3. (Geom.) The distance from a point in a curve to the chord; also, the
versed sine of an arc; -- so called from its resemblance to an arrow
resting on the bow and string. [Obs.]
4. (Anat.) The larger of the two otoliths, or ear bones, found in most
fishes.
5. (Zoöl.) A genus of transparent, free-swimming marine worms having
lateral and caudal fins, and capable of swimming rapidly. It is the
type of the class Chætognatha.
Sag"it*tal (?), a. [L. sagitta an arrow: cf. F. sagittal.] 1. Of or
pertaining to an arrow; resembling an arrow; furnished with an
arrowlike appendage.
2. (Anat.) (a) Of or pertaining to the sagittal suture; in the region
of the sagittal suture; rabdoidal; as, the sagittal furrow, or groove,
on the inner surface of the roof of the skull. (b) In the mesial plane;
mesial; as, a sagittal section of an animal.
Sagittal suture (Anat.), the suture between the two parietal bones in
the top of the skull; -- called also rabdoidal suture, and
interparietal suture.
||Sag`it*ta"ri*us (?), n. [L., literally, an archer, fr. sagittarius
||belonging to an arrow, fr. sagitta an arrow.] (Astron.) (a) The ninth
||of the twelve signs of the zodiac, which the sun enters about
||November 22, marked thus [] in almanacs; the Archer. (b) A zodiacal
||constellation, represented on maps and globes as a centaur shooting
||an arrow.
Sag"it*ta"ry (?), n. [See Sagittarius.] 1. (Myth.) A centaur; a
fabulous being, half man, half horse, armed with a bow and quiver.
Shak.
2. The Arsenal in Venice; -- so called from having a figure of an
archer over the door. Shak.
Sag"it*ta*ry, a. [L. sagittarius.] Pertaining to, or resembling, an
arrow. Sir T. Browne.
Sag"it*tate (?), a. [NL. sagittatus, fr. L. sagitta an arrow.] Shaped
like an arrowhead; triangular, with the two basal angles prolonged
downward.
Sag"it*ta`ted (?), a. Sagittal; sagittate.
Sag"it*to*cyst (?), n. [See Sagitta, and Cyst.] (Zoöl.) A defensive
cell containing a minute rodlike structure which may be expelled. Such
cells are found in certain Turbellaria.
Sa"go (s"g), n. [Malay. sgu.] A dry granulated starch imported from the
East Indies, much used for making puddings and as an article of diet
for the sick; also, as starch, for stiffening textile fabrics. It is
prepared from the stems of several East Indian and Malayan palm trees,
but chiefly from the Metroxylon Sagu; also from several cycadaceous
plants (Cycas revoluta, Zamia integrifolia, etc.).
Portland sago, a kind of sago prepared from the corms of the cuckoopint
(Arum maculatum). -- Sago palm. (Bot.) (a) A palm tree which yields
sago. (b) A species of Cycas (Cycas revoluta). -- Sago spleen (Med.), a
morbid condition of the spleen, produced by amyloid degeneration of the
organ, in which a cross section shows scattered gray translucent bodies
looking like grains of sago.
Sa*goin" (?), n. [F. sagouin(formed from the native South American
name).] (Zoöl.) A marmoset; -- called also sagouin.
||Sa"gum (?), n.; pl. Saga (#). [L. sagum, sagus; cf. Gr. &?;. Cf. Say
||a kind of serge.] (Rom. Antiq.) The military cloak of the Roman
||soldiers.
||Sa"gus (?), n. [NL. See Sago.] (Bot.) A genus of palms from which
||sago is obtained.
Sa"gy (?), a. Full of sage; seasoned with sage.
||Sa"hib (?), ||Sa"heb (&?;), n. [Ar. çhib master, lord, fem. çhibah.]
||A respectful title or appellation given to Europeans of rank. [India]
||Sa"hi*bah (?), n. [See Sahib.] A lady; mistress. [India]
Sa*hid"ic (?), a. Same as Thebaic.
Sah"lite (?), n. (Min.) See Salite.
||Sa*hui" (?), n. (Zoöl.) A marmoset.
||Sa"i (?), n. [Cf. Pg. sahi.] (Zoöl.) See Capuchin, 3 (a).
||Sai"bling (?), n. [Dial. G.] (Zoöl.) A European mountain trout
||(Salvelinus alpinus); -- called also Bavarian charr.
Sa"ic (?), n. [F. saïque, Turk. shaïka.] (Naut.) A kind of ketch very
common in the Levant, which has neither topgallant sail nor mizzen
topsail.
Said (?), imp. & p. p. of Say.
Said, a. Before-mentioned; already spoken of or specified; aforesaid;
-- used chiefly in legal style.
||Sai"ga (?), n. [Russ. saika.] (Zoöl.) An antelope (Saiga Tartarica)
||native of the plains of Siberia and Eastern Russia. The male has
||erect annulated horns, and tufts of long hair beneath the eyes and
||ears.