||Sar*to"ri*us (?), n. [NL., fr. L. sartor a patcher, tailor, fr.
||sarcire, sartum, to patch, mend.] (Anat.) A muscle of the thigh,
||called the tailor's muscle, which arises from the hip bone and is
||inserted just below the knee. So named because its contraction was
||supposed to produce the position of the legs assumed by the tailor in
||sitting.
Sa"rum use` (?). (Ch. of Eng.) A liturgy, or use, put forth about 1087
by St. Osmund, bishop of Sarum, based on Anglo-Saxon and Norman
customs.
Sash (?), n. [Pers. shast a sort of girdle.] A scarf or band worn about
the waist, over the shoulder, or otherwise; a belt; a girdle, -- worn
by women and children as an ornament; also worn as a badge of
distinction by military officers, members of societies, etc.
Sash, v. t. To adorn with a sash or scarf. Burke.
Sash, n. [F. châssis a frame, sash, fr. châsse a shrine, reliquary,
frame, L. capsa. See Case a box.] 1. The framing in which the panes of
glass are set in a glazed window or door, including the narrow bars
between the panes.
2. In a sawmill, the rectangular frame in which the saw is strained and
by which it is carried up and down with a reciprocating motion; -- also
called gate.
French sash, a casement swinging on hinges; - - in distinction from a
vertical sash sliding up and down.
Sash, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sashed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Sashing.] To
furnish with a sash or sashes; as, to sash a door or a window.
Sash"er*y (?), n. [From 1st Sash.] A collection of sashes;
ornamentation by means of sashes. [R.]
Distinguished by their sasheries and insignia.
Carlyle.
Sash"oon (?), n. [Etymology uncertain.] A kind of pad worn on the leg
under the boot. [Obs.] Nares.
Sa"sin (?), n. (Zoöl.) The Indian antelope (Antilope bezoartica, or
cervicapra), noted for its beauty and swiftness. It has long, spiral,
divergent horns.
{ Sas"sa*by (?), Sas"sa*bye (?) }, n. (Zoöl.) A large African antelope
(Alcelaphus lunata), similar to the hartbeest, but having its horns
regularly curved.
Sas"sa*fras (?), n. [F. sassafras (cf. It. sassafrasso, sassafras, Sp.
sasafras, salsafras, salsifrax, salsifragia, saxifragia), fr. L.
saxifraga saxifrage. See Saxifrage.] (Bot.) An American tree of the
Laurel family (Sassafras officinale); also, the bark of the roots,
which has an aromatic smell and taste.
Australian sassafras, a lofty tree (Doryophora Sassafras) with aromatic
bark and leaves. -- Chilian sassafras, an aromatic tree (Laurelia
sempervirens). -- New Zealand sassafras, a similar tree (Laurelia Novæ
Zelandiæ). - - Sassafras nut. See Pichurim bean. -- Swamp sassafras,
the sweet bay (Magnolia glauca). See Magnolia.
Sas"sa*nage (?), n. [See Sarse a sieve.] Stones left after sifting.
Smart.
Sas`sa*ra"ra (?), n. [Perh. a corruption of certiorari, the name of a
writ.] A word used to emphasize a statement. [Obs.]
Out she shall pack, with a sassarara.
Goldsmith.
Sasse (?), n. [D. sas, fr. F. sas the basin of a waterfall.] A sluice
or lock, as in a river, to make it more navigable. [Obs.] Pepys.
Sas"sen*ach (?), n. [Gael. sasunnach.] A Saxon; an Englishman; a
Lowlander. [Celtic] Sir W. Scott.
{ Sas"so*lin (?), Sas"so*line (?) }, n. [From Sasso, a town in Italy:
cf. F. sassolin.] (Min.) Native boric acid, found in saline
incrustations on the borders of hot springs near Sasso, in the
territory of Florence.
{ Sas"so*rol (?), Sas`so*rol"la (?) }, n. (Zoöl.) The rock pigeon. See
under Pigeon.
Sas"sy bark` (?). (Bot.) The bark of a West African leguminous tree
(Erythrophlæum Guineense, used by the natives as an ordeal poison, and
also medicinally; -- called also mancona bark.
||Sas"tra (?), n. Same as Shaster.