Sammier (n.) A machine for pressing the water from skins in tanning.
Samoan (a.) Of or pertaining to the Samoan Islands (formerly called Navigators' Islands) in the South Pacific Ocean, or their inhabitants.
Samoan (n.) An inhabitant of the Samoan Islands.
Samovar (n.) A metal urn used in Russia for making tea. It is filled with water, which is heated by charcoal placed in a pipe, with chimney attached, which passes through the urn.
Samoyedes (n. pl.) An ignorant and degraded Turanian tribe which occupies a portion of Northern Russia and a part of Siberia.
Samp (n.) An article of food consisting of maize broken or bruised, which is cooked by boiling, and usually eaten with milk; coarse hominy.
Sampan (n.) A Chinese boat from twelve to fifteen feet long, covered with a house, and sometimes used as a permanent habitation on the inland waters.
Samphire (n.) A fleshy, suffrutescent, umbelliferous European plant (Crithmum maritimum). It grows among rocks and on cliffs along the seacoast, and is used for pickles.
Samphire (n.) The species of glasswort (Salicornia herbacea); -- called in England marsh samphire.
Samphire (n.) A seashore shrub (Borrichia arborescens) of the West Indies.
Sample (n.) Example; pattern.
Sample (n.) A part of anything presented for inspection, or shown as evidence of the quality of the whole; a specimen; as, goods are often purchased by samples.
Sample (v. t.) To make or show something similar to; to match.
Sample (v. t.) To take or to test a sample or samples of; as, to sample sugar, teas, wools, cloths.
Sampler (n.) One who makes up samples for inspection; one who examines samples, or by samples; as, a wool sampler.
Sampler (n.) A pattern; a specimen; especially, a collection of needlework patterns, as letters, borders, etc., to be used as samples, or to display the skill of the worker.
Samshoo (n.) Alt. of Samshu
Samshu (n.) A spirituous liquor distilled by the Chinese from the yeasty liquor in which boiled rice has fermented under pressure.
Samson (n.) An Israelite of Bible record (see Judges xiii.), distinguished for his great strength; hence, a man of extraordinary physical strength.
Sanability (n.) The quality or state of being sanable; sanableness; curableness.
Sanable (a.) Capable of being healed or cured; susceptible of remedy.
Sanableness (n.) The quality of being sanable.
Sanation (n.) The act of healing or curing.
Sanative (a.) Having the power to cure or heal; healing; tending to heal; sanatory.
Sanatorium (n.) An establishment for the treatment of the sick; a resort for invalids. See Sanitarium.
Sanatory (a.) Conducive to health; tending to cure; healing; curative; sanative.
Sanbenito (n.) Anciently, a sackcloth coat worn by penitents on being reconciled to the church.
Sanbenito (n.) A garnment or cap, or sometimes both, painted with flames, figures, etc., and worn by persons who had been examined by the Inquisition and were brought forth for punishment at the auto-da-fe.
Sance-bell (n.) Alt. of Sancte bell
Sancte bell (n.) See Sanctus bell, under Sanctus.
Sanctificate (v. t.) To sanctify.
Sanctification (n.) The act of sanctifying or making holy; the state of being sanctified or made holy;
Sanctification (n.) the act of God's grace by which the affections of men are purified, or alienated from sin and the world, and exalted to a supreme love to God; also, the state of being thus purified or sanctified.
Sanctification (n.) The act of consecrating, or of setting apart for a sacred purpose; consecration.
Sanctified (a.) Made holy; also, made to have the air of sanctity; sanctimonious.
Sanctifier (n.) One who sanctifies, or makes holy; specifically, the Holy Spirit.
Sanctified (imp. & p. p.) of Sanctify
Sanctifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sanctify
Sanctify (v. t.) To make sacred or holy; to set apart to a holy or religious use; to consecrate by appropriate rites; to hallow.
Sanctify (v. t.) To make free from sin; to cleanse from moral corruption and pollution; to purify.
Sanctify (v. t.) To make efficient as the means of holiness; to render productive of holiness or piety.
Sanctify (v. t.) To impart or impute sacredness, venerableness, inviolability, title to reverence and respect, or the like, to; to secure from violation; to give sanction to.
Sanctifyingly (adv.) In a manner or degree tending to sanctify or make holy.
Sanctiloquent (a.) Discoursing on heavenly or holy things, or in a holy manner.
Sanctimonial (a.) Sanctimonious.
Sanctimonious (a.) Possessing sanctimony; holy; sacred; saintly.
Sanctimonious (a.) Making a show of sanctity; affecting saintliness; hypocritically devout or pious.
Sanctimony (n.) Holiness; devoutness; scrupulous austerity; sanctity; especially, outward or artificial saintliness; assumed or pretended holiness; hypocritical devoutness.
Sanction (n.) Solemn or ceremonious ratification; an official act of a superior by which he ratifies and gives validity to the act of some other person or body; establishment or furtherance of anything by giving authority to it; confirmation; approbation.
Sanction (n.) Anything done or said to enforce the will, law, or authority of another; as, legal sanctions.
Sanctioned (imp. & p. p.) of Sanction
Sanctioning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sanction
Sanction (v. t.) To give sanction to; to ratify; to confirm; to approve.
Sanctionary (a.) Of, pertaining to, or giving, sanction.
Sanctitude (n.) Holiness; sacredness; sanctity.
Sanctities (pl. ) of Sanctity
Sanctity (n.) The state or quality of being sacred or holy; holiness; saintliness; moral purity; godliness.
Sanctity (n.) Sacredness; solemnity; inviolability; religious binding force; as, the sanctity of an oath.
Sanctity (n.) A saint or holy being.
Sanctuarize (v. t.) To shelter by means of a sanctuary or sacred privileges.
Sanctuaries (pl. ) of Sanctuary
Sanctuary (n.) A sacred place; a consecrated spot; a holy and inviolable site.
Sanctuary (n.) The most retired part of the temple at Jerusalem, called the Holy of Holies, in which was kept the ark of the covenant, and into which no person was permitted to enter except the high priest, and he only once a year, to intercede for the people; also, the most sacred part of the tabernacle; also, the temple at Jerusalem.
Sanctuary (n.) The most sacred part of any religious building, esp. that part of a Christian church in which the altar is placed.
Sanctuary (n.) A house consecrated to the worship of God; a place where divine service is performed; a church, temple, or other place of worship.
Sanctuary (n.) A sacred and inviolable asylum; a place of refuge and protection; shelter; refuge; protection.
Sanctum (n.) A sacred place; hence, a place of retreat; a room reserved for personal use; as, an editor's sanctum.
Sanctus (n.) A part of the Mass, or, in Protestant churches, a part of the communion service, of which the first words in Latin are Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus [Holy, holy, holy]; -- called also Tersanctus.
Sanctus (n.) An anthem composed for these words.
Sand (n.) Fine particles of stone, esp. of siliceous stone, but not reduced to dust; comminuted stone in the form of loose grains, which are not coherent when wet.
Sand (n.) A single particle of such stone.
Sand (n.) The sand in the hourglass; hence, a moment or interval of time; the term or extent of one's life.
Sand (n.) Tracts of land consisting of sand, like the deserts of Arabia and Africa; also, extensive tracts of sand exposed by the ebb of the tide.
Sand (n.) Courage; pluck; grit.
Sanded (imp. & p. p.) of Sand
Sanding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sand
Sand (v. t.) To sprinkle or cover with sand.
Sand (v. t.) To drive upon the sand.
Sand (v. t.) To bury (oysters) beneath drifting sand or mud.
Sand (v. t.) To mix with sand for purposes of fraud; as, to sand sugar.
Sandal (n.) Same as Sendal.
Sandal (n.) Sandalwood.
Sandal (n.) A kind of shoe consisting of a sole strapped to the foot; a protection for the foot, covering its lower surface, but not its upper.
Sandal (n.) A kind of slipper.
Sandal (n.) An overshoe with parallel openings across the instep.
Sandaled (a.) Wearing sandals.
Sandaled (a.) Made like a sandal.
Sandaliform (a.) Shaped like a sandal or slipper.
Sandalwood (n.) The highly perfumed yellowish heartwood of an East Indian and Polynesian tree (Santalum album), and of several other trees of the same genus, as the Hawaiian Santalum Freycinetianum and S. pyrularium, the Australian S. latifolium, etc. The name is extended to several other kinds of fragrant wood.
Sandalwood (n.) Any tree of the genus Santalum, or a tree which yields sandalwood.
Sandalwood (n.) The red wood of a kind of buckthorn, used in Russia for dyeing leather (Rhamnus Dahuricus).
Sandarach (n.) Alt. of Sandarac
Sandarac (n.) Realgar; red sulphide of arsenic.
Sandarac (n.) A white or yellow resin obtained from a Barbary tree (Callitris quadrivalvis or Thuya articulata), and pulverized for pounce; -- probably so called from a resemblance to the mineral.
Sandbagger (n.) An assaulter whose weapon is a sand bag. See Sand bag, under Sand.
Sand-blind (a.) Having defective sight; dim-sighted; purblind.
Sanded (a.) Covered or sprinkled with sand; sandy; barren.
Sanded (a.) Marked with small spots; variegated with spots; speckled; of a sandy color, as a hound.
Sanded (a.) Short-sighted.
Sandemanian (n.) A follower of Robert Sandeman, a Scotch sectary of the eighteenth century. See Glassite.