty, n.p. 1169The condition or quality of being sane; soundness or healthiness of body or mind, especially the latter; saneness.
  44. Săn'jak, n.p. 1169The same as SANGIAC.
  45. Sānk, imp.p. 1169of sink. See SINK.
  46. Sān'pan, n.p. 1169See SAMPAN.
  47. Sāns, prep.p. 1169Without; deprived or destitute of. [Obs.] Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans every thing. Shak.
  48. Sān'serit, n.p. 1169The same as SANSKRIT, q. v.
  49. Sans-culotte, n.p. 1169A fellow without breeches; a ragged fellow; — a name of reproach given in the first French revolution to the extreme republican party, who rejected breeches as an emblem or badge peculiar to the…
  50. Sans-en-lŏt'tism, n.p. 1169Extreme republican principles; the principles or practice of the sans-culottes.
  51. Sān'skrit, n.p. 1169The ancient language of the Hindoos, long since obsolete in vernacular use, but preserved to the present day as the literary and sacred dialect of India. It is nearly allied to the Persian, and to…
  52. Sans-souci, adv.p. 1169Without care; free and easy.
  53. Sănʹta-līne, n.p. 1169(Chem.) The coloring matter of red-sanders, or sandal-wood, obtained by digesting the rasped wood in alcohol, and adding water. Brande.
  54. Săn’ter, v. i.p. 1170See SAUNTER.
  55. Sān'ton, n.p. 1170A Turkish saint; a kind of dervis, regarded by the vulgar as a saint; also, a hermit.
  56. Sān’to-nīne, n.p. 1170(Chem.) A proximate vegetable principle obtained from the Artemisia, especially A. contra. It is bitter, volatile, and colored yellow by the action of light. Gregory.
  57. Sāp, n.p. 1170The juice of plants of any kind, especially the ascending and descending juices essential to nutrition. ☞ The ascending is the crude sap, the assimilation of which takes place in the leaves, when it…
  58. Sāp, v. t.p. 1170To subvert by digging or wearing away; to mine; to undermine; to destroy the foundation of. Their dwellings were sapped by floods. Dryden. 2. (Mil.) To pierce with saps.
  59. Sāp, v. i.p. 1170To proceed by mining, or by secretly undermining. Both assaults are carried on by sapping. Tatler. 2. (Mil.) To execute saps. Craighill.
  60. Sāp, n.p. 1170(Mil.) An approach made to a fortified place by digging under cover of gabions, &c. ☞ The single sap has only a single parapet; the double has one on each side. In all saps, traverses are left to…