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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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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.Sa-çhĕv'er-el, n. p. 1161A blower for the mouth of a stove. Halliwell.Săck, n. p. 1161A bag for holding and carrying goods of any kind; a receptacle made of some kind of pliable material, as cloth, leather, or the like; a large pouch. 2. A measure of three bushels. [Obs.] Johnson.Săck, n. p. 1161A loosely hanging garment for males or females, worn like a cloak about the shoulders. [Written also sacque.]Săck, v. t. p. 1161To put in a sack; to bag; to put in pouches.Săck, n. p. 1161A Spanish wine of the dry kind; sherry. Shak.Sack, n. p. 1161The pillage or plunder, as of a town or city; the storm and plunder of a town; devastation; ravage. The town was stormed, and delivered up to sack, — by which phrase is to be understood the…Sack, v. t. p. 1161To plunder or pillage, as a town or city; to devastate; to ravage. The Romans lay under the apprehension of seeing their city sacked by a barbarous enemy. Addison.Săck'age, n. p. 1161The act of taking by storm and pillaging; sack. [Rare.] Roscoe.Sack'but, n. p. 1161(Mus.) A brass wind instrument of music, like a trumpet, so contrived that it can be lengthened or shortened according to the tone required; — said to be the same as the trombone. Moore.Sack'cloth, n. p. 1161Cloth such as sacks are made of; coarse cloth; often a cloth or garment worn in mourning, distress, or mortification. Gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. 2 Sam. iii. 31. Thus with…Săck'elŏthĕd, a. p. 1161Clothed in sackcloth.Săck'er, n. p. 1161One who sacks; one who captures and plunders a town.Sack'ful, n. p. 1161As much as a sack will hold.Săck'ful, a. p. 1161Bent on plunder; seizing; ravaging. [Obs.] Now will I sing the sackful troops Pelasgian Argos held. Chapman.Sack'ing, n. p. 1161Cloth of which sacks or bags are made. 2. The coarse cloth or canvas fastened to a bedstead for supporting the bed.Sāck'less, a. p. 1161Quiet; peaceable; not quarrelsome; harmless; innocent. [Rare.] W. Scott.Säck'-pös/set, n. p. 1161A posset made of sack, milk, and some other ingredients.Sācque, n. p. 1161A kind of light, loose cloak. See SACK.