SECEDE, s[=e]-s[=e]d', _v.i._ to go away: to separate one's self: to
withdraw from fellowship or association.--_ns._ SEC[=E]'DER, one who
secedes: one of a body of Presbyterians who seceded from the Church of
Scotland about 1733; SECES'SION, the act of seceding: withdrawal:
departure; SECES'SIONISM, the doctrine of secession; SECES'SIONIST, one who
maintains the principle of secession.--WAR OF SECESSION, in United States
history, the civil war (1860-65) which resulted from the attempted
withdrawal of eleven Southern States from the United States. [L.
_seced[)e]re_, _secessum_--_se-_, away, _ced[)e]re_, to go.]
SECERN, s[=e]-sern', _v.i._ and _v.t._ to separate: to distinguish: to
secrete.--_adj._ SECER'NENT.--_n._ SECERN'MENT. [L. _secern[)e]re_,
_secretum_, to separate.]
SECESH, s[=e]-sesh', _n._ and _adj._ (_U.S. slang_) secessionist.--_n._
SECESH'ER.
SECESSIVE, s[=e]-ses'iv, _adj._ set apart: isolated.
SECHIUM, s[=e]'ki-um, _n._ a genus of gourds. [Prob. Gr. _s[=e]kos_, an
enclosure.]
SECKEL, sek'el, _n._ a variety of pear.
SECLUDE, s[=e]-kl[=oo]d', _v.i._ to shut apart: to keep apart.--_adj._
S[=E]CLUD'ED, retired: withdrawn from observation.--_adv._
S[=E]CLUD'EDLY.--_ns._ S[=E]CLU'SION, the act of secluding: a shutting out:
the state of being secluded or apart: separation: retirement: privacy:
solitude; S[=E]CLU'SIONIST.--_adj._ S[=E]CLU'SIVE. [L. _seclud[)e]re_,
_seclusum_--_se-_, apart, _claud[)e]re_, to shut.]
SECOHM, sek'[=o]m, _n._ the practical unit of electrical
self-induction--now more commonly _Henry_.--_n._ SEC'OHMM[=E]TER, an
instrument for measuring the coefficient, of electrical self-induction.
[_Sec_ (_ond_) and _ohm_, the unit of resistance.]
SECOND, sek'und, _adj._ immediately following the first: the ordinal of
two: next in position: inferior: other: another: favourable.--_n._ one who,
or that which, follows or is second: one who attends another in a duel or a
prize-fight: a supporter: the 60th part of a minute of time, or of a
degree.--_v.t._ to follow: to act as second: to assist: to encourage: to
support the mover of a question or resolution: (_mus._) to sing second to:
to put into temporary retirement in the army, as an officer when holding
civil office (usually s[=e]cond').--_n._ SEC'OND-AD'VENTIST, one who lives
in expectation of a second coming of Christ to establish a personal kingdom
on earth, a premillenarian.--_adv._ SEC'ONDARILY, in a secondary manner or
degree: (_B._) secondly.--_n._ SEC'ONDARINESS.--_adj._ SEC'ONDARY,
following or coming after the first: second in position: inferior:
subordinate: deputed.--_n._ a subordinate: a delegate or deputy.--_adjs._
SEC'OND-BEST, next to the best: best except one--(COME OFF SECOND-BEST, to
get the worst of a contest); SEC'OND-CLASS, inferior to the first, as a
second-class carriage.--_ns._ SEC'ONDER, one who seconds or supports;
SEC'OND-FLOUR, flour of a coarser quality, seconds.--_adj._ SEC'OND-HAND,
received as it were from the hand of a second person: not new: that has
been used by another.--_n._ a hand for marking seconds on a clock or
watch.--_adv._ SEC'ONDLY, in the second place.--_ns._ SEC'OND-MARK, the
character " as the mark in mathematics for a second of arc, in architecture
for inches, and as a sign for a second of time; SECON'DO, the lower part in
a duet.--_adj._ SEC'OND-RATE, being second in power, size, rank, quality,
or value.--_ns._ SEC'OND-SIGHT (see SIGHT); SEC'ONDS-PEN'DULUM, a pendulum
which makes one oscillation per second of mean time.--SECONDARY EDUCATION,
that which is higher than primary or elementary; SECONDARY FORMATION,
ROCKS, STRATA, the Mesozoic strata; SECONDARY PLANET, a moon or satellite;
SECONDARY SCHOOL, a school for higher education; SECOND CHILDHOOD, a
condition of mental weakness often accompanying old age; SECOND COMING, the
second coming of Christ, or Second Advent; SECOND COUSIN, the child of a
cousin; SECOND ESTATE, the House of Lords; SECOND GUARD, an additional
guard to a sword; SECOND STORY, in America, the second range of rooms from
the first level, called in England the first floor; SECOND THOUGHTS,
reconsideration. [Fr.,--L. _secundus_--_sequi_, _secutus_, to follow.]
SECRET, s[=e]'kret, _adj._ concealed from notice: removed from sight:
unrevealed: hidden: secluded: retired: private: keeping secrets:
reserved.--_n._ that which is concealed: anything unrevealed or unknown:
privacy: the key or principle by which something is made clear: a form of
steel skull-cap: one of the prayers in the Mass, immediately following the
'Orate, fratres,' said inaudibly by the celebrant: (_pl._) any prayers said
secretly and not aloud: the parts of the body which are concealed.--_ns._
S[=E]'CRECY, the state of being secret: separation: concealment:
retirement: privacy: fidelity to a secret: the keeping of secrets;
S[=E]'CRETAGE, a process in dressing furs.--_adj._ S[=E]'CRET-FALSE
(_Shak._), secretly false, while apparently sincere.--_adv._ S[=E]'CRETLY,
in a secret manner: privately: unknown to others: inwardly.--_n._
S[=E]'CRETNESS, the state of being secret.--SECRET SERVICE, a department of
government service.--OPEN SECRET, a secret which all may inquire into.
[Fr.,--L. _secretus_--_secern[)e]re_, _secretum_--_se-_, apart,
_cern[)e]re_, to separate.]
SECRETARY, sek'r[=e]-t[=a]-ri, _n._ one employed to write for another: a
public officer entrusted with the affairs of a department of government, or
of a company, &c.: a piece of furniture for writing, with drawers,
pigeon-holes, &c. (also SECRETAIRE').--_adj._ SECRET[=A]'RIAL, pertaining
to a secretary or his duties.--_ns._ SECRET[=A]'RIATE, the official
position of secretary; SEC'RETARY-BIRD a raptorial serpent-eating bird
resembling the crane, found in South Africa and the East--from the tufts of
feathers at the back of its head like pens stuck behind the ear;
SEC'RETARYSHIP.
SECRETE, s[=e]-kr[=e]t', _v.t._ to make secret: to hide: to conceal: to
produce from the circulating fluids, as the blood in animals, the sap in
vegetables.--_adj._ separate, distinct.--_n.pl._ S[=E]CR[=E]'TA, the
products of secretion.--_n._ S[=E]CR[=E]'TION, the act of secreting or
separating from a circulating fluid: that which is so secreted.--_adj._
S[=E]CR[=E]'TIONAL.--_n._ S[=E]'CRETIST, a dealer in secrets.--_adjs._
S[=E]CRETI'TIOUS, produced by secretion; S[=E]CR[=E]'TIVE, tending to, or
causing, secretion: given to secrecy or to keeping secrets.--_adv._
S[=E]CR[=E]'TIVELY.--_ns._ S[=E]CR[=E]'TIVENESS, a phrenological organ
supposed to indicate a turn for secrecy and concealment; S[=E]CR[=E]'TOR, a
secreting organ.--_adj._ S[=E]CR[=E]'TORY, performing the office of
secretion.--SECRETING GLANDS, true glands; SECRETING ORGANS, certain
specialised organs of plants. [L. _secern[)e]re_, _secretum_.]
SECT, sekt, _n._ a body of men who unite in holding some particular views,
esp. in religion and philosophy: those who dissent from an established
church: a denomination: a school of philosophy: a party: faction: apparel:
a part cut off.--_adj._ SECT[=A]'RIAN, pertaining to, or peculiar to, a
sect: bigotedly devoted to the interests of a sect, narrow, exclusive (also
SECT[=A]'RIAL).--_n._ one of a sect: one strongly imbued with the
characteristics of a sect.--_v.t._ SECT[=A]'RIANISE.--_ns._
SECT[=A]'RIANISM, quality or character of a sectarian: excessive devotion
to a sect; SEC'TARIST; SEC'TARY, one of a sect: a dissenter; SECT[=A]'TOR
(_obs._), an adherent of a school or party; SEC'TIST; SECT'-MAS'TER, the
leader of a sect.--SECTARIAL MARKS, emblems marked on the foreheads of the
different sects in India. [Fr. _secte_--L. _secta_, a school of
philosophy--_sec[=a]re_, _sectum_, to cut off.]
SECTANT, sek'tant, _n._ a portion of space cut off from the rest by three
planes, but extending to infinity.
SECTION, sek'shun, _n._ act of cutting: a division: a portion: a distinct
part of a book: the plan of any object cut through, as it were, to show its
interior: the line formed by the intersection of two surfaces: the surface
formed when a solid is cut by a plane: one of the squares, each containing
640 acres, into which the public lands of the United States are divided:
(_zool._) a group: the sign §, as a mark of reference.--_v.t._ to divide
into sections, as a ship; to reduce to the degree of thinness required for
study with the microscope.--_adjs._ SEC'TILE, SEC'TIVE, capable of being
cut.--_n._ SECTIL'ITY.--_adj._ SEC'TIONAL, pertaining to a section or
distinct part: local.--_n._ SEC'TIONALISM, the spirit of a class,
commercial or political.--_adv._ SEC'TIONALLY.--_ns._ SEC'TION-BEAM, in
warping, a roller which receives the yarn from the spools;
SEC'TION-CUT'TER, an instrument used for making sections for microscopic
work.--_v.t._ SEC'TIONISE, to render sectional in scope or spirit.--_ns._
SEC'TION-LIN'ER, a draftsman's instrument for ruling parallel lines;
SEC'TION-PLANE, a cut surface; SEC'TIOPLANOG'RAPHY, a method of laying down
the sections of engineering work in railways; SEC'TIUNCLE, a petty sect.
SECTOR, sek'tur, _n._ that which cuts: that which is cut off: a portion of
the circle between two radii and the intercepted arc: a mathematical
instrument for finding a fourth proportional: an astronomical instrument:
(_mech._) a toothed gear, the face of which is the arc of a
circle.--_adjs._ SEC'TORAL; SECT[=O]'RIAL, adapted or intended for
cutting.--_n._ a scissor-tooth. [L. _sector_--_sec[=a]re_, to cut.]
SECULAR, sek'[=u]-lar, _adj._ pertaining to an age or generation: coming or
observed only once in a century: permanent: lay or civil, as opposed to
clerical: (_geol._) gradually becoming appreciable in the course of ages:
pertaining to the present world, or to things not spiritual: not bound by
monastic rules.--_n._ a layman: an ecclesiastic, as a parish priest, not
bound by monastic rules.--_n._ SECULARISA'TION, the state of being
secularised.--_v.t._ SEC'ULARISE, to make secular: to convert from
spiritual to common use.--_ns._ SEC'ULARISM; SEC'ULARIST, one who,
discarding religious belief and worship, applies himself exclusively to the
things of this life: one who holds that education should be apart from
religion; SECULAR'ITY, state of being secular or worldly:
worldliness.--_adv._ SEC'ULARLY.--_n._ SEC'ULARNESS. [L.
_secularis_--_seculum_, an age, a generation.]
SECUND, s[=e]'kund, _n._ (_bot._, _zool._) unilateral.
SECUNDARIUS, sek-un-d[=a]'ri-us, _n._ a lay-vicar.
SECUNDATE, s[=e]-kun'd[=a]t, _v.t._ to make prosperous.--_n._
SECUND[=A]'TION.
SECUNDINE, sek'un-din, _n._ the afterbirth: (_bot._) inner coat of an
ovule, within the primine.
SECUNDOGENITURE, s[=e]-kun'do-jen'i-t[=u]r, _n._ the right of inheritance
pertaining to a second son.
SEOUNDUM, s[=e]-kun'dum, _prep._ according to.--SECUNDUM ARTEM,
artificially: skilfully: professionally; SECUNDUM NATURAM, naturally;
SECUNDUM QUID, in some respects only; SECUNDUM VERITATEM, universally
valid.
SECURE, s[=e]-k[=u]r', _adj._ without care or anxiety, careless (_B._):
free from fear or danger: safe: confident: incautious: in safe keeping: of
such strength as to ensure safety.--_v.t._ to make safe: to guard from
danger: to seize and confine: to get hold of: to make one's self master of:
(_obs._) to plight or pledge: to render certain: to guarantee: to
fasten.--_adj._ SEC[=U]R'ABLE, that may be secured.--_n._ SECUR'ANCE,
assurance, confirmation.--_adv._ SEC[=U]RE'LY.--_ns._ SEC[=U]RE'MENT;
SEC[=U]RE'NESS; SEC[=U]R'ER, one who, or that which, secures or protects;
SEC[=U]R'ITAN, one who dwells in fancied security; SEC[=U]R'ITY, state of
being secure: freedom from fear: carelessness: protection: certainty: a
pledge: (_pl._) bonds or certificates in evidence of debt or
property.--SECURE ARMS, to guard the firearms from becoming wet. [L.
_securus_--_se-_ (for _sine_), without, _cura_, care.]
SECURICULA, sek-[=u]'-rik'[=u]-la, _n._ a little ax, a votive offering in
this form.
SECURIFER, s[=e]-k[=u]'ri-f[.e]r, _n._ a sawfly.--_adjs._ SEC[=U]RIF'EROUS;
SEC[=U]'RIFORM, axe-shaped.
SECURIGERA, sek-[=u]-rij'e-ra, _n._ a genus of leguminous plants--the
_hatchet-vetch_, _axe-fitch_.
SECURIPALPI, s[=e]-k[=u]r-i-pal'p[=i], _n._ a group of beetles.
SECURITE, sek'[=u]r-[=i]t, _n._ a modern high explosive in the form of a
yellowish powder.
SED, sed, _n._ a line fastening a fish-hook: a snood.
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SEDAN, s[=e]-dan', _n._ a covered chair for one, carried on two poles,
generally by two bearers: a hand-barrow for fish. [Invented at _Sedan_, in
France.]
SEDATE, s[=e]-d[=a]t', _adj._ quiet: serene: serious.--_adv._
SED[=A]TE'LY.--_n._ SED[=A]TE'NESS, composure: tranquillity.--_adj._
SED'ATIVE, tending to make sedate: moderating: allaying irritation or
pain.--_n._ a medicine that allays irritation or pain. [L. _sed[=a]re_,
_-[=a]tum_, to seat, akin to _sed[=e]re_, to sit.]
SE DEFENDENDO, s[=e] d[=e]-fen-den'd[=o], _n._ the plea of a person charged
with slaying another, that it was in his own defence.
SEDENTARIA, sed-en-t[=a]'ri-a, _n.pl._ the tubicolous worms: the sedentary
spiders.
SEDENTARY, sed'en-t[=a]-ri, _adj._ sitting much: passed chiefly in sitting:
requiring much sitting: inactive: (_zool._) not migratory: not errant:
lying in wait, as a spider: not free-swimming: motionless, as a
protozoan.--_adj._ S[=E]'DENT, at rest.--_adv._ SED'ENTARILY.--_n._
SED'ENTARINESS. [L. _sedentarius_--_sed[=e]re_, to sit.]
SEDERUNT, s[=e]-d[=e]'runt, _n._ in Scotland, the sitting of a court.--ACTS
OF SEDERUNT, ordinances of the Scottish Court of Session. [L., 'they
sat'--_sed[=e]re_, to sit.]
SEDES IMPEDITA, s[=e]'dez im-p[=e]-d[=i]'ta, a term for a papal or
episcopal see when there is a partial cessation by the incumbent of his
episcopal duties.--SEDES VACANS (s[=e]-dez v[=a]'kanz), a term of canon law
to designate a papal or episcopal see when vacant.
SEDGE, sej, _n._ a kind of flag or coarse grass growing in swamps and
rivers.--_adj._ SEDGED, composed of sedge or flags.--_ns._ SEDGE'-HEN, a
marsh-hen; SEDGE'-WAR'BLER, a reed-warbler, the sedge-wren.--_adj._ SEDG'Y,
overgrown with sedge. [Older form _seg_--A.S. _secg_; cf. Low Ger.
_segge_.]
SEDGE, sej, _n._ a flock of herons, bitterns, or cranes. [A variant of
_siege_.]
SEDIGITATED, s[=e]-dij'i-t[=a]-ted, _adj._ having six fingers on one hand.
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SEDILIUM, s[=e]-dil'i-um, _n._ one of a row of seats in a Roman
amphitheatre: a seat in the chancel of a church near the altar for the
officiating clergyman--sometimes S[=E]D[=I]'LE:--_pl._ S[=E]DIL'IA. [L.]
SEDIMENT, sed'i-ment, _n._ what settles at the bottom of a liquid:
dregs.--_adj._ SEDIMEN'TARY, pertaining to, consisting of, or formed by
sediment.--_n._ SEDIMENT[=A]'TION. [L. _sedimentum_--_sed[=e]re_, to sit.]
SEDITION, s[=e]-dish'un, _n._ insurrection: any offence against the State
next to treason.--_n._ S[=E]DI'TIONARY, an inciter to sedition.--_adj._
SEDI'TIOUS, pertaining to, or exciting, sedition: turbulent.--_adv._
S[=E]DI'TIOUSLY.--_n._ SEDI'TIOUSNESS. [Fr.,--L. _seditio_--_se-_, away,
_[=i]re_, _[=i]tum_, to go.]
SEDUCE, s[=e]-d[=u]s', _v.t._ to draw aside from rectitude: to entice: to
corrupt: to cause a woman to surrender her chastity through persuasion,
entreaty, under promise of marriage, &c.--_ns._ S[=E]D[=U]CE'MENT, act of
seducing or drawing aside: allurement; S[=E]D[=U]'CER.--_adj._
S[=E]D[=U]'CIBLE.--_adv._ S[=E]D[=U]'CINGLY.--_n._ S[=E]DUC'TION, act of
seducing or enticing from virtue, any enticement to evil: the act of
fraudulently depriving an unmarried woman of her chastity.--_adj._
S[=E]DUC'TIVE, tending to seduce or draw aside: assiduous.--_adv._
S[=E]DUC'TIVELY.--_ns._ S[=E]DUC'TIVENESS; S[=E]DUC'TOR, one who leads
astray. [L. _seduc[)e]re_--_se-_, aside, _duc[)e]re_, _ductum_, to lead.]
SEDULOUS, sed'[=u]-lus, _adj._ diligent: constant.--_ns._ S[=E]D[=U]'LITY,
SED'ULOUSNESS.--_adv._ SED'ULOUSLY. [L. _sedulus_--_sed[=e]re_, to sit.]
SEDUM, s[=e]'dum, _n._ a genus of polypetalous plants, as stone-crop. [L.,
a house-leek.]
SEE, s[=e], _n._ the seat or jurisdiction of a bishop or archbishop: a
throne.--HOLY SEE, the papal court. [O. Fr. _se_, _siet_--L.
_sedes_--_sed[=e]re_, to sit.]
SEE, s[=e], _v.t._ to perceive by the eye: to observe: to discover: to
remark: to bring about as a result: to wait upon, escort: to receive: to
consult for any particular purpose: to suffer, experience: to meet and
accept by staking a similar sum: to visit: to discern: to
understand.--_v.i._ to look or inquire: to be attentive: to apprehend: to
consider:--_pa.t_. saw; _pa.p._ seen.--_interj._ look! behold!--_adj._
SEE'ABLE, capable of being seen.--_n._ S[=E]'ER, one who sees or who
foresees, a prophet.--SEE ABOUT A THING, to consider it; SEE ONE THROUGH,
to aid in accomplishing or doing, esp. something difficult or dangerous;
SEE OUT, to see to the end: to outdo; SEE THROUGH ONE, to understand one
thoroughly; SEE TO, to look after: (_B._) to behold; SEE TO IT, look well
to it.--HAVE SOON ONE'S BEST DAYS, to be now on the decline; LET ME SEE, a
phrase employed to express consideration. [A.S. _séon_; Ger. _sehen_, Dut.
_zien_.]
SEE-BRIGHT, s[=e]'-br[=i]t, _n._ the common clary.
SEE-CATCHIE, s[=e]'-kach'i, _n._ the male fur-seal.
SEE-CAWK, s[=e]'-kawk, _n._ the common American skunk.
SEED, s[=e]d, _n._ the thing sown: the male fecundating fluid, semen,
sperm, milt, spat, the substance produced by plants and animals from which
new plants and animals are generated: first principle: original:
descendants: children: race: red-seed: a small bubble formed in imperfectly
fused glass.--_v.i._ to produce seed: to grow to maturity.--_v.t._ to sow:
to plant: to graft.--_ns._ SEED'-BAG, a bag for seeds; SEED'-BED, a piece
of ground for receiving seed; SEED'-BIRD, the water-wagtail; SEED'-BUD, the
bud or germ of the seed; SEED'-CAKE, a sweet cake containing aromatic
seeds; SEED'-COAT, the exterior coat of a seed; SEED'-COD, a basket for
holding seed; SEED'-COR'AL, coral in small and irregular pieces;
SEED'-CORN, corn to be used for sowing; SEED'-CRUSH'ER, an instrument for
crushing seeds to express the oil; SEED'-DOWN, the down on cotton, &c.;
SEED'-DRILL, a machine for sowing seed in rows; SEED'-EAT'ER, a granivorous
bird.--_adj._ SEED'ED, bearing seed, full-grown: sown: (_her._) having the
stamens indicated.--_ns._ SEED'-EMBROI'DERY, embroidery in which seeds form
parts of the design; SEED'ER, a seed-drill: an apparatus for removing seeds
from fruit: a seed-fish; SEED'-FIELD, a field in which seed is raised;
SEED'-FINCH, a South American finch; SEED'-FISH, roe or spawn; SEED'-FOWL,
a bird that feeds on grain.--_adj._ SEED'FUL, rich in promise.--_ns._
SEED'-GALL, a small gall; SEED'-GRAIN, corn for seed.--_adv._
SEED'ILY.--_ns._ SEED'INESS, the state of being seedy: shabbiness:
exhaustion; SEED'ING; SEED'ING-MACHINE', an agricultural machine for
sowing; SEED'ING-PLOUGH, a plough fitted with a hopper from which seed is
automatically deposited; SEED'-LAC (see LAC, 2); SEED'-LEAF, a cotyledon;
SEED'-LEAP, a seed-basket.--_adj._ SEED'LESS, having no seeds.--_ns._
SEED'LING a plant reared from the seed--also _adj._; SEED'-LOBE, a
cotyledon or seed-leaf; SEED'NESS (_Shak._), seedtime; SEED'-OIL, oil
expressed from seeds.--_ns.pl._ SEED'-OY'STERS, very young oysters;
SEED'-PEARLS, very small or imperfect pearls strung together on horse-hair
and attached to mother-of-pearl, &c., for ornament--used also in the
composition of electuaries, &c.--_ns._ SEED'-PLANT'ER, a seeder for
planting seed on hills; SEED'-PLOT, a piece of nursery-ground, a hot-bed;
SEED'-SHEET, the sheet containing the seed of the sower; SEEDS'MAN, one who
deals in seeds: a sower:--_pl._ SEEDS'MEN; SEED'-SOW'ER, a broadcast
seeding-machine; SEED'-STALK, the funiculus; SEED'-TICK, a young tick;
SEED'TIME, the time or season for sowing seed; SEED'-VESS'EL, the pericarp
which contains the seeds; SEED'-WEEV'IL, a small weevil which infests
seeds; SEED'-WOOL, cotton-wool from which the seeds have not been
removed.--_adj._ SEED'Y, abounding with seed: run to seed: having the
flavour of seeds: worn out: out of sorts, looking or feeling unwell:
shabby.--_n._ SEED'Y-TOE, a diseased condition of a horse's foot. [A.S.
_s['æ]d_--_sáwan_, to sow; Ice. _sádh_, Ger. _saat_.]
SEEING, s[=e]'ing, _n._ sight: vision.--_conj._ since: because: taking into
account.--_n._ SEE'ING-STONE (_obs._), a looking-glass, a divining crystal.
SEEK, s[=e]k, _v.t._ to go in search of: to look for: to try to find or
gain: to ask for: to solicit: to pursue: to consult.--_v.i._ to make search
or inquiry: to try: to use solicitation: (_B._) to resort to:--_pa.t._ and
_pa.p._ sought.--_ns._ SEEK'ER, an inquirer: one of a sect in the time of
Cromwell: (_anat._) tracer; SEEK'-NO-FAR'THER, a reddish winter apple;
SEEK'-SORR'OW (_obs._), a self-tormentor.--SOUGHT AFTER, in demand,
desired; To seek, to be sought: at a loss, without knowledge or resources,
helpless. [A.S. _sécan_; cf. Dut. _zoeken_, Ger. _suchen_.]
SEEL, s[=e]l, _v.t._ to close the eyes of by sewing the eyelids together,
as a hawk: to blind, hoodwink. [O. Fr. _siller_, _ciller_--_cil_--L.
_cilium_, eyelash.]
SEEL, s[=e]l, _n._ (_prov._) good fortune, happiness: opportunity,
season.--_n._ SEEL'INESS.--_adj._ SEEL'Y (_Spens._), silly, innocent:
fortunate, happy, good: simple: trifling.--_n._ good fortune: bliss:
(_Scot._) opportunity. [A.S. _s['æ]l_, time--_s['æ]l_, propitious.]
SEEL, s[=e]l, _v.i._ to lean to one side, to pitch or roll.--_n._ a roll of
a ship. [Prob. related to _sail_.]
SEELDE, s[=e]ld, _adv._ (_Spens._) seldom.
SEEM, s[=e]m, _v.i._ to appear: to have a show: to look: to pretend, to
assume an air: to appear to one's self.--_v.t._ (_B._) to befit: to
become.--_n._ SEEM'ER.--_adj._ SEEM'ING, apparent: specious:
ostensible.--_n._ appearance: semblance: a false appearance: way of
thinking.--_adv._ SEEM'INGLY.--_n._ SEEM'INGNESS.--_adj._ SEEM'LESS
(_Spens._), unseemly: indecorous.--_n._ SEEM'LINESS.--_adj._ SEEM'LY
(_comp._ SEEM'LIER, superl. SEEM'LIEST), becoming: suitable: decent:
handsome.--_adv._ in a decent or suitable manner.--_n._ SEEM'LYHED
(_Spens._), decent comely appearance.--IT SEEMS, it appears: it seems to
me. [A.S. _séman_, to satisfy, to suit; or prob. direct from Scand., Ice.
_sæma_, to honour, conform to.]
SEEN, s[=e]n, _pa.p._ of _see_.
SEEN, s[=e]n, _adj._ skilled, experienced: manifest.
SEEP, s[=e]p, _v.i._ to ooze gently: to trickle: to drain off.--_n._
SEEP'AGE.--_adj._ SEEP'Y. [_Sipe._]
SEER, s[=e]r, _n._ one who foresees events: a prophet: a soothsayer.--_n._
SEER'SHIP.
SEER-FISH, s[=e]r'-fish, _n._ a longish scombroid fish, valuable for
food.--Also SEIR'-FISH.
SEERSUCKER, s[=e]r-suk'[.e]r, _n._ a thin East Indian linen fabric.
SEESAW, s[=e]'saw, _n._ motion to and fro, as in the act of sawing: a play
among children, in which two seated at opposite ends of a board supported
in the centre move alternately up and down.--_adj._ moving up and down, or
to and fro: reciprocal.--_v.i._ to move backwards and forwards. [Prob. a
redup. of _saw_.]
SEETHE, s[=e]th, _v.t._ to boil: to cook in hot liquid: to soak.--_v.i._ to
be boiling: to be hot:--_pa.t._ seethed or sod; _pa.p._ seethed or
sodd'en.--_n._ SEETH'ER. [A.S. _seóthan_; Ice. _sjótha_, Ger. _sieden_.]
SEETULPUTTY, s[=e]'tul-put-i, _n._ a Bengalese grass mat for sleeping on.
[Hind.]
SEG, seg, _n._ a castrated bull.
SEG, seg, _n._ sedge: the yellow flower-de-luce.--_n._ SEG'GAN (_Scot._).
SEGGAR, seg'ar, _n._ a case of clay in which fine pottery is enclosed while
baking in the kiln. [_Saggar_.]
SEGGROM, seg'rom, _n._ the ragwort.
SEGHOL, se-g[=o]l', _n._ a vowel-point in Hebrew with sound of _e_ in
_pen_, placed under a consonant, thus [seghol].--_n._ SEGH'[=O]L[=A]TE, a
dissyllabic noun form with tone-long vowel in the first and a short seghol
in the second syllable.
SEGMENT, seg'ment, _n._ a part cut off: a portion: (_geom_.) the part of a
circle cut off by a straight line: the part of a sphere cut off by a plane:
a section: one of the parts into which a body naturally divides itself:
(_her._) a bearing representing one part only of a rounded object.--_v.t._
and _v.i._ to divide or become divided.--_adj._ SEGMEN'TAL, being a
segment: in embryology, noting the rudimental venal organs.--_adv._
SEGMEN'TALLY.--_adjs._ SEG'MENTARY, SEG'MENTATE.--_n._ SEGMENT[=A]'TION,
the act of cutting into segments.--_adj._ SEGMEN'TED.--_ns._ SEG'MENT-GEAR,
a gear extending over an arc only of a circle, providing a reciprocating
motion; SEG'MENT-RACK, a rack having a cogged surface; SEG'MENT-SAW, a
circular saw used for cutting veneers; SEG'MENT-SHELL, a modern form of
projectile for artillery. [L. _segmentum_--_sec[=a]re_, to cut.]
SEGNITUDE, seg'ni-t[=u]d, _n._ sluggishness, inactivity, [L. _segnitia_,
slowness, _segnis_, slow.]
SEGNO, s[=a]'ny[=o], _n._ (_mus._) a sign to mark the beginning or end of
repetitions--abbreviated [segno]. [It.,--L. _signum_, a mark.]
SEGO, s[=e]'g[=o], _n._ a showy plant of the United States.
SEGREANT, seg'r[=e]-ant, _adj._ an epithet of the griffin: (_her._)
equivalent to rampant and salient.
SEGREGATE, seg'r[=e]-g[=a]t, _v.t._ to separate from others.--_adj._
separate from others of the same kind: (_geol._) separate from a mass and
collected together along lines of fraction.--_n._ SEGREG[=A]'TION. [L.
_segreg[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_--_se-_, apart, _grex_, _gregis_, a flock.]
SEGUIDILLA, seg-i-d[=e]l'yä, _n._ a lively Spanish dance for two: music for
such a dance.
SEICHE, s[=a]sh, _n._ a remarkable fluctuation of the level observed on the
Lake of Geneva and other Swiss lakes, probably due to local variations in
the barometric pressure. [Fr.]
SEIDLITZ, s[=e]d'litz, _adj._ saline water of or from _Seidlitz_ in
northern Bohemia, also a saline aperient powder.
SEIGNIOR, SEIGNEUR, s[=e]'nyor, _n._ a title of honour and address in
Europe to elders or superiors: the lord of a manor.--_ns._ SEIGN'IORAGE,
SEIGN'ORAGE, a royalty: a share of profit: a percentage on minted bullion;
SEIGNIORAL'TY, the authority or the territory of a seignior or
lord.--_adjs._ SEIGNIORIAL (s[=e]-ny[=o]'ri-al), SEIGNEU'RIAL,
SIGN[=O]'RIAL, manorial.--_v.t._ SEIGN'IORISE, to lord it over.--_ns._
SEIGN'IORY, SEIGN'ORY, the power or authority of a seignior or lord: a
domain, a lordship without a manor, or that of manor whose lands were held
by free tenants: the elders forming the municipal council in a medieval
Italian republic.--GRAND SEIGNIOR, the Sultan of Turkey. [Fr.
_seigneur_--L. _senior_--_senex_, old. In Late. L. _senior_ is sometimes
equivalent to _dominus_, lord.]