Sa"mi*an (?), a. [L. Samius.] Of or pertaining to the island of Samos.
Fill high the cup with Samian wine.
Byron.
Samian earth, a species of clay from Samos, formerly used in medicine
as an astringent.
Sa"mi*an, n. A native or inhabitant of Samos.
Sa"mi*el (?; 277), n. [Turk. sam- yeli; Ar. samm poison + Turk. yel
wind. Cf. Simoom.] A hot and destructive wind that sometimes blows, in
Turkey, from the desert. It is identical with the simoom of Arabia and
the kamsin of Syria.
Sa"mi*ot (?), a. & n. [Cf. F. samiote.] Samian.
Sa"mite (?), a. [OF. samit, LL. samitum, examitum, from LGr. &?;, &?;
woven with six threads; Gr. &?; six + &?; a thread. See Six, and cf.
Dimity.] A species of silk stuff, or taffeta, generally interwoven with
gold. Tennyson.
In silken samite she was light arrayed.
Spenser.
Sam"let (?), n. [Cf. Salmonet.] The parr.
Sam"mi*er (?), n. A machine for pressing the water from skins in
tanning. Knight.
Sa*mo"an (?), a. Of or pertaining to the Samoan Islands (formerly
called Navigators' Islands) in the South Pacific Ocean, or their
inhabitants. -- n. An inhabitant of the Samoan Islands.
||Sa"mo*var (?), n. [Russ. samovar'.] A metal urn used in Russia for
||making tea. It is filled with water, which is heated by charcoal
||placed in a pipe, with chimney attached, which passes through the
||urn.
Sam`oy*edes" (?), n. pl.; sing. Samoyede (&?;). (Ethnol.) An ignorant
and degraded Turanian tribe which occupies a portion of Northern Russia
and a part of Siberia.
Samp (?), n. [From American Indian spac, saupac, made soft, or
thinned.] An article of food consisting of maize broken or bruised,
which is cooked by boiling, and usually eaten with milk; coarse hominy.
||Sam"pan (?), n. (Naut.) A Chinese boat from twelve to fifteen feet
||long, covered with a house, and sometimes used as a permanent
||habitation on the inland waters. [Written also sanpan.]
Sam"phire (? or ?; 277), n. [F. l'herbe de Saint Pierre. See Saint, and
Petrel.] (Bot.) (a) A fleshy, suffrutescent, umbelliferous European
plant (Crithmum maritimum). It grows among rocks and on cliffs along
the seacoast, and is used for pickles.
Hangs one that gathers samphire, dreadful trade!
Shak.
(b) The species of glasswort (Salicornia herbacea); -- called in
England marsh samphire. (c) A seashore shrub (Borrichia arborescens) of
the West Indies.
Golden samphire. See under Golden.
Sam"ple (?), n. [OE. sample, asaumple, OF. essample, example, fr. L.
exemplum. See Example, and cf. Ensample, Sampler.] 1. Example; pattern.
[Obs.] Spenser. "A sample to the youngest." Shak.
Thus he concludes, and every hardy knight His sample followed.
Fairfax.
2. A part of anything presented for inspection, or shown as evidence of
the quality of the whole; a specimen; as, goods are often purchased by
samples.
I design this but for a sample of what I hope more fully to
discuss.
Woodward.
Syn. -- Specimen; example. See Specimen.
Sam"ple, v. t. 1. To make or show something similar to; to match. Bp.
Hall.
2. To take or to test a sample or samples of; as, to sample sugar,
teas, wools, cloths.
Sam"pler (?), n. [See Exampler, Exemplar.] 1. One who makes up samples
for inspection; one who examines samples, or by samples; as, a wool
sampler.
2. A pattern; a specimen; especially, a collection of needlework
patterns, as letters, borders, etc., to be used as samples, or to
display the skill of the worker.
Susie dear, bring your sampler and Mrs. Schumann will show you how
to make that W you bothered over.
E. E. Hale.
||Sam"shoo, Sam"shu (&?;), n. [Chinese san-shao thrice fired.] A
||spirituous liquor distilled by the Chinese from the yeasty liquor in
||which boiled rice has fermented under pressure. S. W. Williams.
Sam"son (?), n. An Israelite of Bible record (see Judges xiii.),
distinguished for his great strength; hence, a man of extraordinary
physical strength.
Samson post. (a) (Naut.) A strong post resting on the keelson, and
supporting a beam of the deck; also, a temporary or movable pillar
carrying a leading block or pulley for various purposes. Brande & C.
(b) In deep-well boring, the post which supports the walking beam of
the apparatus.
San`a*bil"i*ty (?), n. The quality or state of being sanable;
sanableness; curableness.
San"a*ble (?), a. [L. sanabilis, fr. sanare to heal, fr. sanus sound,
healthy. See Sane.] Capable of being healed or cured; susceptible of
remedy.
Syn. -- Remediable; curable; healable.
San"a*ble*ness, n. The quality of being sanable.
Sa*na"tion (?), n. [L. sanatio. See Sanable.] The act of healing or
curing. [Obs.] Wiseman.
San"a*tive (?), a. [LL. sanativus.] Having the power to cure or heal;
healing; tending to heal; sanatory. -- San"a*tive*ness, n.
San`a*to"ri*um (?), n. [NL. See Sanatory.] An establishment for the
treatment of the sick; a resort for invalids. See Sanitarium.
San"a*to*ry (?), a. [LL. sanatorius, fr. L. sanare to heal. See
Sanable.] Conducive to health; tending to cure; healing; curative;
sanative.
Sanatory ordinances for the protection of public health, such as
quarantine, fever hospitals, draining, etc.
De Quincey.
Sanatory and sanitary should not be confounded. Sanatory signifies
conducive to health, while sanitary has the more general meaning of
pertaining to health.
||San`be*ni"to (?), n. [Sp. & Pg. sambenito, contr. from L. saccus sack
||+ benedictus blessed.] 1. Anciently, a sackcloth coat worn by
||penitents on being reconciled to the church.
2. A garnment or cap, or sometimes both, painted with flames, figures,
etc., and worn by persons who had been examined by the Inquisition and
were brought forth for punishment at the auto-da-fé.
{ Sance"-bell` (?), Sanc"te bell` (?) }, n. See Sanctus bell, under
Sanctus.
Sanc"ti*fi*cate (?), v. t. [L. sanctificatus, p. p. of sanctificare.]
To sanctify. [Obs.] Barrow.
Sanc`ti*fi*ca"tion (?), n. [L. sanctificatio: cf. F. sanctification.]
1. The act of sanctifying or making holy; the state of being sanctified
or made holy; esp. (Theol.), the act of God's grace by which the
affections of men are purified, or alienated from sin and the world,
and exalted to a supreme love to God; also, the state of being thus
purified or sanctified.
God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through
sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth.