Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S - Page 42

Segnity (n.) Sluggishness; dullness; inactivity.

Segno (n.) A sign. See Al segno, and Dal segno.

Sego (n.) A liliaceous plant (Calochortus Nuttallii) of Western North America, and its edible bulb; -- so called by the Ute Indians and the Mormons.

Segregate (a.) Separate; select.

Segregate (a.) Separated from others of the same kind.

Segregated (imp. & p. p.) of Segregate

Segregating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Segregate

Segregate (v. t.) To separate from others; to set apart.

Segregate (v. i.) To separate from a mass, and collect together about centers or along lines of fracture, as in the process of crystallization or solidification.

Segregation (n.) The act of segregating, or the state of being segregated; separation from others; a parting.

Segregation (n.) Separation from a mass, and gathering about centers or into cavities at hand through cohesive attraction or the crystallizing process.

Seiches (n. pl.) Local oscillations in level observed in the case of some lakes, as Lake Geneva.

Seid (n.) A descendant of Mohammed through his daughter Fatima and nephew Ali.

Seidlitz (a.) Of or pertaining to Seidlitz, a village in Bohemia.

Seigh () obs. imp. sing. of See. Saw.

Seigneurial (a.) Of or pertaining to the lord of a manor; manorial.

Seigneurial (a.) Vested with large powers; independent.

Seignior (n.) A lord; the lord of a manor.

Seignior (n.) A title of honor or of address in the South of Europe, corresponding to Sir or Mr. in English.

Seigniorage (n.) Something claimed or taken by virtue of sovereign prerogative; specifically, a charge or toll deducted from bullion brought to a mint to be coined; the difference between the cost of a mass of bullion and the value as money of the pieces coined from it.

Seigniorage (n.) A share of the receipts of a business taken in payment for the use of a right, as a copyright or a patent.

Seignioral (a.) Of or pertaining to a seignior; seigneurial.

Seignioralty (n.) The territory or authority of a seignior, or lord.

Seigniorial (a.) Same as Seigneurial.

Seigniorize (v. t.) To lord it over.

-ies (pl. ) of Seigniory

Seigniory (n.) The power or authority of a lord; dominion.

Seigniory (n.) The territory over which a lord holds jurisdiction; a manor.

Seine (n.) A large net, one edge of which is provided with sinkers, and the other with floats. It hangs vertically in the water, and when its ends are brought together or drawn ashore incloses the fish.

Seiner (n.) One who fishes with a seine.

Seining (n.) Fishing with a seine.

Seint (n.) A girdle.

Seint (n.) A saint.

Seintuary (n.) Sanctuary.

Seirfish (n.) Same as Seerfish.

Seirospore (n.) One of several spores arranged in a chain as in certain algae of the genus Callithamnion.

Seise (v. t.) See Seize.

Seisin (n.) See Seizin.

Seismic (a.) Alt. of Seismal

Seismal (a.) Of or pertaining to an earthquake; caused by an earthquake.

Seismograph (n.) An apparatus for registering the shocks and undulatory motions of earthquakes.

Seismographic (a.) Of or pertaining to a seismograph; indicated by a seismograph.

Seismography (n.) A writing about, or a description of, earthquakes.

Seismography (n.) The art of registering the shocks and undulatory movements of earthquakes.

Seismological (a.) Of or pertaining to seismology.

Seismology (n.) The science of earthquakes.

Seismometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the direction, duration, and force of earthquakes and like concussions.

Seismometric (a.) Of or pertaining to seismometry, or seismometer; as, seismometric instruments; seismometric measurements.

Seismometry (n.) The mensuration of such phenomena of earthquakes as can be expressed in numbers, or by their relation to the coordinates of space.

Seismoscope (n.) A seismometer.

Seity (n.) Something peculiar to one's self.

Seizable (a.) That may be seized.

Seized (imp. & p. p.) of Seize

Seizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Seize

Seize (v. t.) To fall or rush upon suddenly and lay hold of; to gripe or grasp suddenly; to reach and grasp.

Seize (v. t.) To take possession of by force.

Seize (v. t.) To invade suddenly; to take sudden hold of; to come upon suddenly; as, a fever seizes a patient.

Seize (v. t.) To take possession of by virtue of a warrant or other legal authority; as, the sheriff seized the debtor's goods.

Seize (v. t.) To fasten; to fix.

Seize (v. t.) To grap with the mind; to comprehend fully and distinctly; as, to seize an idea.

Seize (v. t.) To bind or fasten together with a lashing of small stuff, as yarn or marline; as, to seize ropes.

Seizer (n.) One who, or that which, seizes.

Seizin (n.) Possession; possession of an estate of froehold. It may be either in deed or in law; the former when there is actual possession, the latter when there is a right to such possession by construction of law. In some of the United States seizin means merely ownership.

Seizin (n.) The act of taking possession.

Seizin (n.) The thing possessed; property.

Seizing (n.) The act of taking or grasping suddenly.

Seizing (n.) The operation of fastening together or lashing.

Seizing (n.) The cord or lashing used for such fastening.

Seizor (n.) One who seizes, or takes possession.

Seizure (n.) The act of seizing, or the state of being seized; sudden and violent grasp or gripe; a taking into possession; as, the seizure of a thief, a property, a throne, etc.

Seizure (n.) Retention within one's grasp or power; hold; possession; ownership.

Seizure (n.) That which is seized, or taken possession of; a thing laid hold of, or possessed.

Sejant (a.) Alt. of Sejeant

Sejeant (a.) Sitting, as a lion or other beast.

Sejein (v. t.) To separate.

Sejunction (n.) The act of disjoining, or the state of being disjoined.

Sejungible (a.) Capable of being disjoined.

Seke (a.) Sick.

Seke (v. t. & i.) To seek.

Sekes (n.) A place in a pagan temple in which the images of the deities were inclosed.

Selachian (n.) One of the Selachii. See Illustration in Appendix.

Selachii (n. pl.) An order of elasmobranchs including the sharks and rays; the Plagiostomi. Called also Selacha, Selache, and Selachoidei.

Selachoidei (n. pl.) Same as Selachii.

Selachostomi (n. pl.) A division of ganoid fishes which includes the paddlefish, in which the mouth is armed with small teeth.

Selaginella (n.) A genus of cryptogamous plants resembling Lycopodia, but producing two kinds of spores; also, any plant of this genus. Many species are cultivated in conservatories.

Selah (n.) A word of doubtful meaning, occuring frequently in the Psalms; by some, supposed to signify silence or a pause in the musical performance of the song.

Selcouth (n.) Rarely known; unusual; strange.

Seld (a.) Rare; uncommon; unusual.

Seld (adv.) Rarely; seldom.

Selden (adv.) Seldom.

Seldem (superl) Rarely; not often; not frequently.

Seldom (a.) Rare; infrequent.

Seldomness (n.) Rareness.

Seldseen (a.) Seldom seen.

Seldshewn (a.) Rarely shown or exhibited.

Select (a.) Taken from a number by preferance; picked out as more valuable or exellent than others; of special value or exellence; nicely chosen; selected; choice.

Selected (imp. & p. p.) of Select

Selecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Select

Select (v. t.) To choose and take from a number; to take by preference from among others; to pick out; to cull; as, to select the best authors for perusal.

Selectedly (adv.) With care and selection.

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