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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'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.Sär'dīne, n. p. 1171(Ichth.) A Mediterranean fish, of the herring family (Engraulus meletta), about the size of the anchovy;—often prepared or put up with olive oil as a delicacy.Sär'dĭne or Sär'di-ŭs, n. p. 1171A precious stone, probably a carnelian, of which one was set in Aaron’s breastplate. Ex. xxviii.Sar-dĭn'i-an, a. p. 1171(Geog.) Of, or pertaining to, the island, kingdom, or people of Sardinia.Sar-dīn'i-an, n. p. 1171(Geog.) A native or inhabitant of Sardinia.Sār'doin, n. p. 1171(Min.) Sard; carnelian.Sar-dŏn'ic, a. p. 1171Forced, heartless, or bitter; — said of a laugh or smile; having the appearance of gayety or happiness, but covering pain or misery; concealing bitterness of heart; mocking. Where strained sardonic…Sar-dōn'ic, a. p. 1171Of, pertaining to, or resembling a kind of linen made at Colchis. Bryant.Sär'do-nyx, n. p. 1171(Min.) A silicious stone or gem, nearly allied to onyx, of a reddish-yellow, or nearly orange color.Sā'rēe, n. p. 1171A cotton fabric worn by Indian women, wrapped about the person; also, a long embroidered scarf of gauze or silk. Simmonds.