SARANGOUSTY, sar-an-g[=oo]s'ti, _n._ a material used as a preservative of
walls, &c., from damp.
SARBACAND, sar'ba-känd, _n._ a blow-gun.--Also SAR'BACANE.
SARCASM, sär'kazm, _n._ a bitter sneer: a satirical remark in scorn or
contempt: irony: a gibe.--_adjs._ SARCAS'TIC, -AL, containing sarcasm:
bitterly satirical.--_adv._ SARCAS'TICALLY. [Fr.,--L. _sarcasmus_--Gr.
_sarkasmos_--_sarkazein_, to tear flesh like dogs, to speak
bitterly--_sarx_, _sarkos_, flesh.]
SARCEL, sär'sel, _n._ the pinion of a hawk's wing.--_adjs._ SAR'CELLED
(_her._), cut through the middle--also SAR'CELÉ, SAR'CELLÉE;
DEM'I-SAR'CELED, -SAR'CELLED, partly cut through. [O. Fr. _cercel_--L.
_circellus_, dim. of _circulus_, a circle.]
SARCELLE, sar-sel', _n._ a long-tailed duck, a teal.
SARCENCHYME, sar-seng'k[=i]m, _n._ one of the soft tissues of
sponges.--_adj._ SARCENCHYM'ATOUS. [Gr. _sarx_, flesh, _enchyma_, an
infusion.]
SARCENET. See SARSENET.
SARCINA, sar-s[=i]'na, _n._ a genus of schizomycetous fungi, in which the
cocci divide in three planes forming cubical clumps:--_pl._ SARC[=I]'NÆ
(-n[=e]).--_adjs._ SARC[=I]'NÆFORM, SARCIN'IC.--_n._ SARCIN'[=U]LA. [L.
_sarcina_, a package.]
SARCINE, sär'sin, _n._ a nitrogenous substance obtained from the muscular
tissue of the horse, ox, hare, &c.--same as _Hypoxanthine_. [Gr. _sarx_,
_sarkos_, flesh.]
SARCIOPHORUS, sär-si-of'[=o]-rus, _n._ a genus of spur-winged plovers,
including the crested wattled lapwings, &c. [Gr. _sarkion_, a piece of
flesh, _sarx_, flesh, _pherein_, to bear.]