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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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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.Sēck'el, n. p. 1191A small, pulpy variety of pear of delicious flavor.Sē'cle, n. p. 1191A century. [Obs.] Hammond.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…Se-clūd'ed-ly, adv. p. 1191In a secluded manner.Se-clūse'ness, n. p. 1191The state of being secluded from society.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…Se-clū'sive, a. p. 1192Tending to seclusion; secluding; sequestering.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…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…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…Sĕc'ond-a-ri-ly, adv. p. 1192In a secondary manner or degree; not primarily or originally; not in the first intention.Sĕc'ond-a-ri-ness, n. p. 1192State of being secondary.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…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.…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.Sē'cond-hānd, n. p. 1192The hand marking the seconds in a clock or watch.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…Sĕc'ond-hănd, a. p. 1192Not original or primary; received from another. They have but a second-hand or implicit knowledge. Locke. 2. Not new; already or previously possessed or used by another; as, a second-hand book.Sē'ond-ly, adv. p. 1192In the second place.Se-cōn'do, n. p. 1192(Mus.) The second part in a concerted piece.Sĕc'ond-rāte, n. p. 1192The second order in size, dignity, or value, and the like. They call it thunder of the second-rate. Addison.Sĕc'ond-rāte, a. p. 1192Of the second size, rank, quality, or value; as, a second-rate ship; a second-rate cloth; a second-rate champion.Sĕc'ond-sight, n. p. 1192The power of seeing things future or distant; the capacity of a seer; prophetic vision. Nor less availed his optic sleight, And Scottish gift of second-sight. Trumbull.Sĕc'ond-sīght'ed, a. p. 1192Having the power of second-sight. [Rare.] Addison.Sē'cre-cy, n. p. 1192State of being secret; separation; retirement; privacy; concealment. “The pensive secrecy of desert cell.” Milton. The Lady Anne. Whom the king hath in secrecy long married. Shak. 2. The quality of…Sē'cret, a. p. 1192Separate or set apart; hence, hid; concealed from general notice or knowledge; withdrawn from general intercourse; secluded; unseen. I have a secret errand to thee, O king. Judg. iii. 19. There…Sē'cret, n. p. 1192Something studiously concealed; a thing kept from general knowledge; what is not revealed, or not to be revealed. To tell our own secrets is often folly; to communicate those of others is treachery.…Sē'cret, v. t. p. 1192To keep private or secret. [Obs.]Sēc're-tā'ri-al, a. p. 1192Of, or pertaining to, a secretary. [Rare.] “Some secretarial, diplomatic, or official training.” Carlyle.Sē'cre-tā'ri-at or Sē'cre-tā'ri-ate, n. p. 1192The office of a secretary; the place where a secretary transacts business, keeps records, and the like.Sē'e-re-ta-ry, n. p. 1192One who keeps, or is intrusted with, secrets. [Very rare.] “A faithful secretary to her sex’s foibles.” W. Scott. 2. A person employed to write orders, letters, dispatches, public or private papers…Sē'cre-ta-ry-bird, n. p. 1192of feathers at the back of its head, which were fancifully thought to resemble pens stuck behind the ear.] (Ornith.) A bird of South Africa (Gypogeranus serpentarius), with an aquiline head and beak…Sĕc're-ta-ry-ship, n. p. 1192The office of a secretary.Se-crēte', v. t. p. 1192To separate; to deposit in a place of hiding; to remove from observation; to hide; to conceal; as, to secrete stolen goods; to secrete one's self. 2. (Physiol.) To separate or produce by the…Sē'cret-false, a. p. 1192Undetected in falsehood or unfaithfulness; secretly false. [Obs. and rare.] Shak.Se-crē'tion, n. p. 1192The act of secreting or secreting; especially, production from the general nourishing substance, of particular substances in the vital economy. ☞ “The general term secretion, . . . considered in its…Sē'cret-ist, n. p. 1192A dealer in secrets. [Obs. and rare.] Boyle.Sē'cre-ti'tiŏūs, a. p. 1192Parted by animal secretion. Floyer.Se-crēt'ive, a. p. 1192Tending to secrete, or to keep secret or private; as, a secretive disposition.Se-crēt'ive-ness, n. p. 1192The quality of being secretive; disposition or tendency to conceal.