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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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Sēa'son-a-bly, adv. p. 1191In a seasonable manner; in due time; in time convenient; sufficiently early; as, to sow or plant seasonably.Sēa'son-age, n. p. 1191Seasoning; sauce. [Obs.] “The light, which is that that gives a seasonage to all other fruitions.” South.Sēa'son-al, a. p. 1191Of or pertaining to the seasons. Partington.Sēa'son-er, n. p. 1191One who, or that which, seasons, matures, or gives a relish.Sēa'son-ing, n. p. 1191That which is added to any species of food, to give it a higher relish; usually, something pungent or aromatic, as salt, spices, aromatic herbs, acids, sugar, or the like; a condiment. 2. Hence…Sēa'son-less, a. p. 1191Without succession of the seasons.Sēa'-spī'der, n. p. 1191(Zoöl.) A crab of the genus Maia (M. squinado), having the body nearly triangular, and the legs rather slender, and sometimes quite long. Dana.Sēa'-stār, n. p. 1191(Zoöl.) The star-fish, a marine, radiate animal.Sēa'-sūr'geon, n. p. 1191A surgeon employed on ship-board.Sēa'-swal'low, n. p. 1191(Ornith.) (a.) The common tern; Sterna hirundo. (b.) The storm petrel; Thalassidroma (Procellaria, Linnæus) pelagica. P. Cyc.Sēat, n. p. 1191The place or thing upon which one sits. 2. The place occupied by any thing, or where any thing is situated, resides, or abides; station; post of authority; site; abode. “A seat of plenty, content…Sēat, v. t. p. 1191To place on a seat; to cause to sit down; as, we seat our guests. The guests were no sooner seated but they entered into a warm debate. Arbuthnot. 2. To cause to occupy a post, site, situation, or…Sēat, v. i. p. 1191To rest; to lie down. [Obs.] Spenser.Sēa'-tăng, n. p. 1191A kind of sea-weed; tang; tangle. “To their nest of sedge and sea-tang.” Longfellow.Sēa'-tẽrm, n. p. 1191A word or term used appropriately by seamen, or peculiar to the art of navigation.Sēa'-thief, n. p. 1191A pirate. Bp. of Chichester.Sēat'ing, n. p. 1191The act of making or giving a seat. 2. The material for making seats; as, horse-hair or cane seating.Sēa'-tōad, n. p. 1191A certain ugly fish. Cotgrave.Sēa'-tôr'toise, n. p. 1191A marine tortoise.Sēa'-tûrn, n. p. 1191A breeze, gale, or mist from the sea.Sēa'-tûr'tle, n. p. 1191(Zoöl.) A marine turtle; a sea-tortoise. 2. (Ornith.) A certain marine bird; the diver.Sēa'-ū'ni-côrn, n. p. 1191(Ichth.) The narwhal. See NARWHAL.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.Sēave, n. p. 1191A rush. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.Sēav'y, a. p. 1191Overgrown with rushes. [Prov. Eng.]Sēa'-wall, n. p. 1191A wall to resist encroachments of the sea. “What a sea-wall they are, these hills!” Kingsley.Sēa'-wand, n. p. 1191(Bot.) See SEA-GIRDLES.Sēa'ward, a. p. 1191Directed toward the sea. Donne.Sēa'ward, adv. p. 1191Toward the sea; in the direction of the sea. Drayton.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.Sēa'-weed, n. p. 1191(Bot.) A marine plant of the class of Algæ, as the Fuci, Ulvæ, &c.Sēa'-wife, n. p. 1191A fish of the genus Labrus, allied to the wrasse.Sēa'-wĭl'lōw, n. p. 1191(Zoöl.) A polyp belonging to the genus Gorgonia. Eng. Cyc.Sēa'-with'wind, n. p. 1191(Bot.) A plant; bindweed.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…Sēa'-worm'wood, n. p. 1191(Bot.) A species of wormwood growing by the sea; the Artemisia maritima.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.Sēa'-wor'thy, a. p. 1191Fit for a voyage; worthy of being trusted to transport a cargo with safety; as, a sea-worthy ship.Sēa'-wrăck, n. p. 1191(Bot.) See SEA-GRASS.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…Se-băç'ic, a. p. 1191(Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or obtained from fat; as, sebacic acid.Sē'bate, n. p. 1191(Chem.) A salt formed by the combination of sebacic acid and a base. Hooper.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.Se-bĭf'er-oŭs, a. p. 1191(Bot.) Producing vegetable wax. Henslow.Sĕb'un-dee' or Sĕb'un-dy, n. p. 1191An irregular native soldier, employed chiefly on revenue and police service. [India.] Malcom.Se-cā'le, n. p. 1191The ergot of rye. Brande. 2. (Bot.) A genus of plants including rye.Sē′can-cy, n. p. 1191A cutting; an intersection; as, the point of secancy of one line by another. Math. Dict.Sē'cant, a. p. 1191Cutting; dividing into two parts; as, a secant line. Secant plane, a plane cutting a surface or solid.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…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…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…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…Se-çẽrn'ent, a. p. 1191(Med.) Serving to separate; secreting. Dunglison.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.Se-çẽrn'ment, n. p. 1191The process or act of secreting.Se-çēsh', n. p. 1191A cant term often used collectively for those who have seceded from the National Union. [Colloq. U. S.]Se-cĕss', n. p. 1191Retirement; retreat. [Obs.]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…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.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.