SARK, särk, _n._ a shirt or chemise: the body garment. [A.S. _syrce_; Ice.
_serkr_.]
SARKING, sär'king, _n._ (_Scot._) thin boards for lining, the boarding on
which slates are laid.
SARKINITE, sär'ki-n[=i]t, _n._ a hydrous arseniate of manganese. [Gr.
_sarkinos_, fleshy, _sarx_, _sarkos_, flesh.]
SARLAK, sär'lak, _n._ the yak.--Also SAR'LAC, SAR'LYK.
SARMATIAN, sär-m[=a]'shi-an, _adj._ pertaining to the race who spoke the
same language as the Scythians, and who are believed to have been of Median
descent and so Iranian in stock, though some authorities think they
belonged to the Ural-Altaic family: Polish, the term _Sarmatia_ being
sometimes rhetorically applied to Poland.
SARMATIER, sär-ma-ti-[=a]', _n._ a dark-coloured polecat of eastern Europe.
SARMENT, sär'ment, _n._ (_bot._) a prostrate filiform stem or runner, as of
a strawberry.--_adjs._ SARMEN'TOSE, SARMEN'TOUS, having sarmenta or
runners.--_n._ SARMEN'TUM, a runner. [L. _sarmentum_, a twig--_sarp[)e]re_,
to prune.]