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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. Sēa'-tōad, n.p. 1191A certain ugly fish. Cotgrave.
  2. Sēa'-tôr'toise, n.p. 1191A marine tortoise.
  3. Sēa'-tûrn, n.p. 1191A breeze, gale, or mist from the sea.
  4. Sēa'-tûr'tle, n.p. 1191(Zoöl.) A marine turtle; a sea-tortoise. 2. (Ornith.) A certain marine bird; the diver.
  5. Sēa'-ū'ni-côrn, n.p. 1191(Ichth.) The narwhal. See NARWHAL.
  6. Sēa'-ûr'chin, n.p. 1191(Zoöl.) A radiate animal of the class of echinoderms, having a firm shell, and covered with spines; the echinus. When stripped of the spines, it is often called sea-egg.
  7. Sēave, n.p. 1191A rush. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
  8. Sēav'y, a.p. 1191Overgrown with rushes. [Prov. Eng.]
  9. Sēa'-wall, n.p. 1191A wall to resist encroachments of the sea. “What a sea-wall they are, these hills!” Kingsley.
  10. Sēa'-wand, n.p. 1191(Bot.) See SEA-GIRDLES.
  11. Sēa'ward, a.p. 1191Directed toward the sea. Donne.
  12. Sēa'ward, adv.p. 1191Toward the sea; in the direction of the sea. Drayton.
  13. Sēa'-wâre, n.p. 1191That which is thrown upon the shore by the sea, as sea-weed, and the like. 2. (Bot.) See SEA-GIRDLES.
  14. Sēa'-weed, n.p. 1191(Bot.) A marine plant of the class of Algæ, as the Fuci, Ulvæ, &c.
  15. Sēa'-wife, n.p. 1191A fish of the genus Labrus, allied to the wrasse.
  16. Sēa'-wĭl'lōw, n.p. 1191(Zoöl.) A polyp belonging to the genus Gorgonia. Eng. Cyc.
  17. Sēa'-with'wind, n.p. 1191(Bot.) A plant; bindweed.
  18. Sēa'-wolf, n.p. 1191(Ichth.) A fish of the genus Anarrhicas (A. lupus), found in northern seas, about Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Scotland, England, &c., and so named from its fierceness and ravenousness. It grows…
  19. Sēa'-worm'wood, n.p. 1191(Bot.) A species of wormwood growing by the sea; the Artemisia maritima.
  20. Sēa'-wor'thi-ness, n.p. 1191The state or quality of being sea-worthy, or able to resist the ordinary violence of wind and weather. Kent.
  21. Sēa'-wor'thy, a.p. 1191Fit for a voyage; worthy of being trusted to transport a cargo with safety; as, a sea-worthy ship.
  22. Sēa'-wrăck, n.p. 1191(Bot.) See SEA-GRASS.
  23. Se-bā'ceoŭs, a.p. 1191Made of tallow or fat; pertaining to fat. 2. (Bot.) Looking like wax, tallow, or grease; as, the sebaceous secretions of some plants. Henslow. 3. (Physiol.) Affording fatty secretions; as, sebaceous…
  24. Se-băç'ic, a.p. 1191(Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or obtained from fat; as, sebacic acid.
  25. Sē'bate, n.p. 1191(Chem.) A salt formed by the combination of sebacic acid and a base. Hooper.
  26. Se-bēs'ten, n.p. 1191(Bot.) A tropical tree and its fruit, of the genus Cordia;—called also sebesten plum. [Written also sepis-tan.] P. Cyc.
  27. Se-bĭf'er-oŭs, a.p. 1191(Bot.) Producing vegetable wax. Henslow.
  28. Sĕb'un-dee' or Sĕb'un-dy, n.p. 1191An irregular native soldier, employed chiefly on revenue and police service. [India.] Malcom.
  29. Se-cā'le, n.p. 1191The ergot of rye. Brande. 2. (Bot.) A genus of plants including rye.
  30. Sē′can-cy, n.p. 1191A cutting; an intersection; as, the point of secancy of one line by another. Math. Dict.
  31. Sē'cant, a.p. 1191Cutting; dividing into two parts; as, a secant line. Secant plane, a plane cutting a surface or solid.
  32. Sē'cant, n.p. 1191(Geom.) A line that cuts another; especially, a straight line cutting a curve in two or more points. 2. (Trigonometry.) A right line drawn from the center of a circle through one end of an arc, and…
  33. Se-cēde', v. i.p. 1191To withdraw from fellowship, communion, or association; to separate one's self by a solemn act; to draw off; to retire; especially, in the United States, to withdraw, as a State, from the National…
  34. Se-cēd'er, n.p. 1191One who secedes. 2. (Eccl. Hist.) One of a numerous body of Presbyterians in Scotland who seceded from the communion of the established church, about the year 1733, and formed the Secession Church…
  35. Se-çẽrn', v. t.p. 1191To separate; to distinguish. Averroes secerns a sense of titillation, and a sense of hunger and thirst. Sir W. Hamilton. 2. (Physiol.) To secrete. The mucus secerned in the nose ... is a laudable…
  36. Se-çẽrn'ent, a.p. 1191(Med.) Serving to separate; secreting. Dunglison.
  37. Se-çẽrn'ent, n.p. 1191(Med.) That which promotes secretion. Darwin. 2. (Anat.) A vessel in or by means of which the process of secretion takes place; a secreting vessel.
  38. Se-çẽrn'ment, n.p. 1191The process or act of secreting.
  39. Se-çēsh', n.p. 1191A cant term often used collectively for those who have seceded from the National Union. [Colloq. U. S.]
  40. Se-cĕss', n.p. 1191Retirement; retreat. [Obs.]
  41. Se-çĕs′/sion, n.p. 1191The act of seceding; separation from fellowship or association; withdrawal. 2. (U. S. Hist.) The withdrawal, or attempt to withdraw, from the National Union. Secession Church, in Scotland, and United…
  42. Se-cĕs'sion-ist, n.p. 1191One who upholds secession. 2. (U. S. Hist.) One who holds to, assents to, or defends, the right of a State to separate from the Union of States at its will.
  43. Sē’chi-ŭm, n.p. 1191(Bot.) The fruit of a South American vegetable (Sechium edulis, or Siegos edulis). In size and form it resembles a large bell-pear, and is eaten like the squash.
  44. Sēck'el, n.p. 1191A small, pulpy variety of pear of delicious flavor.
  45. Sē'cle, n.p. 1191A century. [Obs.] Hammond.
  46. Se-clūde′, v. t.p. 1191To shut up apart from others; to withdraw into solitude; to separate from society or intercourse with others. Let Eastern tyrants from the light of heaven Seclude their bosom-slaves. Thomson. 2. To…
  47. Se-clūd'ed-ly, adv.p. 1191In a secluded manner.
  48. Se-clūse'ness, n.p. 1191The state of being secluded from society.
  49. Se-clū'sion, n.p. 1191The act of secluding, or the state of seclusion; separation from society or connection; a shutting out; as, to live in seclusion. Syn. — Solitude; separation; withdrawal; retirement; privacy. See…
  50. Se-clū'sive, a.p. 1192Tending to seclusion; secluding; sequestering.
  51. Sĕc'ond, a.p. 1192Immediately following the first; next to the first in order of place or time; the ordinal of two. And he slept and dreamed the second time. Gen. xli. 5. 2. Next in value, power, excellence, dignity…
  52. Sĕc'ond, n.p. 1192One who follows or comes after; one next and inferior in place, time, rank, or the like. Man An angel's second, nor his second long. Young. 2. One who follows or attends another for his support and…
  53. Sĕc'ond, v. t.p. 1192To follow in the next place; to succeed; to alternate. [Rare.] In the method of nature, a low valley is immediately seconded with an ambitious hill. Fuller. Sin is seconded with sin. South. 2. To…
  54. Sĕc'ond-a-ri-ly, adv.p. 1192In a secondary manner or degree; not primarily or originally; not in the first intention.
  55. Sĕc'ond-a-ri-ness, n.p. 1192State of being secondary.
  56. Sĕc'ond-a-ry, a.p. 1192Succeeding next in order to the first; of second place, origin, rank, and the like; not primary; subordinate; not of the first order or rate. Where there is moral right on the one hand, no secondary…
  57. Sĕc'ond-a-ry, n.p. 1192One who occupies a subordinate, inferior, or auxiliary place; a delegate or deputy; one who acts in subordination to another; as, the secondaries of the Court of King's Bench and of Common Pleas. 2.…
  58. Sēc'ond-er, n.p. 1192One who seconds or supports what another attempts, affirms, moves, or proposes; as, the seconder of an enterprise or of a motion.
  59. Sē'cond-hānd, n.p. 1192The hand marking the seconds in a clock or watch.
  60. Sĕc'ond-hānd, n.p. 1192Possession obtained by transfer from a previous owner. Johnson. At second hand, in or from the second place in the order of possession or use; by transmission; not primarily; not originally; after…