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SABOT, sä-b[=o]', _n._ a wooden shoe, worn by the French peasantry: a piece
of soft metal attached to a projectile to take the groove of the
rifling.--_n._ SABOTIER', a wearer of wooden shoes: a Waldensian. [Fr.
_sabot_--Low L. _sabbatum_, a shoe.]
SABRE, s[=a]'b[.e]r, _n._ a heavy one-edged sword, slightly curved towards
the point, used by cavalry.--_v.t._ to wound or kill with a sabre.--_ns._
S[=A]'BRE-BILL, a South American bird: a curlew; S[=A]'BRE-FISH, the
hair-tail or silver eel.--_adj._ S[=A]'BRE-TOOTHED, having extremely long
upper canine teeth.--_n._ S[=A]'BRE-WING, a humming-bird. [Fr.
_sabre_--Ger. _säbel_, prob. from the Hung. _szablya_.]
SABRE-TACHE, s[=a]'b[.e]r-tash, _n._ an ornamental leather case worn by
cavalry officers at the left side, suspended from the sword-belt.--Also
S[=A]'BRE-TASH. [Fr. _sabre-tache_--Ger. _säbeltasche_, _säbel_, a sabre,
Ger. _tasche_, a pocket.]
SABRINA-WORK, sa-br[=i]'na-wurk, _n._ a variety of appliqué
embroidery-work.
SABULOUS, sab'[=u]-lus, _adj._ sandy, gritty.--_n._ SABULOS'ITY, sandiness,
grittiness. [L. _sabulum_, sand.]
SABURRA, s[=a]-bur'ä, _n._ a foulness of the stomach.--_adj._
SABURR'AL.--_n._ SABURR[=A]'TION, sand-baking: the application of a hot
sand-bath.
SAC, sak, _n._ (_bot._, _zool._) a sack or bag for a liquid.--_adjs._
SAC'C[=A]TE, -D, pouched: pouch-like; SAC'CULAR, like a sac, sacciform;
SAC'CULATE, -D, formed in a series of sac-like expansions: encysted.--_ns._
SACCUL[=A]'TION, the formation of a sac: a series of sacs; SAC'CULE,
SAC'CULUS, a small sac:--_pl._ SAC'CULI. [Fr.,--L. _saccus_, a bag.]
SAC, sak, _n._ (_law_) the privilege of a lord of manor of holding courts.
[A.S. _sacu_, strife.]
SACCADE, sa-k[=a]d', _n._ a violent twitch of a horse by one pull: a firm
pressure of the bow on the violin-strings so that two are sounded at once.
[Fr.]
SACCATA, sa-k[=a]'tä, _n._ the molluscs as a branch of the animal kingdom.
SACCHARILLA, sak-a-ril'a, _n._ a kind of muslin.
SACCHARINE, sak'a-rin, _adj._ pertaining to, or having the qualities of,
sugar.--_n._ SAC'CHAR[=A]TE, a salt of a saccharic acid.--_adjs._
SACCHAR'IC, pertaining to, or obtained from, sugar and allied substances;
SACCHARIF'EROUS, producing sugar, as from starch.--_v.t._ SAC'CHARIFY, to
convert into sugar.--_ns._ SACCHARIM'ETER, SACCHAROM'ETER, an instrument
for measuring the quantity of saccharine matter in a liquid;
SACCHARIM'ETRY, SACCHAROM'ETRY; SAC'CHARIN, a white crystalline solid
slightly soluble in cold water, odourless, but intensely sweet;
SACCHARIN'ITY.--_v.t._ SAC'CHARISE, to convert into sugar:--_pr.p._
sac'char[=i]sing; _pa.p._ sac'char[=i]sed.--_adjs._ SAC'CHAROID, -AL,
having a texture resembling sugar, esp. loaf-sugar.--_n._ SAC'CHAROSE, the
ordinary pure sugar of commerce.--_adj._ SAC'CHAROUS.--_n._ SAC'CHARUM, a
genus of grasses, including the sugar-cane. [Fr. _saccharin_--L.
_saccharum_, sugar.]
SACCHARITE, sak'a-r[=i]t, _n._ a fine granular variety of feldspar.
SACCHAROCOLLOID, sak-a-r[=o]-kol'oid, _n._ one of a large group of the
carbohydrates.
SACCHAROMYCES, sak-a-r[=o]-m[=i]'s[=e]z, _n._ a genus of the yeast fungi.
[Low L. _saccharum_, sugar, Gr. _myk[=e]s_, a mushroom.]
SACCIFORM, sak'si-form, _adj._ having the form of a sac: baggy.--_adj._
SACCIF'EROUS.
SACCOBRANCHIA, sak-[=o]-brang'ki-a, _n.pl._ a division of tunicates with
saccate gills.--_adj._ and _n._ SACCOBRANCH'I[=A]TE. [Gr. _sakkos_, a sack,
_brangchia_, gills.]
SACCOLABIUM, sak-[=o]-l[=a]'bi-um, _n._ a genus of orchids. [L. _saccus_, a
sack, _labium_, a lip.]
SACCOMYOID, sak-[=o]-m[=i]'oid, _adj._ having cheek-pouches. [Gr. _sakkos_,
sack, _mys_, a mouse.]
SACCOPHARYNGIDÆ, sak-o-f[=a]-rin'ji-d[=e], _n._ a family of lyomerous
fishes, including the bottle-fish, noted for swallowing fishes larger than
themselves.
SACCOS, sak'os, _n._ a tight sleeveless vestment worn by Oriental
patriarchs and metropolitans during divine service, corresponding to the
Western dalmatic. [Gr. _sakkos_, a sack.]
SACELLUM, s[=a]-sel'um, _n._ a little sanctuary, a small uncovered place
consecrated to a divinity: a canopied altar-tomb:--_pl._ SACELL'A. [L.,
dim. of _sacrum_, neut. of _sacer_, consecrated.]
SACERDOTAL, sas-[.e]r-d[=o]'tal, _adj._ priestly.--_v.t._
SACERD[=O]'TALISE, to render sacerdotal.--_ns._ SACERD[=O]'TALISM, the
spirit of the priesthood: devotion to priestly interests, priestcraft: the
belief that the presbyter is a priest in the sense of offering a sacrifice
in the eucharist; SACERD[=O]'TALIST, a supporter of sacerdotalism.--_adv._
SACERD[=O]'TALLY. [L. _sacerdos_, a priest--_sacer_, sacred, _d[)a]re_, to
give.]
SACHEM, s[=a]'chem, _n._ a chief of a North American Indian tribe, a
sagamore: one of the Tammany leaders.--_ns._ S[=A]'CHEMDOM, S[=A]'CHEMSHIP.