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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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Sab-bāt'ic or Sab-bāt'ic-al, a. p. 1160Pertaining to the Sabbath; resembling the Sabbath; enjoying or bringing an intermission of labor. Sabbatical year (Jewish Antiq.), every seventh year, in which the Israelites were commanded to suffer…Săb′ba-tĭsm, n. p. 1160Intermission of labor, as upon the Sabbath; rest.Sāb'ba-tons, n. pl. p. 1160A round-toed, armed covering for the feet, worn during a part of the sixteenth century. Fairholt.Sāb'bīre, n. p. 1160A beam or piece of timber.Sa-bē'an, a. & n. p. 1160See SĀBIAN.Sā'be-ism, n. p. 1160The same as SABIANISM.Sa-bĕl'ĭă, n. p. 1160(Zoöl.) A genus of annelids living in tubes formed of sand or gravel.Săb'el-lā'mā, n. p. 1160(Geol.) Coarse sand or gravel.Sa-bēl'li-an, a. p. 1160Pertaining to the heresy of Sabellius. See SABELLIAN, n.Sa-bĕl'li-an, n. p. 1160(Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Sabellius, a presbyter of Ptolemais, in the third century, who maintained that there is but one person in the Godhead, and that the Son and the Holy Spirit are only…Sa-bĕl'li-an-ism, n. p. 1160(Eccl.) The doctrines or tenets of Sabellius. See SABELLIAN, n.Sā'ber or Sā'bre, n. p. 1160A sword or cimeter with a broad and heavy blade, thick at the back, and a little curved toward the point; a cavalry sword.Sabre-tasche p. 1160(Mil.) A leathern case or pocket worn by a cavalry officer at the left side, suspended from the sword-belt. Campbell.Sā'ber or Sā'bre, v. t. p. 1160To strike, cut, or kill with a saber. Flashed all their sabers bare, Flashed as they turned in air, Sabring the gunners there. Tennyson.Sā′bi-an, a. p. 1160(Geog.) Of, or pertaining to, Saba, in Arabia, celebrated for producing aromatic plants. 2. Relating to the religion of Saba, or to the worship of the heavenly bodies.Sā'bi-an, n. p. 1160An adherent of the Sabian religion; a worshiper of the heavenly bodies. [Written also Sabæan and Sabean.]Sā'bi-an-ism, n. p. 1160The doctrine of the Sabians; the Sabian religion; that species of idolatry which consisted in worshiping the sun, moon, and stars. It existed in Chaldea or Persia at an early period of the world.…Săb'ĭne, n. p. 1160(Bot.) A small tree of the genus Juniperus; savin. See SAVIN. 2. (Ichth.) A small fish, which is sometimes preserved in oil for food.Sā'ble, n. p. 1160(Zoöl.) A carnivorous animal of the weasel family (Mustela zibellina), found in the northern latitudes of Europe and Asia. ☞ The sable resembles the marten, but has a longer head and ears. Its fur…Sā'ble, a. p. 1160Of the color of the sable’s fur; dark; black; — used chiefly in poetry. Night, sable goddess, from her ebon throne, Now stretches forth in rayless majesty Her ebon scepter o’er a slumbering world.…Sā'ble, v. t. p. 1160To render sable or dark in color. “Sabled all in black the shady sky.” Fletcher.Sā'ble-mouse, n. p. 1160(Zoöl.) An animal of the genus Mus (M. Norvegicus); the lemming. See LEMMING.Sablière, n. p. 1160A sand-pit. Bailey. 2. (Carp.) A piece of timber as long, but not so thick, as a beam. Gwilt.Sabot, n. p. 1160A kind of wooden shoe, worn by the lower classes in France and some other European countries. Bramhall. 2. (Mil.) A thick, circular disk of wood, to which the cartridge bag, and projectile are…Sā'bre, n. p. 1160See SABER.Sāb'ū-lōs'ĭ-ty, n. p. 1160The quality of being sabulous; sandiness; grittiness.Săb'ū-lōŭs, a. p. 1160Sandy; gritty.Sāc, n. p. 1160(Eng. Law.) The privilege enjoyed by the lord of a manor, of holding courts, trying causes, and imposing fines. Cowell. 2. (Nat. Hist.) A bag or receptacle for a liquid; any cavity closed at one end.…Sā'car, n. p. 1160The same as SAKER.Sac-cāde', n. p. 1160(Man.) A sudden, violent check of a horse by drawing or twitching the reins on a sudden and with one pull.Săc'cate, a. p. 1160(Bot.) Having the form of a bag or pouch; furnished with a bag or pouch, as a petal, or the like.Sac-chār'ic, a. p. 1160(Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, sugar or allied substances;—said of an acid obtained from sugar, and also from starch, lignine, and gum.Săc'cha-rīf'er-ōŭs, a. p. 1160Producing sugar; as, sacchariferous canes.Sac-chār'i-fy, v. t. p. 1160To convert into sugar.Săc'cha-ril'lă or Săc'cha-rim'e-try, n. p. 1160A kind of muslin. Simmonds. Săc'cha-rim'e-try, n. The art or process of determining the amount or proportion of sugar in a saccharine solution.Săc'cha-rine, a. p. 1160[Fr. saccharin, Sp. sacarino, from Lat. saccharum, sugar, Gr. σάκχαρ, σάκχαρι, σάκχαρον, Skr. çarkarā. [See SUGAR.] Pertaining to sugar; having the qualities of sugar; as, a saccharine taste; the…Săc'cha-rīze, v. t. p. 1161To convert into sugar.Săc'cha-roid or Săc'cha-roid'al, a. p. 1161Having a texture resembling that of loaf-sugar.Săc'cha-rōm'e-ter, n. p. 1161An instrument for ascertaining the quantity of saccharine matter in any solution, as the juice of a plant, or brewers' and distillers' worts. The common saccharometer of the brewer is an hydrometer…Săc'cha-rŭm, n. p. 1161(Bot.) A genus of tropical plants from which sugar is obtained, including the sugar-cane.Săc'cho-lăc'tate, n. p. 1161(Chem.) A salt formed by the union of saccholactic acid with a base;—called also saccholate.Săc'cho-lăc'tic, a. p. 1161(Chem.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, sugar and milk;—said of an acid obtained from sugar of milk, and called also mucic acid.Săc'cho-late, n. p. 1161See SACCHOLACTATE.Sac-chŭl'mic, a. p. 1161(Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or characterizing, a certain acid obtained by boiling cane sugar in sulphuric acid.Sac-chŭl'mine, n. p. 1161(Chem.) A substance deposited in brilliant crystalline scales of a brown color, when cane sugar is boiled for a long time in sulphuric acid. Craig.Săc'ci-fōrm, a. p. 1161Having the general form of a sac.Săc'co-mŷs, n. p. 1161(Zoöl.) A genus of animals belonging to the rat family, having large cheek pouches. The only species known is a native of North America.Săc'co-phăr'ynx, n. p. 1161(Ichth.) A genus of eels which have the power of distending the thorax like a sack. Baird.Săc'cu-lar, a. p. 1161Like a sac; sacciform. Dana.Săc'cu-lā'ted, a. p. 1161Furnished with little sacs. Dana.Săc'cŭle, n. p. 1161A little sack.Sa-cĕl'ium, n. p. 1161(Arch.) An ornamental chapel within a church. Gwill.Săç'er-dō'tal, a. p. 1161Pertaining to priests, or to the order of priests; relating to the priesthood; priestly; as, sacerdotal dignity; sacerdotal functions. The ascendency of the sacerdotal order was long the ascendency…Săç'er-dō'tal-ism, n. p. 1161The style, spirit, or character of the priesthood; devotion to the interests of the sacerdotal order.Săç'er-dō'tal-ly, adv. p. 1161In a sacerdotal manner.Săch'el, n. p. 1161A small sack or bag; a bag for carrying papers and books. [Written also satchel.]Sā'chem, n. p. 1161A chief of a tribe of the American Indians; a sagamore. See SAGAMORE.Sā'chem-dŏm, n. p. 1161The government or jurisdiction of a sachem. Dwight.Să'chem-shĭp, n. p. 1161Office or condition of a sachem.Sachet, n. p. 1161A scent-bag, or perfume-cushion. Simmonds.