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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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Sēn’ti-mēnt’al-ize, v. i. p. 1202To affect exquisite sensibility.Sĕn'-ti-mĕnt'al-ly, adv. p. 1202In a sentimental manner; with sensibility.Sĕn′tine, n. p. 1203A place for dregs and dirt; filth. [Obs. and rare.] “A stinking sentine of all vices.” Latimer.Sĕn'-ti-nel, n. p. 1203(Mil.) A soldier set to watch or guard an army, camp, or other place, from surprise, to observe the approach of danger, and give notice of it. 2. Watch; guard. [Obs.] “That princes do keep due…Sĕn'-ti-nel, v. t. p. 1203To watch over like a sentinel. “To sentinel enchanted ground.” W. Scott. 2. To furnish with a sentinel; to place under the guard of a sentinel.Sĕn’try, n. p. 1203A soldier placed on guard; a sentinel. 2. Guard; watch; the duty of a sentinel. Here tolls, and Death, and Death’s half-brother, Sleep. Forms terrible to view, their sentry keep. Dryden.Sĕn’try-bŏx, n. p. 1203A box to cover a sentinel at his post, and shelter him from the weather.Sĕn'zā, prep. p. 1203Without.Sē'pal, n. p. 1203(Bot.) A leaf or division of the calyx. ☞ When the calyx or pericarp consists of but one part, it is said to be monosepalous; when of two parts, it is said to be disepalous; when of a variable and…Sē'paled, a. p. 1203Having a sepal.Sĕp'al-ine, a. p. 1203(Bot.) Relating to, or having the nature of, sepals.Sĕp'-a-loid, a. p. 1203(Bot.) Like a sepal, or distinct part of a perianth. Gray.Sēp'al-ous, a. p. 1203(Bot.) Having, or relating to, sepals.Sĕp'a-ra-bĭl'-i-ty, n. p. 1203The quality of being separable, or of admitting separation or disunion. Separability is the greatest argument of real distinction. Glanville.Sĕp'a-ra-ble, a. p. 1203Capable of being separated, disjoined, disunited, or rent; as, the separable parts of plants; qualities not separable from the substance in which they exist.Sĕp'-a-ra-ble-ness, n. p. 1203The quality of being separable, or capable of separation or disunion. Trials permit me not to doubt of the separableness of a yellow tincture from gold. Boyle.Sēp'a-ra-bly, adv. p. 1203In a separable manner.Sĕp’a-rāte, v. t. p. 1203To disunite; to divide; to disconnect; to sever; to part in any manner. From the fine gold I separate the alloy. Dryden. 2. To sever, as by an intervening space; to hold apart; to lie between. Who…Sēp'a-rāte, v. i. p. 1203To part; to become disunited; to be disconnected; to withdraw from each other; as, the parties separated, and each retired.Sēp'a-rate, a. p. 1203Divided from another or others; disjointed; disconnected; separated;—used of things that have been united or connected. “Him that was separate from his brethren.” Gen. xlix. 26. 2. Unconnected; not…Sĕp'a-rate-ly, adv. p. 1203In a separate or unconnected state; apart; distinctly; singly.Sĕp'a-rate-ness, n. p. 1203The state of being separate.Sĕp'a-răt'ic-al, a. p. 1203Pertaining to separation or separatism in religion; schismatical. Dwight.Sĕp'/a-rā'tion, n. p. 1203The act of separating, severing, or disconnecting; disjunction; as, the separation of the soul from the body. 2. The state of being separate; disunion; disconnection. 3. The operation of disuniting…Sĕp'a-ra-tĭzm, n. p. 1203The character or act of a separatist; disposition to withdraw from a church; the practice of so withdrawing.Sĕp'a-ra-tĭst, n. p. 1203One who withdraws or separates himself; especially, one who withdraws from a church to which he has belonged; a seceder from an established church; a dissenter; a non-conformist; a schismatic; a…Sĕp′a-ra-tĭst′ic, a. p. 1203Of, pertaining to, or characterizing separatists; schismatical.Sĕp'a-rā'tĭve, a. p. 1203Belonging to or promoting separation. “Separative virtue of extreme cold.” Boyle.Sĕp'a-rā'tor, n. p. 1203One who, or that which, separates or disjoins; a divider.Sĕp'a-ra-to-ry, a. p. 1203Causing separation; separative; as, separatory ducts. [Rare.] Cheyne.Sĕp'a-ra-to-ry, n. p. 1203A chemical vessel for separating liquors. 2. A surgical instrument for separating the pericranium from the cranium.Se-pawn’, n. p. 1203A species of food, consisting of meal of maize boiled in water;—the same as hasty pudding. [Local U. S.] [Written also sepon.]Sĕp'e-li-ble, a. p. 1203Admitting of, or intended for, burial. [Obs.]Sĕp'e-lĭ'tion, n. p. 1203Burial; interment. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.Sē'pi-ă, n. p. 1203(Zoöl.) The cuttle-fish. See CUTTLE-FISH. 2. A pigment, formerly supposed to be prepared from the ink of the sepia or cuttle-fish; Indian ink. See INDIAN. Ure. Sepia tints or pictures, a tint or…Sĕp'i-dā'ceoŭs, a. p. 1203Of, or pertaining to, mollusks of the genus Sepia.Sĕp'i-ment, n. p. 1203Something that separates or defends; a hedge; a fence.Se-pŏn', n. p. 1203The same as SEPAWN, q. v.Se-pōse′, v. t. p. 1203To set apart. [Obs.] Donne.Sĕp'o-sĭ'tion, n. p. 1203The act of setting apart; segregation. [Obs.] Bp. Taylor.Sĕ'poy, n. p. 1203A native of India, employed as a soldier in the service of a European power; an Oriental soldier disciplined in the European manner.Sēps, n. p. 1203(Zoöl.) A genus of snake-like lizards found in the East Indies, the Cape of Good Hope, and on the coasts of the Mediterranean, having an elongated body, short and indistinct feet, a non-extensile…Sĕpt, n. p. 1203A clan, race, or family, proceeding from a common progenitor;—used especially of the races or families in Ireland. The chief, struck by the illustration, asked at once to be baptized, and all his…Sĕpt'ang'le, n. p. 1203(Geom.) A figure with seven sides and seven angles; a heptagon.Sept-ăn'gu-lar, a. p. 1203Having seven angles.Sep-tā'rĭ-ŭm, n. p. 1203(Geol.) A flattened, imbedded nodule of clay, marl, or limestone, intersected by seams. Dana.Sĕp'tate, a. p. 1203(Bot.) Divided or separated by partitions. Gray.Sep-tĕm'ber, n. p. 1203The month following August and preceding October; the ninth month of the year, reckoning from January.Sep-tĕm'brist, n. p. 1203An agent in the massacre in Paris, September 2, 1792; hence, one who is bloodthirsty and malignant.Sep-tĕm'flu-oŭs, a. p. 1203Flowing seven-fold; divided into seven streams or currents. [Rare.] Fuller.Sep-tĕm'par-tite, a. p. 1203Divided nearly to the base into seven parts.Sep-tĕm'vir, n. p. 1203(Antiq.) One of a board of seven men associated in some office; as, the septemviri epulones, who had charge, among the Romans, of feasts in honor of the gods.Sep-tēm'vi-rate, n. p. 1203The office of septemvir.Sēp'ten-a-ry, a. p. 1203Consisting of, or relating to, seven; as, a septenary number. Watts. 2. Lasting seven years; continuing seven years. “Septenary penance.” Fuller.Sēp'ten-a-ry, n. p. 1203The number seven. [R.] Burnet.Sĕp'ten-ate, a. p. 1203(Bot.) Having parts in sevens. Gray.Sep-tĕn'ni-al, a. p. 1203Lasting or continuing seven years; as, septennial Parliaments. 2. Happening or returning once in every seven years; as, septennial elections in England.Sep-tēn'ni-al-ly, adv. p. 1203Once in seven years.Sep-tĕn’tri-al, a. p. 1203Of, or pertaining to the north; septentrional.Sep-tēn'tri-o, n. p. 1203(Astron.) A constellation near the north pole; Ursa Major, or the Great Bear.