SAROH, sar'[=o], _n._ an Indian musical instrument with three metal
strings.
SARONG, sa-rong', _n._ a garment covering the lower half of the body.
[Malay.]
SAROS, s[=a]'ros, _n._ a Babylonian numeral=3600: an astronomical cycle of
6585 days and 8 hours.
SAROTHRUM, sa-r[=o]'thrum, _n._ a brush of stiff hairs on the leg of a
bee:--_pl._ SAR[=O]'THRA. [Gr. _sar[=o]tron_, a broom.]
SARPLAR, sär'plär, _n._ (_obs._) packing-cloth: a large bale of wool
containing 2240 pounds.--Also SAR'PLER, SAR'PLIER. [O. Fr.
_serpilliere_--Low L. _serapellinus_--L. _xerampelinæ_ (_vestes_), of the
colour of dead vine-leaves, dark-red (clothes)--Gr. _x[=e]rampelinos_,
_x[=e]ros_, dry, _ampelinos_--_ampelos_, a vine.]
SARRACENIA, sär-a-s[=e]'ni-a, _n._ a genus of polypetalous plants--the
_side-saddle flower_, _pitcher-plant_. [Named from Dr _Sarrazin_, who first
sent them to Europe from Quebec.]
SARRASIN, sär'a-sin, _n._ a portcullis.--Also SAR'ASIN.
SARRAZIN, sär'a-zin, _n._ buckwheat--_Saracen_ wheat.
SARRUSOPHONE, sa-rus'[=o]-f[=o]n, _n._ a musical instrument of the oboe
class. [From the inventor, a French bandmaster named _Sarrus_.]
SARSAPARILLA, sär-sa-pa-ril'a, _n._ the dried root of several species of
_Smilax_, native to tropical America, yielding a medicinal decoction.--Also
SAR'SA. [Sp.,--_zarza_, bramble (prob. Basque, _sartzia_), _parilla_, a
dim. of _parra_, a vine.]
SARSEN, sär'sen, _n._ a local name for the old inhabitants who worked the
tin-mines in Cornwall and Devonshire--(the piles of old mining refuse are
called _attal-Sarsen_ and _Jews' leavings_).--Also SARS'DEN-STONE,
SAR'ACEN'S-STONE, a name given to the Greywethers of Cornwall.
SARSENET, särs'net, _n._ a thin tissue of fine silk, plain or twilled, used
for ladies' dresses and for linings, said to have been introduced from the
East in the 13th century.--Also SAR'CENET, SARS'NET. [O. Fr.
_sarcenet_--Low L. _Saracenatus_, and _Saracenicus_ (_pannus_), Saracen
(cloth)--_Saracenus_, _Saracen_.]
SARSIA, sär'si-a, _n._ a genus of jelly-fishes. [Named from Professor
_Sars_ of Christiania.]
SARTAGE, sär't[=a]j, _n._ the clearing of woodland for agricultural
purposes.--_n._ SART, a strip of such.
SARTORIUS, sär-t[=o]'ri-us, _n._ the muscle of the thigh by which the one
leg is thrown across the other.--_n._ SAR'TOR, a tailor.--_adj._
SART[=O]'RIAL, pertaining to a tailor or tailoring. [L. _sartor_, a
tailor.]
SASH, sash, _n._ a band, ribbon, or scarf, worn as a badge or ornament, or
a badge of distinction worn by officers--also _v.t._--_n._ SASH'ERY, sashes
collectively. [Pers. _shast_, a turban.]
SASH, sash, _n._ a case or frame for panes of glass.--_v.t._ to furnish
with sashes.--_ns._ SASH'-DOOR, a door having panes of glass; SASH'-FRAME,
the frame in which the sash of a window is suspended; SASH'-WINDOW, a
glazed window in which the glass is set in a sash.--FRENCH SASH, a casement
swinging on hinges. [Fr. _châsse_--L. _capsa_, a case.]
SASIA, s[=a]'si-a, _n._ a genus of Indian pigmy woodpeckers.
SASIN, sas'in, _n._ the common Indian antelope.
SASINE, s[=a]'sin, _n._ (_Scots law_) the act of giving legal possession of
feudal property, infeftment: a form of seizin. [Fr. _saisine_--_saisir_,
occupy.]
SASS, sas, _n._ (_coll._) impudence: vegetables used in making
sauces.--_v.i._ to be insolent in replies.
SASSABY, sas'a-bi, _n._ the bastard hartebeest of South Africa.
SASSAFRAS, sas'a-fras, _n._ a tree of the laurel family, common in North
America; also the bark of its root, a powerful stimulant.--SASSAFRAS OIL, a
volatile aromatic oil distilled from the sassafras. [Fr. _sassafras_--Sp.
_sasafras_--L. _saxifraga_--_saxum_, a stone, _frang[)e]re_, to break.]
SASSANID, sas'a-nid, _n._ one of the Sassanidæ, the dynasty which ruled
Persia from 218 A.D. to 639.--_adj._ SASS[=A]'NIAN.
SASSARARA. Same as SISERARY.