On the bastions were planted culverins and sakers.
Macaulay.
The culverins and sakers showing their deadly muzzles over the
rampart.
Hawthorne.
Sa"ker*et (s"kr*t), n. [F. sacret. See Saker.] (Zoöl.) The male of the
saker (a).
Sa"ki (s"k), n. [Cf. F. & Pg. saki; probably from the native name.]
(Zoöl.) Any one of several species of South American monkeys of the
genus Pithecia. They have large ears, and a long hairy tail which is
not prehensile.
The black saki (Pithecia satanas), the white-headed (P. leucocephala),
and the red-backed, or hand-drinking, saki (P. chiropotes), are among
the best-known.
Sa"ki (sä"k), n. The alcoholic drink of Japan. It is made from rice.
Sak"ti (?), n. [Skr.] (Hind. Myth.) The divine energy, personified as
the wife of a deity (Brahma, Vishnu, Siva, etc.); the female principle.
||Sal (sl), n. [Hind. sl, Skr. çla.] (Bot.) An East Indian timber tree
||(Shorea robusta), much used for building purposes. It is of a light
||brown color, close-grained, heavy, and durable. [Written also saul.]
Sal (sl), n. [L. See Salt.] (Chem. & Pharm.) Salt.
Sal absinthii [NL.] (Old Chem.), an impure potassium carbonate obtained
from the ashes of wormwood (Artemisia Absinthium). -- Sal acetosellæ
[NL.] (Old Chem.), salt of sorrel. -- Sal alembroth. (Old Chem.) See
Alembroth. -- Sal ammoniac (Chem.), ammonium chloride, NH4Cl, a white
crystalline volatile substance having a sharp salty taste, obtained
from gas works, from nitrogenous matter, etc. It is largely employed as
a source of ammonia, as a reagent, and as an expectorant in bronchitis.
So called because originally made from the soot from camel's dung at
the temple of Jupiter Ammon in Africa. Called also muriate of ammonia.
-- Sal catharticus [NL.] (Old Med. Chem.), Epsom salts. -- Sal
culinarius [L.] (Old Chem.), common salt, or sodium chloride. -- Sal
Cyrenaicus. [NL.] (Old Chem.) See Sal ammoniac above. -- Sal de duobus,
Sal duplicatum [NL.] (Old Chem.), potassium sulphate; -- so called
because erroneously supposed to be composed of two salts, one acid and
one alkaline. -- Sal diureticus [NL.] (Old Med. Chem.), potassium
acetate. -- Sal enixum [NL.] (Old Chem.), acid potassium sulphate. --
Sal gemmæ [NL.] (Old Min.), common salt occuring native. -- Sal Jovis
[NL.] (Old Chem.), salt tin, or stannic chloride; -- the alchemical
name of tin being Jove. -- Sal Martis [NL.] (Old Chem.), green vitriol,
or ferrous sulphate; -- the alchemical name of iron being Mars. -- Sal
microcosmicum [NL.] (Old Chem.) See Microcosmic salt, under
Microcosmic. -- Sal plumbi [NL.] (Old Chem.), sugar of lead. -- Sal
prunella. (Old Chem.) See Prunella salt, under 1st Prunella. -- Sal
Saturni [NL.] (Old Chem.), sugar of lead, or lead acetate; -- the
alchemical name of lead being Saturn. -- Sal sedativus [NL.] (Old
Chem.), sedative salt, or boric acid. -- Sal Seignette [F. seignette,
sel de seignette] (Chem.), Rochelle salt. -- Sal soda (Chem.), sodium
carbonate. See under Sodium. -- Sal vitrioli [NL.] (Old Chem.), white
vitriol; zinc sulphate. -- Sal volatile. [NL.] (a) (Chem.) See Sal
ammoniac, above. (b) Spirits of ammonia.
||Sa*laam" (s*läm"), n. Same as Salam.
Finally, Josiah might have made his salaam to the exciseman just as
he was folding up that letter.
Prof. Wilson.
Sa*laam", v. i. To make or perform a salam.