S
S, the nineteenth letter of the English Alphabet, is a sibilant articulation, and numbered among the semi-vowels. It represents the hissing made by driving the breath between th...
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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SABAOTH
SABAOTH, noun [armies, from the Hebrew word to assemble, to fight. The primary sense is to drive, urge or crowd]Armies; a word used, Romans 9:29, James 5:4, the Lord of Sabaoth
SABBATARIAN
SABBATARIAN, noun [from sabbath.] One who observes the seventh day of the week as the sabbath, instead of the first. A sect of baptists are called sabbatarians. They maintain th...
SABBATH
SABBATH, noun1. The day which God appointed to be observed by the Jews as a day of rest from all secular labor or employments, and to be kept holy and consecrated to his service...
SABBATH-BREAKER
SABBATH-BREAKER, noun One who profanes the sabbath by violating the laws of God or man which enjoin the religious observance of that day.
SABBATH-BREAKING
SABBATH-BREAKING, noun A profanation of the sabbath by violating the injunction of the fourth commandment, or the municipal laws of a state which require the observance of that ...
SABBATHLESS
SABBATHLESS, adjective Without intermission of labor.
SABBATIC
SABBATIC,SABBATICAL, adjective1. Pertaining to the sabbath.2. Resembling the sabbath; enjoying or bringing an intermission of labor.SABBATICal year, in the Jewish economy, was e...
SABBATICAL
SABBATICAL, a.1. Pertaining to the sabbath.2. Resembling the sabbath; enjoying or bringing an intermission of labor.Sabbatical year, in the Jewish economy, was every seventh yea...
SABBATISM
SABBATISM, noun Rest; intermission of labor.
SABEAN
SABEAN, [See Sabian.]
SABEISM
SABEISM, noun The same as Sabianism.
SABELLIAN
SABELLIAN, adjective Pertaining to the heresy of Sabellius.SABELLIAN, noun A follower of Sabellius, a philosopher of Egypt in the third century, who openly taught that there is ...
SABELLIANISM
SABELLIANISM, noun The doctrines or tenets of Sabellius.
SABER
SABER,SABIAN,SABEAN, adjective Pertaining to Saba, in Ara bia, celebrated for producing aromatic plants.SABIAN, adjective The Sabian worship or religion consisted in the the wor...
SABIAN
SABIAN,
SABIANISM
SABIANISM, noun That species of idolatry which consisted in worshiping the sun, moon and stars. This idolatry existed in the world, and was propagated by the inhabitants who mig...
SABINE
SABINE, noun A plant; usually written savin, which see.
SABLE
SABLE, noun1. A small animal of the weasel kind, the mustela zibelina, found in the northern latitudes of America and Asia. It resembles the martin, but has a longer head and ea...
SABLIERE
SAB'LIERE, noun [Latin sabulum.]1. A sand pit. [Not much used.]2. In carpentry, a piece of timber as long, but not so thick as a beam.
SABOT
SABOT, noun A wooden shoe. [Not English.]
SABRE
SABRE, noun A sword or cimitar with a broad and heavy blade, thick at the back, and a little falcated or hooked at the point; a faulchion.SABER, verb transitive To strike, cut o...
SABULOSITY
SABULOS'ITY, noun [from sabulous.] Sandiness; grittiness.
SABULOUS
SAB'ULOUS, adjective [Latin sabulosus, from sabulum, sand.] Sandy; gritty.
SAC
SAC, noun [This is the English sake, which see.]In English law, the privilege enjoyed by the lord of a manor, of holding courts, trying causes and imposing fines.
SACCADE
SACCA'DE, noun A sudden violent check of a horse by drawing or twitching the reins on a sudden and with one pull; a correction used when the horse bears heavy on the hand. It sh...
SACCHARIFEROUS
SACCHARIF'EROUS, adjective [Latin saccharum, sugar, and fero, to produce.]Producing sugar; as sacchariferous canes. The maple is a sacchariferous tree.