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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Sĕm’ĭ-bär-bā’rĭ-an, a. p. 1199Half savage; partially civilized.Sĕm′ĭ-bar-băr′ĭc, a. p. 1199Half barbarous, or uncivilized; as, semi-barbaric display.Sĕm'i-bār'bār-ism, n. p. 1199A state of being half barbarous or uncivilized.Sĕm′ĭ-bār′ba-rŏŭs, a. p. 1199In a state of semi-barbarism.Sĕm'i-brĭēf, n. p. 1199(Mus.) A semibreve. [Rare.]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.Sĕm'ī-căl'çined, a. p. 1199Half calcined; as, semi-calcined iron.Sĕm'ĭ-cās'trāte, v. t. p. 1199To deprive of one testicle.Sĕm'ĭ-cas-trā'tion, n. p. 1199Half castration; deprivation of one testicle.Sĕm′ĭ-cha-ŏt′ĭc, a. p. 1199Partially chaotic.Sĕm’ĭ-chō’rus, n. p. 1199(Mus.) A short chorus performed by a few singers.Sēm'î-a-chrīs'tian-īzed, a. p. 1199Half Christianized.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.Sĕm′i-cĭr′cled, a. p. 1199Having the form of half of a circle.Sĕm'ĭ-cĭr'cu-lar, a. p. 1199Having the form of half of a circle. Addison.Sĕm'ĭ-cĭr-cŭm'fĕr-ence, n. p. 1199Half of the circumference.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…Sĕm′ī-cŏl′umn, n. p. 1199A half column.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.Sēm′ĭ-com-pāct′, a. p. 1199Half compact; imperfectly indurated.Sĕm'ī-eŏn'scious, a. p. 1199Half conscious; imperfectly conscious. De Quincey.Sĕm'ĭ-crus-tā'ceoŭs, a. p. 1199Half crustaceous.Sĕm'i-crys'tal-line, a. p. 1199Imperfectly crystallized.Sĕm'ĭ-cū'bĭc-al, a. p. 1199(Math.) Of, pertaining to, or characterizing, a species of parabola in which the cubes of the ordinates are proportional to the squares of the abscissas, and which is the evolute of the common…Sĕm′ĭ-cū′bĭ-ŭm or Sĕm′ĭ-cū′pĭ-ŭm, n. p. 1199A half bath, or one that covers only the lower extremities and hips.Sĕm′ĭ-cy-līn′drĭc or Sĕm′ĭ-cy-līn′drĭc-al, a. p. 1199Half cylindrical.Se-mīd'a-līte, n. p. 1199(Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect of heretics who lived in the sixth century, and who used wheat flour in their sacrifices. Hook.Sĕm′/ī-de-ĭst′ic-al, a. p. 1199Half deistical; bordering on deism. S. Miller.Sĕm'ĭ-dī-ăm'e-ter, n. p. 1199Half of a diameter; a right line, or the length of a right line, drawn from the center of a circle, sphere, or other curved figure, to its circumference or periphery; a radius.Sĕm’ī-dī-a-pā’son, n. p. 1199(Mus.) An imperfect octave.Sĕm′ĭ-dī′ă-pĕn′te, n. p. 1199(Mus.) An imperfect fifth. Busby.Sēm′ĭ-dĭ-ăph′a-nē′ĭ-ty, n. p. 1199Half or imperfect transparency; translucency. [Rare.] Boyle.Sĕm'ĭ-dĭ-ăph'ă-noŭs, a. p. 1199Half or imperfectly transparent; translucent.Sēm'ī-dī-a-tēs'sa-rōn, n. p. 1199(Mus.) An imperfect or defective fourth. [Rare.] Brande.Sĕm’î-dī’tōne, n. p. 1199(Mus.) A lesser third, having its terms as 6 to 5; a hemiditone. [Rare.]Sēm'i-dī-ūr'nal, a. p. 1199Pertaining to, or accomplished in, half a day, or twelve hours. 2. Pertaining to, or accomplished in, six hours, or in half the time between the rising and setting of a heavenly body; as, a…Sēm'i-dōub'le, n. p. 1199(Rom. Cath. Church.) An office or feast celebrated with less solemnity than the double ones, but with more than the single ones. Bailey.Sēm'i-dou'ble, a. p. 1199(Bot.) Having the outermost stamens converted into petals, while the inner ones remain perfect; — said of a flower.Sēm'i-fā'ble, n. p. 1199That which consists of, or contains, a part of fable and a part of truth; a mixture of truth and fable. De Quincey.Sĕm′ĭ-flō′rĕt, n. p. 1199See SEMIFLOSCULE.Sēm'ĭ-flōs'cu-lar, a. p. 1199Semi-flosculous.Sēm’ī-flōs’cūle, n. p. 1199(Bot.) A floscule or floret, with its corolla prolonged into a strap-shaped petal; — called also semi-floret.Sēm'i-flōs'cū-lōus, a. p. 1199(Bot.) Having all the florets ligulate, as in the dandelion.Sēm'i-flū'id, a. p. 1199Imperfectly fluid.Sēm'i-fōrm, n. p. 1199A half form; an imperfect form.Sēm'i-fōrmed, a. p. 1199Half formed; imperfectly formed; as, semi-formed crystals.Sēm'ĭ-hō'ral, a. p. 1199Half-hourly.Sēm'i-in'dū-rā'ted, a. p. 1199Imperfectly indurated or hardened.Sĕm'ĭ-la-pĭd'ĭ-fied, a. p. 1199Imperfectly changed into stone. Kirwan.Sēm’ĭ-len-tĭc’ū-lar, a. p. 1199Half lenticular or convex; imperfectly resembling a lens. Kirwan.Sĕm'i-lĭq'uid, a. p. 1199Half liquid; semi-fluid.Sēm'i-li-quid'i-ty, n. p. 1199The state of being semi-liquid; partial liquidity.Sĕm′ĭ-lū′nar or Sĕm′ĭ-lū′na-ry or Sĕm′ĭ-lū′nate, a. p. 1199Resembling in form a half moon.Sĕmĭ-mĕt′al, n. p. 1199A metal that is not malleable, as bismuth, arsenic, nickel, cobalt, zinc, antimony, manganese, tungsten, molybdenum, and uranite. [Obs.] Nicholson.Sēm'i-me-tāl'lic, a. p. 1199Pertaining to a semi-metal, or partaking of its nature and qualities.Sĕm'i-mūte',, n. p. 1199One who, in consequence of the loss of the power of hearing, or from having never possessed it, is unable to speak perfectly; a semi-mute person.Sēm'ĭ-mūte', a. p. 1199Having the faculty of speech but imperfectly developed; — applied to those who, from partial deafness, have acquired but imperfectly the power of speech, or who, having once possessed the faculty…Sĕm'i-nal, a. p. 1199Pertaining to seed, or to the elements of production. 2. Contained in seed; holding the relations of seed, source, or first principle; holding the first place in a series of developed results or…Sĕm'i-nal, n. p. 1199Seminal state. [Obs.] Browne.Sĕm'i-năl'i-ty, n. p. 1199The nature of seed; the power of production. [Obs.] Browne.