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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Săp'pāre, n. p. 1170(Min.) A certain mineral; kyanite. [Written also soppar.]Săp'per, n. p. 1170One who saps. 2. (Mil.) One who is employed in working at saps, building and repairing fortifications, and the like.Săp'phic, a. p. 1170Pertaining to Sappho, a Grecian poetess; as, Sapphic odes; Sapphic verse. 2. (Pros.) Belonging to, or in the manner of, Sappho; — used of a certain kind of verse (said to have been invented by…Săp'phie, n. p. 1170(Pros.) A Sapphic verse.Săp’phire, n. p. 1170(Min.) Pure, crystallized alumina. Sapphire occurs in hexagonal crystals, and also in grains and massive. The name sapphire is usually restricted to the blue crystals, while the bright-red are called…Săp'phire, a. p. 1170Of, or resembling, sapphire. “The sapphire blaze.” Gray.Săp'phir-ine, a. p. 1170Resembling sapphire; made of sapphire; having the qualities of sapphire. Boyle.Săp'pi-ness, n. p. 1170The state or quality of being sappy or full of sap; succulence; juiciness.Sāp'po-dil'la, n. p. 1170See SAPODILLA.Săp'py, a. p. 1170Abounding with sap; juicy; succulent. 2. Hence, young; not firm; weak. When he had passed this weak and sappy age. Hayward. 3. Weak in intellect.Sāp'py, a. p. 1170Musty; tainted. [Obs.]Săp'-rōll'er, n. p. 1170(Mil.) A large gabion, six or seven feet long, filled with fascines, which the sapper sometimes rolls along before him to protect from the fire of an enemy.Sa-prŏph'a-gan, n. p. 1170(Entom.) One of a tribe of coleopterous insects, which feed on animal and vegetable substances in a state of decomposition. Brande.Sāp'-rōt, n. p. 1170The dry rot, a disease of timber.Sā'p'sa-go, n. p. 1170A kind of cheese, made in Switzerland, having a dark-green color and agreeable flavor. It is flavored with melilot.Săp'-skŭll, n. p. 1170A stupid fellow; a sap-head. [Low.]Săp'-sŭck'er, n. p. 1170(Ornith.) A woodpecker of the species Picus varius, P. pubescens, and P. villosus; — so called in the United States.Sāp'-tūbe, n. p. 1170(Bot.) A vessel that conveys sap.Sāp'-wōod, n. p. 1170(Bot.) The albumum or exterior part of the wood of a tree, next to the bark, being that portion of the tree through which the sap flows most freely.Sār'a-ba-īte, n. p. 1170(Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect of Oriental monks, seceders from ordinary monastic life.Săr'a-band, n. p. 1170(Mus.) (a.) A grave Spanish dance, to an air in triple time. (b.) The air itself. She has brought us the newest saraband from the court of Queen Mab. W. Scott.Sār'a-cen, n. p. 1170An Arabian; a Mussulman; an adherent or propagator of Mohammedanism in countries further west than Arabia.Săr'/a-cĕn'ic or Săr'/a-cĕn'ic-al, a. p. 1170Of, or pertaining to, the Saracens; as, Saracenic architecture. “A flourish of wild Saracenic music.” W. Scott.Săr'a-sīn, n. p. 1170(Arch.) A portcullis. See SARRASINE.Sär'casm, n. p. 1170A keen, reproachful expression; a satirical remark uttered with some degree of scorn or contempt; a taunt; a gibe; a cutting jest. “The sarcasms of those critics who imagine our art to be a matter of…Sar-cās'moūs, a. p. 1170Characterized by sarcasm; sarcastic. [Obs.] “Sarcasmous scandal.” Hudibras.Sar-căs'tĭc or Sar-căs'tĭc-al, a. p. 1170Bitterly satirical; scornfully severe; taunting. What a fierce and sarcastic reprehension would this have drawn from the friendship of the world? South.Sar-cās'tic-al-ly, adv. p. 1170In a sarcastic manner; with scornful satire.Sār'çel, n. p. 1170The pinion or outer joint of the wing of a bird, especially a hawk.Sār'celed, a. p. 1170(Her.) Cut through the middle.Särçe'net, n. p. 1170A species of fine, thin, woven silk, used for ribbons, linings, &c. [Written also sarcenet.] Simmonds.Sār'cle, v. t. p. 1170To weed, or clear from weeds with a hoe. [Obs.] Ainsworth.Sar-cōb'ă-sĭs, n. p. 1170(Bot.) A fruit consisting of many dry, indehiscent cells, which contain but few seeds, and cohere to a common style, as about a common axis. Lindley.Sär'co-cärp, n. p. 1170(Bot.) The fleshy part of a stone-fruit, situated between the integument, skin, or epicarp, and the putamen, stone, or endocarp.Sār'co-cēle, n. p. 1171(Med.) A tumor of a testicle, whether cancerous, tuberculous, or fibrous.Sār'co-cōl or Sār'co-cōl'la, n. p. 1171A semi-transparent, resinous substance, obtained from certain species of Peneæ, as P. sarcocolla, P. mucronata, shrubs of Africa. It is obtained in the form of small, oblong, semi-transparent…Sār'cōde, n. p. 1171Soft, unorganized, or structureless animal material. It is the fleshy material of the rhizopods and other infusoria, the simplest formative material of animal structures, without distinct tissue.…Sār'co-dērm, n. p. 1171(Bot.) A fleshy covering of a seed, lying between the external and internal covering of the seed. [Written also sarcoderma.] Wright.Sār'coid, a. p. 1171Resembling flesh. Dana.Sār'co-lēm'mā, n. p. 1171(Anat.) The sub-transparent tubule which invests the muscular elements, and limits the muscular fiber.Sār'co-līne, a. p. 1171(Min.) Flesh-colored.Sär'co-lite, n. p. 1171(Min.) A variety of analcime from Vesuvius;—applied also to a variety of chabasite, and to the mineral humboldtite. [Obs.] Dana.Sār'co-lŏg'ie or Sār'co-lŏg'ie-al, a. p. 1171Of, or pertaining to, sarcology.Sar-cōl'o-gist, n. p. 1171One skilled in sarcology.Sar-cŏl'o-gy, n. p. 1171That part of anatomy which treats of the soft parts of the body, as the muscles, fat, intestines, vessels, &c.Sar-cō'mā, n. p. 1171(Med.) A tumor of fleshy consistence;—applied to many varieties of tumor. 2. (Bot.) A fleshy disk. Henslow.Sar-cōm'a-tous, a. p. 1171Of, or pertaining to, sarcoma.Sar-cōph'a-gan, n. p. 1171A flesh-eating animal; zoöphagan.Sar-cōph'a-gōus, a. p. 1171Feeding on flesh; flesh-eating.Sar-cŏph'a-gŭs, n. p. 1171A species of limestone used among the Greeks for making coffins, which was so called because it consumed the flesh of bodies deposited in it within a few weeks. It is otherwise called lapis Assius…Sar-cŏph'a-gy, n. p. 1171The practice of eating flesh.Sär'co-rām'phus, n. p. 1171(Zool.) A genus of vultures, including the condor. Baird.Sar-cō'sis, n. p. 1171(Med.) (a.) The formation of flesh. (b.) Sarcoma.Sar-cōt'ic, a. p. 1171Producing or generating flesh. [Rare.]Sar-cōt'ic, n. p. 1171(Med.) A medicine or application which promotes the growth of flesh. [Rare.]Sär'cu-lā'tion, n. p. 1171A raking or weeding with a rake.Sārd, n. p. 1171(Min.) A variety of chalcedony, of a rich brownish-red color, but which, when held between the eye and the light, appears of a deep blood-red; carnelian.Sār'da-chāte, n. p. 1171(Min.) A sort of agate containing sard. Dana.Sār'dan or Sār'del, n. p. 1171(Ichth.) A sardine. [Obs. or rare.]Sär'del, n. p. 1171A sardine or sardius.