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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. Sĕl'vage or Sĕl'vedge, n.p. 1198The edge of cloth, woven in such a manner as to prevent raveling, and often closed by complicating the threads; list.
  2. Sēl'va·gedp. 1199
  3. Sel'vedged, a.p. 1199Having a selvedge.
  4. Sēl'va-gēe', n.p. 1199(Naut.) A kind of skein of rope-yarns, wound round with yarns or marline, used for stoppers, straps, or the like.
  5. Sēlvesp. 1199pl. of self. See SELF.
  6. Sē'ly, a.p. 1199Happy; blissful; blessed. [Obs.] Wycliffe.
  7. Sēm'a-phōre, n.p. 1199An apparatus or piece of mechanism for exhibiting signals to convey information from a distance; a telegraph.
  8. Sēm'a-phōr'ic or Sēm'a-phōr'ic-al, a.p. 1199Pertaining to a semaphore, or to semaphores; telegraphic.
  9. Sēm'a-phōr'ic-al-ly, adv.p. 1199By means of a semaphore.
  10. Se-māph'o-rist, n.p. 1199One who manages or operates a semaphore.
  11. Sēm'a-tŏl'o-gy, n.p. 1199The science of language as the expression of thought. [Rare.] Smart.
  12. Sēm'bla-ble, a.p. 1199Like; similar; resembling. [Obs.] Shak.
  13. Sĕm'bla-bly, adv.p. 1199In like manner. [Obs.]
  14. Sĕm'blance, n.p. 1199Seeming; appearance; show; figure; form. Their semblance kind, and mild their gestures were. Fairfax. 2. Likeness; resemblance, actual or apparent; similitude; as, the semblance of worth; semblance…
  15. Sēm'blant, n.p. 1199Show; figure; resemblance. [Obs.] Spenser.
  16. Sēm’blant, a.p. 1199Like; resembling. [Obs.] Prior.
  17. Sĕm’bla-tīve, a.p. 1199Resembling; fit; suitable; according to. [Obs.] And all is semblative a woman's part. Shak.
  18. Sēm'ble, v. i.p. 1199To imitate; to make a representation or likeness. [Obs.] “Where sembling art may carve the fair effect?” Prior. 2. (Law.) To seem; — chiefly used impersonally, meaning it seems, and expressive of an…
  19. Sémé, a.p. 1199(Her.) Sprinkled or sown; — said of a field when strewed or covered with small charges.
  20. Sē'mēi-ŏg'ra-phy, n.p. 1199The same as SEMIOGRAPHY.
  21. Sē'mēl-ō-lŏg'ie-al, a.p. 1199The same as SEMIOLOGICAL.
  22. Sē'meĭ-ōl'o-gy, n.p. 1199The same as SEMIOLOGY.
  23. Sē'mēi-ōt'ic, a.p. 1199The same as SEMIOTIC.
  24. Sē/mēi-ŏt'ics, n. sing.p. 1199The same as SEMIOTICS.
  25. Sē'men, n.p. 1199Seed, especially the male generative product of animals; sperm. Semen contra, or semen cinae or cynae, a strong, aromatic, bitter drug, imported from Aleppo and Barbary, said to consist of the…
  26. Se-mēs'ter, n.p. 1199A period or term of six months. [Ger. Universities.]
  27. Sĕm'i.p. 1199A prefix, from the Latin semi, Gr. ἡμί, signifying half; as, semi-annual; sometimes, partly or imperfectly; as, semi-transparent.
  28. Sĕm'i-a-çĭd'i-fied, a.p. 1199Half acidified.
  29. Sēm′/i-ăd-hēr′ent, a.p. 1199Adherent part way.
  30. Sĕm′i-am-plēx′i-caul, a.p. 1199Partially amplexicaul; especially (Bot.), embracing the stem half round, as a leaf.
  31. Sĕm'ī-ăn'nu-al, a.p. 1199Half yearly.
  32. Sēm'ĭ-ăn'nu-al-ly, adv.p. 1199Every half year.
  33. Sĕm′-ĭ-ăn′nu-lar, a.p. 1199Having the figure of a half circle; that is, half-round. Grew.
  34. Sĕm’/ĭ-ăp’/er-tūre, n.p. 1199The half of an aperture.
  35. Sēm'i-Ā'ri-an, n.p. 1199(Eccl. Hist.) One belonging to a branch of the Arians, who acquiesced in some of the principles of Arius, disguised under more moderate terms. They did not acknowledge the Son to be consubstantial…
  36. Sĕm'/i-Ā'ri-an, a.p. 1199Pertaining to Semi-Arianism.
  37. Sēm'ī-Ā'ri-an-ism, n.p. 1199The doctrines or tenets of the Semi-Arians.
  38. Sĕm’ĭ-bär-bā’rĭ-an, a.p. 1199Half savage; partially civilized.
  39. Sĕm′ĭ-bar-băr′ĭc, a.p. 1199Half barbarous, or uncivilized; as, semi-barbaric display.
  40. Sĕm'i-bār'bār-ism, n.p. 1199A state of being half barbarous or uncivilized.
  41. Sĕm′ĭ-bār′ba-rŏŭs, a.p. 1199In a state of semi-barbarism.
  42. Sĕm'i-brĭēf, n.p. 1199(Mus.) A semibreve. [Rare.]
  43. Sĕm’i-brēve, n.p. 1199(Mus.) A note, of half the time or duration of the breve;—called also a whole note. It is the longest note now in general use. Semibreves.
  44. Sĕm'ī-căl'çined, a.p. 1199Half calcined; as, semi-calcined iron.
  45. Sĕm'ĭ-cās'trāte, v. t.p. 1199To deprive of one testicle.
  46. Sĕm'ĭ-cas-trā'tion, n.p. 1199Half castration; deprivation of one testicle.
  47. Sĕm′ĭ-cha-ŏt′ĭc, a.p. 1199Partially chaotic.
  48. Sĕm’ĭ-chō’rus, n.p. 1199(Mus.) A short chorus performed by a few singers.
  49. Sēm'î-a-chrīs'tian-īzed, a.p. 1199Half Christianized.
  50. Sēm'ĭ-cîr'cle, n.p. 1199The half of a circle; the part of a circle comprehended between its diameter and half of its circumference. 2. A body in the form of half of a circle.
  51. Sĕm′i-cĭr′cled, a.p. 1199Having the form of half of a circle.
  52. Sĕm'ĭ-cĭr'cu-lar, a.p. 1199Having the form of half of a circle. Addison.
  53. Sĕm'ĭ-cĭr-cŭm'fĕr-ence, n.p. 1199Half of the circumference.
  54. Sĕm’ĭ-cōlon, n.p. 1199(Gram. & Punctuation.) A point or sentential mark [;] used to indicate a separation between parts or members of a sentence, more distinct than that marked by a comma, and a pause in reading usually…
  55. Sĕm′ī-cŏl′umn, n.p. 1199A half column.
  56. Sĕm′ĭ-co-lūm′nar, a.p. 1199Like half of a column; flat on one side and round on the other; imperfectly columnar;—applied especially to botanical objects.
  57. Sēm′ĭ-com-pāct′, a.p. 1199Half compact; imperfectly indurated.
  58. Sĕm'ī-eŏn'scious, a.p. 1199Half conscious; imperfectly conscious. De Quincey.
  59. Sĕm'ĭ-crus-tā'ceoŭs, a.p. 1199Half crustaceous.
  60. Sĕm'i-crys'tal-line, a.p. 1199Imperfectly crystallized.