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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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Sēm′i-sphēr′ic or Sēm′i-sphēr′ic-al, a. p. 1200Having the figure of a half sphere. Kirwan.Sĕm'i-sphē-roid'al, a. p. 1200Formed like a half spheroid.Sēm'ĭ-steel, n. p. 1200Puddled steel. [U. S.]Sēm’i-tān’gent, n. p. 1200(Geom.) The tangent of half an arc. Math. Dict.Sĕm'i-tē-rēte', a. p. 1200(Bot. & Nat. Hist.) Half terete.Sĕm'-i-tēr'-tian, a. p. 1200(Med.) Compounded of a tertian and quotidian ague.Sēm'i-tēr'tian, n. p. 1200(Med.) An intermittent compounded of a tertian and a quotidian.Sē-mĭt'ic, a. p. 1200Pertaining to the family of nations or languages of which the Hebrews, the Syrians, and the Arabs, are the chief members;—so called because in the Bible genealogies they are chiefly ranked as…Sēm'i-tōne, n. p. 1200(Mus.) Half a tone;—the name commonly applied to the smaller intervals of the diatonic scale. ☞ There is an impropriety in the use of this word, and half step is now preferred. See TONE. J. S. Dwight.Sēm'i-tōn'ic, a. p. 1200Pertaining to a semitone; consisting of a semitone or of semitones.Sĕm'i-trăn/sept, n. p. 1200(Arch.) The half of a transept, or cross aisle.Sēm′i-trans-pār′en-cy, n. p. 1200Imperfect transparency; partial opaqueness.Sēm'i-trans-pār'ent, a. p. 1200Half or imperfectly transparent.Sēm'i-ver-tiç'il-late, a. p. 1200Partially verticillate.Sēm'i-vīl, a. p. 1200Half alive. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.Sēm'i-vīt're-oūs, a. p. 1200Partially vitreous. Bigelow.Sēm'i-vīt/ri-fi-cā'tion, n. p. 1200The state of being imperfectly vitrified. 2. A substance imperfectly vitrified.Sĕm′i-vĭt′ri-fīed, a. p. 1200Half or imperfectly vitrified; partially converted into glass.Sēm'i-vō'cal, a. p. 1200Pertaining to a semi-vowel; half vocal; imperfectly sounding.Sĕm'i-vow'el, n. p. 1200(Gram.) (a.) A sound intermediate between a vowel and a consonant, or partaking of the nature of both, and sometimes used in language with the value of a vowel. (b.) The sign representing such a…Sēm'o-lēl'ia or Sēm'o-lī'no, n. p. 1200The fine, hard parts of wheat, rounded by attrition in the millstones;—so used in Italy; but in France applied to the large, hard grains of wheat retained in the bolting machine after the fine parts…Semoule, n. p. 1200The same as SEMOLINO.Sĕm′per-vī′rent, a. p. 1200Always fresh; evergreen. [Rare.]Sēm'per-vīve, n. p. 1200(Bot.) A certain plant; live-forever.Sēm'per-vī'vum, n. p. 1200(Bot.) A genus of succulent plants; house-leek.Sĕm′pi-tĕr′nal, a. p. 1200Of never-ending duration; everlasting; endless; having beginning, but no end. 2. Without beginning or end; eternal. [Rare.]Sĕm'pi-tĕrne, a. p. 1200Sempiternal. [Obs.]Sēm'pi-tēr'ni-ty, n. p. 1200Future duration without end; the relation or state of being sempiternal. Hale.Sēm'p'ster, n. p. 1200See SEAMSTER.Sēm'p'stress, n. p. 1200See SEAMSTRESS.Sēm'p'stress-y, n. p. 1200See SEAMSTRESSY.Se-mūn'ci-a, n. p. 1200(Rom. Antiq.) A Roman coin equivalent to half an ounce, being one twenty-fourth part of a pound.Sēn, adv. p. 1200Since. [Obs. or local.]Sēn'a-ry, a. p. 1200Of six; belonging to six; containing six.Sēn'ate, n. p. 1200An assembly or council of citizens distinguished by birth, dignities, wealth, influence, &c., and invested with a share in the government; as, (a.) (Anc. Rome.) A body of elders appointed or elected…Sēn'a-tor, n. p. 1200A member of a senate. The duke and senators of Venice greet you. Shak. 2. (O. Eng. Law.) A member of the king's council; a king's councilor. Burrill.Sĕn'a-tō'rī-al, a. p. 1200Pertaining to or becoming a senator or a senate; as, senatorial robes; senatorial eloquence. 2. Entitled to elect a senator; as, a senatorial district. [U. S.]Sēn'a-tō'rī-al-ly, adv. p. 1200In the manner of a senate; with dignity or solemnity.Sĕn'a-tō'ri-an, a. p. 1200The same as SENATORIAL. [Rare.] De Quincey.Sĕn'a-tō'rī-ous, a. p. 1200Senatorial. [Obs.]Sēn'a-tor-ship, n. p. 1200The office or dignity of a senator. Carew.Sĕnd, v. t. p. 1200To cause to go in any manner; to dispatch; as, to send a messenger. 2. To give motion to; to procure the going, carrying, transmission, &c., of; as, to send a letter or parcel. 3. To emit; to impel…Sĕnd, v. i. p. 1200To dispatch an agent or messenger to convey a message, and the like. See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away my head? 2 Kings vi. 32. 2. (Naut.) To pitch; as, the ship sends forward…Sĕn'dal, n. p. 1200A light, thin stuff of silk or thread. Wore she not a vail of twisted sendal embroidered with silk? W. Scott. Sails of silk, and ropes of sendal, Such as gleam in ancient lore. Longfellow.Sēnd'er, n. p. 1200One who sends.Sēn'e-ca-rōot, n. p. 1200(Bot.) The root of a low plant (Polygala senega), bearing spikes of white flowers, and common in the United States. The root has an aromatic, sweetish-bitter taste, and is used in medicine as an…Sēn'e-ca-oil, n. p. 1200Petroleum or naphtha; — so called as having formerly been collected and sold by the Seneca Indians.Se-nĕc'ti-tūde, n. p. 1200Old age. “Senectitude, weary of its toils.” H. Miller.Sĕn'e-gal, n. p. 1201Gum senegal. See GUM.Se-nĕs'çence, n. p. 1201The state of growing old; decay by time.Se-nĕs'cent, a. p. 1201Growing old; decaying with the lapse of time.Sĕn'es-chal, n. p. 1201A steward; an officer in the houses of princes and dignitaries, who has the superintendence of feasts and domestic ceremonies. In some instances, the seneschal is an officer who has the dispensing of…Sĕn'es-chal-shĭp, n. p. 1201The office or dignity of a seneschal.Sĕn'green, n. p. 1201(Bot.) A plant, the houseleek.Sē’nile, a. p. 1201Pertaining to old age; proceeding from age.Se-nil'i-ty, n. p. 1201The state of being senile; old age.Sēn'ior, a. p. 1201More advanced in age, or in office or dignity; prior in age or rank; elder. 2. Belonging to the fourth year of the collegiate course in American colleges, or the third year in professional schools.Sēn'ior, n. p. 1201A person who is older than another; one more advanced in life. 2. One older in office, or whose first entrance upon an office was anterior to that of another; one prior in grade or rank. 3. An aged…Sēn-iŏr'i-ty, n. p. 1201The quality or condition of being senior; superior age; priority of birth; eldership. 2. Priority or superiority in office or rank; as, the seniority of a pastor or counselor.Sén'ior-ize, v. i. p. 1201To exercise authority; to rule; to lord it. [Obs.]