3. A mourning garment; a funeral robe; -- generally in the plural.
"Sables wove by destiny." Young.
4. (Her.) The tincture black; -- represented by vertical and horizontal
lines crossing each other.
Sa"ble (?), a. Of the color of the sable's fur; dark; black; -- used
chiefly in poetry.
Night, sable goddess! from her ebon throne, In rayless majesty, now
stretches forth Her leaden scepter o'er a slumbering world.
Young.
Sable antelope (Zoöl.), a large South African antelope (Hippotragus
niger). Both sexes have long, sharp horns. The adult male is black; the
female is dark chestnut above, white beneath. -- Sable iron, a superior
quality of Russia iron; -- so called because originally stamped with
the figure of a sable. -- Sable mouse (Zoöl.), the lemming.
Sa"ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sabled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Sabling (?).]
To render sable or dark; to drape darkly or in black.
Sabled all in black the shady sky.
G. Fletcher.
||Sa`bot" (s`b"), n. [F.] 1. A kind of wooden shoe worn by the
||peasantry in France, Belgium, Sweden, and some other European
||countries.
2. (Mil.) A thick, circular disk of wood, to which the cartridge bag
and projectile are attached, in fixed ammunition for cannon; also, a
piece of soft metal attached to a projectile to take the groove of the
rifling.
||Sa`bo"tière (?), n. [F.] A kind of freezer for ices.
Sa"bre (?), n. & v. See Saber.
||Sa"bre*tasche` (?), n. [F. sabretache, G. säbeltasche; säbel saber +
||tasche a pocket.] (Mil.) A leather case or pocket worn by cavalry at
||the left side, suspended from the sword belt. Campbell (Dict. Mil.
||Sci.).
Sa*bri"na work` (?). A variety of appliqué work for quilts, table
covers, etc. Caulfeild & S. (Dict. of Needlework).
Sab"u*lose (?), a. [L. sabulosus, from sabulum, sabulo, sand.] (Bot.)
Growing in sandy places.
Sab`u*los"i*ty (?), n. The quality of being sabulous; sandiness;
grittiness.
Sab"u*lous (?), a. [L. sabulosus.] Sandy; gritty.
Sac (sk), n. (Ethnol.) See Sacs.
Sac, n. [See Sake, Soc.] (O.Eng. Law) The privilege formerly enjoyed by
the lord of a manor, of holding courts, trying causes, and imposing
fines. Cowell.
Sac (sk), n. [F., fr. L. saccus a sack. See Sack a bag.] 1. See 2d
Sack.
2. (Biol.) A cavity, bag, or receptacle, usually containing fluid, and
either closed, or opening into another cavity to the exterior; a sack.
Sac"a*lait (?), n. (Zoöl.) A kind of fresh-water bass; the crappie.
[Southern U.S.]
Sa"car (?), n. See Saker.
Sac*cade" (?), n. [F.] (Man.) A sudden, violent check of a horse by
drawing or twitching the reins on a sudden and with one pull.
Sac"cate (?), a. [NL. saccatus, fr. L. saccus a sack, bag.] 1. (Biol.)
Having the form of a sack or pouch; furnished with a sack or pouch, as
a petal.
2. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Saccata, a suborder of ctenophores
having two pouches into which the long tentacles can be retracted.
Sac"cha*rate (?), n. (Chem.) (a) A salt of saccharic acid. (b) In a
wider sense, a compound of saccharose, or any similar carbohydrate,
with such bases as the oxides of calcium, barium, or lead; a sucrate.
Sac*char"ic (?), a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or obtained from,
saccharine substances; specifically, designating an acid obtained, as a
white amorphous gummy mass, by the oxidation of mannite, glucose,
sucrose, etc.
Sac`cha*rif"er*ous (?), a. [L. saccharon sugar + -ferous.] Producing
sugar; as, sacchariferous canes.
Sac*char"i*fy (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Saccharified (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Saccharifying (?).] [L. saccharon sugar + -fy: cf. F. saccharifier.]
To convert into, or to impregnate with, sugar.
Sac`cha*ril"la (?), n. A kind of muslin.
Sac`cha*rim"e*ter (?), n. [L. saccharon sugar + -meter: cf. F.
saccharimètre.] An instrument for ascertaining the quantity of
saccharine matter in any solution, as the juice of a plant, or brewers'
and distillers' worts. [Written also saccharometer.]
The common saccharimeter of the brewer is an hydrometer adapted by its
scale to point out the proportion of saccharine matter in a solution of
any specific gravity. The polarizing saccharimeter of the chemist is a
complex optical apparatus, in which polarized light is transmitted
through the saccharine solution, and the proportion of sugar indicated
by the relative deviation of the plane of polarization.
Sac`cha*ri*met"ric*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to saccharimetry;
obtained by saccharimetry.
Sac`cha*rim"e*try (sk`k*rm"*tr), n. The act, process or method of
determining the amount and kind of sugar present in sirup, molasses,
and the like, especially by the employment of polarizing apparatus.
Sac"cha*rin (sk"k*rn), n. [F., from L. saccharon sugar.] (Chem.) A
bitter white crystalline substance obtained from the saccharinates and
regarded as the lactone of saccharinic acid; -- so called because
formerly supposed to be isomeric with cane sugar (saccharose).
Sac"cha*ri*nate (?), n. (Chem.) (a) A salt of saccharinic acid. (b) A
salt of saccharine.
Sac"cha*rine (? or ?), a. [F. saccharin, fr. L. saccharon sugar, Gr.
&?;, &?;, &?;, Skr. çarkara. Cf. Sugar.] Of or pertaining to sugar;
having the qualities of sugar; producing sugar; sweet; as, a saccharine
taste; saccharine matter.
Sac"cha*rine (? or ?), n. (Chem.) A trade name for benzoic sulphinide.
[Written also saccharin.]
Sac"cha*rin"ic (?), a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from,
saccharin; specifically, designating a complex acid not known in the
free state but well known in its salts, which are obtained by boiling
dextrose and levulose (invert sugar) with milk of lime.
Sac"cha*rize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Saccharized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Saccharizing (?).] To convert into, or to impregnate with, sugar.
{ Sac"cha*roid (?), Sac`cha*roid"al (?) }, a. [L. saccharon sugar +
-oid: cf. F. saccharoïde.] Resembling sugar, as in taste, appearance,
consistency, or composition; as, saccharoidal limestone.
Sac`cha*rom"e*ter (?), n. A saccharimeter.
||Sac`cha*ro*my"ces (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; sugar + &?;, &?;, a
||fungus.] (Biol.) A genus of budding fungi, the various species of
||which have the power, to a greater or less extent, or splitting up
||sugar into alcohol and carbonic acid. They are the active agents in
||producing fermentation of wine, beer, etc. Saccharomyces cerevisiæ is
||the yeast of sedimentary beer. Also called Torula.
||Sac`cha*ro*my*ce"tes (?), n. pl. (Biol.) A family of fungi consisting
||of the one genus Saccharomyces.
Sac"cha*ro*nate (?), n. (Chem.) A salt of saccharonic acid.
Sac"cha*rone (?), n. [Saccharin + lactone.] (Chem.) (a) A white
crystalline substance, C6H8O6, obtained by the oxidation of saccharin,
and regarded as the lactone of saccharonic acid. (b) An oily liquid,
C6H10O2, obtained by the reduction of saccharin.
Sac`cha*ron"ic (?), a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from,
saccharone; specifically, designating an unstable acid which is
obtained from saccharone (a) by hydration, and forms a well-known
series of salts.
Sac"cha*rose` (?), n. (Chem.) Cane sugar; sucrose; also, in general,
any one of the group of which saccharose, or sucrose proper, is the
type. See Sucrose.
Sac"cha*rous (?), a. Saccharine.
||Sac"cha*rum (?), n. [NL. See Saccharine.] (Bot.) A genus of tall
||tropical grasses including the sugar cane.
Sac`cho*lac"tate (?), n. [See Saccholactic.] (Chem.) A salt of
saccholactic acid; -- formerly called also saccholate. [Obs.] See
Mucate.
Sac`cho*lac"tic (?), a. [L. saccharon sugar + lac, lactis, milk.]
(Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid now called mucic
acid; saccholic. [Obs.]