Each village senior paused to scan, And speak the lovely caravan.
Emerson.
4. One in the fourth or final year of his collegiate course at an
American college; -- originally called senior sophister; also, one in
the last year of the course at a professional schools or at a seminary.
Sen*ior"i*ty (?), n. The quality or state of being senior.
Sen"ior*ize (?), v. i. To exercise authority; to rule; to lord it. [R.]
Fairfax.
Sen"ior*y (?), n. Seniority. [Obs.] Shak.
Sen"na (?), n. [Cf. It. & Sp. sena, Pg. sene, F. séné; all fr. Ar.
san.] 1. (Med.) The leaves of several leguminous plants of the genus
Cassia. (C. acutifolia, C. angustifolia, etc.). They constitute a
valuable but nauseous cathartic medicine.
2. (Bot.) The plants themselves, native to the East, but now cultivated
largely in the south of Europe and in the West Indies.
Bladder senna. (Bot.) See under Bladder. -- Wild senna (Bot.), the
Cassia Marilandica, growing in the United States, the leaves of which
are used medicinally, like those of the officinal senna.
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Sen"na*chy (?), n. See Seannachie.
Sen"net (?), n. [Properly, a sign given for the entrance or exit of
actors, from OF. sinet, signet, dim. of signe. See Signet.] A signal
call on a trumpet or cornet for entrance or exit on the stage. [Obs.]
Sen"net, n. (Zoöl.) The barracuda.
Sen"night (?), n. [Contr. fr. sevennight.] The space of seven nights
and days; a week. [Written also se'nnight.] [Archaic.] Shak. Tennyson.
Sen"nit (?), n. [Seven + knit.] 1. (Naut.) A braided cord or fabric
formed by plaiting together rope yarns or other small stuff.