Sar*coph"a*gous (?), a. (Zoöl.) Feeding on flesh; flesh-eating;
carnivorous.
Sar*coph"a*gus (?), n.; pl. L. Sarcophagi (#), E. Sarcophaguses (#).
[L., fr. Gr. sarkofa`gos, properly, eating flesh; sa`rx, sa`rkos, flesh
+ fagei^n to eat. Cf. Sarcasm.] 1. A species of limestone used among
the Greeks for making coffins, which was so called because it consumed
within a few weeks the flesh of bodies deposited in it. It is otherwise
called lapis Assius, or Assian stone, and is said to have been found at
Assos, a city of Lycia. Holland.
2. A coffin or chest-shaped tomb of the kind of stone described above;
hence, any stone coffin.
3. A stone shaped like a sarcophagus and placed by a grave as a
memorial.
Sar*coph"a*gy (?), n. [Gr. sarkofagi`a. See Sarcophagus.] The practice
of eating flesh.
Sar"co*phile (?), n. [Sacro- + Gr. &?; a lover.] (Zoöl.) A flesh-eating
animal, especially any one of the carnivorous marsupials.
||Sar*cop"tes (?), n. [NL., from Gr. sa`rx, sa`rkos, flesh + ko`ptein
||to cut.] (Zoöl.) A genus of parasitic mites including the itch mites.
Sar*cop"tid (?), n. (Zoöl.) Any species of the genus Sarcoptes and
related genera of mites, comprising the itch mites and mange mites. --
a. Of or pertaining to the itch mites.
||Sar`co*rham"phi (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. sa`rx, sa`rkos, flesh + &?;
||beak.] (Zoöl.) A division of raptorial birds comprising the vultures.
||Sar`co*sep"tum (?), n.; pl. Sarcosepta (#). [Sarco- + septum.]
||(Zoöl.) One of the mesenteries of an anthozoan.
Sar"co*sin (?), n. (Physiol. Chem.) A crystalline nitrogenous
substance, formed in the decomposition of creatin (one of the
constituents of muscle tissue). Chemically, it is methyl glycocoll.
||Sar*co"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;, fr. sa`rx, sa`rkos, flesh.]
||(Med.) (a) Abnormal formation of flesh. (b) Sarcoma.
Sar*cot"ic (?), a. [Gr. &?;: cf. F. sarcotique.] (Med.) Producing or
promoting the growth of flesh. [R.] -- n. A sarcotic medicine. [R.]
Sar"cous (?), a. [Gr. sa`rx, sa`rkos, flesh.] (Anat.) Fleshy; --
applied to the minute structural elements, called sarcous elements, or
sarcous disks, of which striated muscular fiber is composed.
Sar`cu*la"tion (?), n. [L. sarculatio. See Sarcle.] A weeding, as with
a hoe or a rake.
Sard (?), n. [L. sarda, Gr. &?;, or &?; (sc. &?;), i.e., Sardian stone,
fr. &?; Sardian, &?; Sardes, the capital of Lydia: cf. F. sarde. Cf.
Sardius.] (Min.) A variety of carnelian, of a rich reddish yellow or
brownish red color. See the Note under Chalcedony.
Sar"da*chate (?), n. [L. sardachates: cf. F. sardachate. See Sard, and
Agate.] (Min.) A variety of agate containing sard.
{ Sar"dan (?), Sar"del (?) }, n. [It. sardella. See Sardine a fish.]
(Zoöl.) A sardine. [Obs.]
Sar"del, n. A precious stone. See Sardius.
Sar"dine (? or ?; 277), n. [F. sardine (cf. Sp. sardina, sarda, It.
sardina, sardella), L. sardina, sarda; cf. Gr. &?;, &?;; so called from
the island of Sardinia, Gr. &?;.] (Zoöl.) Any one of several small
species of herring which are commonly preserved in olive oil for food,
especially the pilchard, or European sardine (Clupea pilchardus). The
California sardine (Clupea sagax) is similar. The American sardines of
the Atlantic coast are mostly the young of the common herring and of
the menhaden.
Sar"dine (? or ?; 277), n. See Sardius.
Sar*din"i*an (?), a. [L. Sardinianus.] Of or pertaining to the island,
kingdom, or people of Sardinia. -- n. A native or inhabitant of
Sardinia.
Sar"di*us (?), n. [L. sardius, lapis sardinus, Gr. &?;, &?;, &?;. See
Sard.] A precious stone, probably a carnelian, one of which was set in
Aaron's breastplate. Ex. xxviii. 17.
Sar"doin (?), n. [Cf. F. sardoine.] (Min.) Sard; carnelian.
Sar*do"ni*an (?), a. [Cf. F. sardonien.] Sardonic. [Obs.] "With
Sardonian smile." Spenser.
Sar*don"ic (?), a. [F. sardonique, L. sardonius, Gr. &?;, &?;, perhaps
fr. &?; to grin like a dog, or from a certain plant of Sardinia, Gr.
&?;, which was said to screw up the face of the eater.] Forced;
unnatural; insincere; hence, derisive, mocking, malignant, or bitterly
sarcastic; -- applied only to a laugh, smile, or some facial semblance
of gayety.
Where strained, sardonic smiles are glozing still, And grief is
forced to laugh against her will.
Sir H. Wotton.
The scornful, ferocious, sardonic grin of a bloody ruffian.
Burke.
Sardonic grin or laugh, an old medical term for a spasmodic affection
of the muscles of the face, giving it an appearance of laughter.
Sar*don"ic, a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a kind of linen made
at Colchis.
Sar"do*nyx (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;. See Sard, and Onyx.] (Min.) A
variety of onyx consisting of sard and white chalcedony in alternate
layers.
||Sa"ree (?), n. [Hind. &?;.] The principal garment of a Hindoo woman.
||It consists of a long piece of cloth, which is wrapped round the
||middle of the body, a portion being arranged to hang down in front,
||and the remainder passed across the bosom over the left shoulder.
Sar*gas"so (?), n. [Sp. sargazo seaweed.] (Bot.) The gulf weed. See
under Gulf.
Sargasso Sea, a large tract of the North Atlantic Ocean where sargasso
in great abundance floats on the surface.
||Sar*gas"sum (?), n. [NL.] A genus of algæ including the gulf weed.
||Sar"go (?), n. [Sp. sargo, L. sargus a kind of fish.] (Zoöl.) Any one
||of several species of sparoid fishes belonging to Sargus, Pomadasys,
||and related genera; -- called also sar, and saragu.
||Sa"ri (?), n. Same as Saree.
||Sa*rigue" (?), n. [F., from Braz. çarigueia, çarigueira.] (Zoöl.) A
||small South American opossum (Didelphys opossum), having four white
||spots on the face.
Sark (?), n. [AS. serce, syrce, a shirt; akin to Icel. serkr, Sw.
särk.] A shirt. [Scot.]
Sark, v. t. (Carp.) To cover with sarking, or thin boards.
Sar"kin (?), n. [Gr. sa`rx, sa`rkos, flesh.] (Physiol. Chem.) Same as
Hypoxanthin.
Sark"ing (?), n. [From Sark shirt.] (Carp.) Thin boards for sheathing,
as above the rafters, and under the shingles or slates, and for similar
purposes.
{ Sar"lac (?), Sar"lyk (?) }, n. [Mongolian sarlyk.] (Zoöl.) The yak.
{ Sar*ma"tian (?), Sar*mat"ic (?) }, a. [L. Sarmaticus.] Of or
pertaining to Sarmatia, or its inhabitants, the ancestors of the
Russians and the Poles.
Sar"ment (?), n. [L. sarmentum a twig, fr. sarpere to cut off, to trim:
cf. F. sarment.] (Bot.) A prostrate filiform stem or runner, as of the
strawberry. See Runner.
Sar`men*ta"ceous (?), a. (Bot.) Bearing sarments, or runners, as the
strawberry.
Sar`men*tose" (? or ?), a. [L. sarmentosus: cf. F. sarmenteux. See
Sarment.] (Bot.) (a) Long and filiform, and almost naked, or having
only leaves at the joints where it strikes root; as, a sarmentose stem.
(b) Bearing sarments; sarmentaceous.
Sar*men"tous (?), a. (Bot.) Sarmentose.
Sarn (?), n. [W. sarn a causeway, paving.] A pavement or
stepping-stone. [Prov. Eng.] Johnson.
||Sa"rong (?), n. [Malay srung.] A sort of petticoat worn by both sexes
||in Java and the Malay Archipelago. Balfour (Cyc. of India)
Sa"ros (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;] (Astron) A Chaldean astronomical
period or cycle, the length of which has been variously estimated from
3,600 years to 3,600 days, or a little short of 10 years. Brande & C.
Sar"plar (?), n. [Cf. LL. sarplare. See Sarplier.] A large bale or
package of wool, containing eighty tods, or 2,240 pounds, in weight.
[Eng.]
Sar"plier (?), n. [F. serpillière; cf. Pr. sarpelheira, LL.
serpelleria, serpleria, Catalan sarpallera, Sp. arpillera.] A coarse
cloth made of hemp, and used for packing goods, etc. [Written also
sarpelere.] Tyrwhitt.
Sar"po (?), n. [Corruption of Sp. sapo a toad.] (Zoöl.) A large
toadfish of the Southern United States and the Gulf of Mexico
(Batrachus tau, var. pardus).
||Sar`ra*ce"ni*a (?), n. [NL. So named after a Dr. Sarrazin of Quebec.]
||(Bot.) A genus of American perennial herbs growing in bogs; the
||American pitcher plant.
They have hollow pitcher-shaped or tubular leaves, and solitary flowers
with an umbrella-shaped style. Sarracenia purpurea, the sidesaddle
flower, is common at the North; S. flava, rubra, Drummondii,
variolaris, and psittacina are Southern species. All are insectivorous,
catching and drowning insects in their curious leaves. See Illust. of
Sidesaddle flower, under Sidesaddle.
{ Sar"ra*sin, Sar"ra*sine } (?), n. [F. sarrasine, LL. saracina. See
Saracen.] (Fort.) A portcullis, or herse. [Written also sarasin.]