SASSENACH, sas'e-nah, _n._ a Saxon: an Englishman: a Lowlander. [Gael.
_Sasunnach_.]
SASSOLIN, sas'[=o]-lin, _n._ native boracic acid--first found near _Sasso_
in Florence.--Also SASS'OLITE.
SASSOROL, sas'[=o]-rol, _n._ the rock-pigeon.--Also SASSOROL'LA.
SAT, sat, _pa.t._ and _pa.p._ of _sit_.
SATAN, s[=a]'tan, _n._ the enemy of men: the devil: the chief of the fallen
angels.--_adjs._ S[=A]TAN'IC, -AL, pertaining to, or like, Satan:
devilish.--_adv._ S[=A]TAN'ICALLY, diabolically: with malice or wickedness
suiting the devil.--_ns._ S[=A]TAN'ICALNESS, the quality of being
fiendishly malicious or wicked; S[=A]'TANISM, the devilish disposition;
S[=A]TANOPH'ANY, an appearance or incarnation of Satan;
S[=A]TANOPH[=O]'BIA, fear of the devil; S[=A]TH'ANAS, Satan; S[=A]TAN'ITY.
[O. Fr. _Sathan_, _Sathanas_--Low L. _Satan_, _Satanas_--Heb.
_s[=a]t[=a]n_, enemy--_s[=a]tan_, to be adverse.]
SATARA, sat'a-ra, _n._ a ribbed, hot-pressed, and lustred woollen cloth.
SATCHEL, sach'el, _n._ a small sack or bag, esp. for papers, books, &c.
[Older form _sachel_--O. Fr. _sachel_--L. _saccellus_, dim. of _saccus_.]
SATE, s[=a]t, _v.t._ to satisfy or give enough: to glut.--_adj._ SATE'LESS,
insatiable. [L. _sati[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_--_satis_, enough.]
SATE, sat. Same as SAT, _pa.t._ of _sit_.
SATEEN, sa-t[=e]n', _n._ a glossy worsted, cotton, or even woollen
fabric.--Also SATTEEN'.
SATELLITE, sat'el-l[=i]t, _n._ an obsequious follower: one of the small
members of the solar system, attendant on the larger planets, by which
their motions are controlled.--_ns._ SAT'ELLITE-SPHINX, a large hawk-moth;
SAT'ELLITE-VEIN, a vein accompanying an artery; SATELLI'TIUM, an escort.
[Fr.,--L. _satelles_, _satellitis_, an attendant.]
SATIATE, s[=a]'shi-[=a]t, _v.t._ to satisfy or give enough: to gratify
fully: to glut.--_adj._ glutted.--_n._ S[=A]TIABIL'ITY.--_adj._
S[=A]'TIABLE, that may be satiated.--_ns._ S[=A]TI[=A]'TION;
S[=A]T[=I]'ETY, state of being satiated: surfeit. [L. _sati[=a]ra_,
_-[=a]tum_--_satis_, enough.]
SATIN, sat'in, _n._ a closely woven silk with a lustrous and unbroken
surface, sometimes figured.--_adj._ made of satin: resembling
satin.--_v.t._ to make smooth and glossy like satin.--_ns._ SAT'IN-BIRD,
the satin bower-bird; SAT'IN-CAR'PET, a particular kind of moth;
SAT'IN-DAM'ASK, a satin with an elaborate flower or arabesque pattern,
sometimes raised in velvet pile; SAT'IN-DE-LAINE', a thin glossy woollen
fabric, a variety of cassimere; SAT'INET, a thin species of satin: a cloth
with a cotton warp and woollen weft; SAT'INET-LOOM, a loom used for heavy
goods, as twills, satinets, &c.; SAT'IN-FIN'ISH, a finish resembling satin:
a lustrous finish produced on silver by the scratch-brush, by the process
called _Satining_; SAT'INING-MACHINE', a machine for giving a smooth
surface to paper; SAT'IN-LEAF, the common alum-root; SAT'IN-LISSE, a cotton
dress-fabric with satiny surface, usually printed with delicate patterns;
SAT'IN-P[=A]'PER, a fine, glossy writing-paper; SAT'IN-SHEET'ING, twilled
cotton fabric with a satin surface; SAT'IN-SPAR, a variety of calcite with
a pearly lustre when polished; SAT'IN-SPARR'OW, an Australian fly-catcher;
SAT'IN-STITCH, an embroidery stitch, flat or raised, repeated in parallel
lines, giving a satiny appearance and making both sides alike;
SAT'IN-STONE, a fibrous gypsum used by lapidaries; SAT'INWOOD, a beautiful
ornamental wood from East and West Indies, having a smooth, satiny
texture.--_adj._ SAT'INY, like, or composed of, satin. [Fr. _satin_ (It.
_setino_)--Low. L. _setinus_, adj.--L. _seta_, hair.]
SATINÉ, sat-i-n[=a]', _n._ a reddish hard wood of French Guiana.
SATIRE, sat'[=i]r, or sat'ir, _n._ a literary composition, orig. in verse,
essentially a criticism of man and his works, whom it holds up either to
ridicule or scorn--its chief instruments, irony, sarcasm, invective, wit
and humour: an invective poem: severity of remark, denunciation:
ridicule.--_adjs._ SATIR'IC, -AL, pertaining to, or conveying, satire:
sarcastic: abusive.--_adv._ SATIR'ICALLY.--_n._ SATIR'ICALNESS, the state
or quality of being satirical.--_v.t._ SAT'IR[=I]SE, to make the object of
satire: to censure severely.--_n._ SAT'IRIST, a writer of satire. [Fr.,--L.
_satira_, _satura_ (_lanx_, a dish), a full dish, a medley.]
SATISFY, sat'is-f[=i], _v.t._ to give enough to: to supply fully: to please
fully: to discharge: to free from doubt: to convince.--_v.i._ to give
content: to supply fully: to make payment:--_pa.t._ and _pa.p._
sat'isfied.--_n._ SATISFAC'TION, state of being satisfied: gratification:
comfort: that which satisfies: amends: atonement: payment, quittance:
conviction: repairing a wrong, as by a duel.--_adj._ SATISFAC'TIVE
(_obs._).--_adv._ SATISFAC'TORILY.--_n._ SATISFAC'TORINESS.--_adjs._
SATISFAC'TORY, satisfying: giving contentment: making amends or payment:
atoning: convincing; SATISF[=I]'ABLE, capable of being satisfied.--_n._
SAT'ISF[=I]ER.--_adj._ SAT'ISFYING, satisfactory.--_adv._
SAT'ISFYINGLY.--SATISFACTION THEORY (of the Atonement), the ordinary theory
of Catholic orthodoxy that Christ made satisfaction to Divine justice for
the guilt of human sin by suffering as the human representative, and that
thus Divine forgiveness was made possible. [Fr. _satisfaire_--L.
_satisfac[)e]re_, _satis_, enough, _fac[)e]re_, to make.]
SATIVE, s[=a]'tiv, _adj._ sown as in a garden. [L. _sativus_--_ser[)e]re_,
to sow.]
SATRAP, s[=a]'trap, or sat'rap, _n._ a Persian viceroy or ruler of one of
the greater provinces:--_fem._ S[=A]'TRAPESS.--_adjs._ SAT'RAPAL, relating
to a satrap or to a satrapy; S[=A]'TRAP-CROWNED, crested, like the
golden-crested wren of North America.--_n._ SAT'RAPY, the government of a
satrap. [Gr. _satrap[=e]s_, from Old Pers. _khshatrap[=a]_ or Zend
_sh[=o]ithra-paiti_--ruler of a region--_sh[=o]ithra_, a region, _paiti_, a
chief.]
SATURATE, sat'[=u]-r[=a]t, _v.t._ to fill: to unite with till no more can
be received: to fill to excess: to soak: (_opt._) to render pure, or of a
colour free from white light.--_adjs._ SAT'[=U]RABLE, that may be
saturated; SAT'[=U]RANT, saturating; SAT'[=U]RATE, saturated: (_entom._)
very intense, as 'saturate green.'--_ns._ SAT'[=U]R[=A]TER;
SAT[=U]R[=A]'TION, act of saturating: state of being saturated: the state
of a body when quite filled with another. [L. _satur[=a]re_,
_-[=a]tum_--_satur_, full, akin to _satis_, enough.]
SATURDAY, sat'ur-d[=a], _n._ the seventh or last day of the week, dedicated
by the Romans to Saturn: the Jewish Sabbath. [A.S. _Sæter-dæg_,
_Sætern-dæg_, day of Saturn--L. _Saturnus_.]
SATUREIA, sat-[=u]-r[=e]'i-a, _n._ a genus of gamopetalous plants of the
order _Labiatæ_--savory.
SATURN, sat'urn, or s[=a]'-, _n._ the ancient Roman god of agriculture: one
of the planets: (_her._) a tincture, in colour black.--_n.pl._
SATURN[=A]'LIA, the annual festival in honour of Saturn, a time of
unrestrained license and enjoyment.--_adjs._ SATURN[=A]'LIAN, pertaining to
the Saturnalia: riotously merry: dissolute; SATUR'NIAN, pertaining to
Saturn, whose fabulous reign was called 'the golden age:' happy: pure:
simple: denoting the verse in which the oldest Latin poems were written;
SAT'URNINE, grave: gloomy: phlegmatic--those born under the planet Saturn
being so disposed: pertaining to lead.--_n._ SAT'URNIST (_obs._), a gloomy
person.--SATURN'S RING, a ring round and near the planet; SATURN'S TREE, an
arborescent deposit of lead from a solution of lead acetate.
[_Saturnus_--_ser[)e]re_, _satum_, to sow.]
SATURNIA, s[=a]-tur'ni-a, _n._ a genus of bombycid moths.
SATURNIA, s[=a]-tur'ni-a, _n._ lead poisoning, plumbism.
SATURNITE, sat'ur-n[=i]t, _n._ a mineral substance containing lead.
SATYR, sat'[.e]r, or s[=a]'t[.e]r, _n._ a silvan deity, represented as part
man and part goat, and extremely wanton: a very lecherous person: a species
of butterfly.--_ns._ SAT'YRAL (_her._), a monster with a human head and the
limbs of different animals; SATYR[=I]'ASIS, morbid lasciviousness in men,
corresponding to nymphomania in women--also SATYROM[=A]'NIA.--_adjs._
SATYR'IC, -AL, pertaining to satyrs.--_ns._ SATYR[=I]'NÆ, the argus
butterflies; SATYR'IUM, a genus of small flowered orchids; SAT'YRUS, the
genus of orangs--simia. [L. _satyrus_--Gr. _satyros_.]
SAUBA-ANT, saw'ba-ant, _n._ a South American leaf-carrying ant.
SAUCE, saws, _n._ a liquid seasoning for food, consisting of salt, &c.:
fruit stewed with sugar: a relish: impudence.--_v.t._ to put sauce in to
relish: to make poignant: to gratify the palate: to treat with bitter or
pert language: to make suffer.--_ns._ SAUCE'-ALONE', a cruciferous plant
with a strong garlic smell, Jack-by-the-hedge; SAUCE'-BOAT, a vessel with a
spout for holding sauce; SAUCE'-BOX, an impudent person; SAUCE'-CRAY'ON, a
soft, black pastel used for backgrounds; SAUCE'PAN, a pan in which sauce or
any small thing is boiled; SAUCE'PAN-FISH, the king-crab.--POOR MAN'S
SAUCE, hunger; SERVE ONE WITH THE SAME SAUCE, to requite one injury with
another, to make to suffer. [Fr. _sauce_--L. _salsa_, neut. pl. of
_salsus_, pa.p. of _sal[=i]re_, _salsum_, to salt--_sal_, salt.]
SAUCER, saw's[.e]r, _n._ the shallow platter for a tea or coffee cup:
anything resembling a saucer, as a socket of iron for the pivot of a
capstan: (_orig._) a small vessel to hold sauce.--_adj._ SAU'CER-EYED,
having large round eyes. [O. Fr. _saussiere_--Low L. _salsarium_--L.
_salsa_, sauce.]