Webster's Dictionary 1828

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SANIOUS

SA'NIOUS, adjective [from sanies.]1. Pertaining to sanies, or partaking of its nature and appearance; thin; serous; as the sanious matter of an ulcer.2. Running a thin serous ma...

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SANITY

SAN'ITY, noun [Latin sanitas. See Sane.] Soundness; particularly, a sound state of mind; the state of a mind in the perfect exercise of reason.

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SANK

SANK, preterit tense of sink, but nearly obsolete.

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SANNAH

SAN'NAH, noun The name of certain kinds of India muslins.

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SANS

SANS, preterit tense Without.

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SANSCRIT

SAN'SCRIT, nounThe ancient language of Hindoostan, from which are formed all the modern languages or dialects of the great peninsula of India. It is the language of the Bramins,...

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SANTER

SANTER. [See Saunter.]

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SANTON

SANT'ON, noun A Turkish priest; a kind of dervis, regarded by the vulgar as a saint.

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SAP

SAP, noun1. The juice of plants of any kind, which flows chiefly between the wood and the bark. From the sap of a species of maple, is made sugar of a good quality by evaporatio...

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SAPADILLO-TREE

SAPADIL'LO-TREE, noun A tree of the genus Sloanea.

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SAPAJO

SAP'AJO, noun The sapajos form a division of the genus Simia, including such of the monkeys of America as have prehensile tails.SAP'-COLOR, noun An expressed vegetable juice ins...

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SAPID

SAP'ID, adjective [Latin sapidus, from sapio, to taste.]Tasteful; tastable; having the power of affecting the organs of taste; as sapid water.

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SAPIDITY

SAPID'ITY,SAP'IDNESS, noun Taste; tastefulness; savor; the quality of affecting the organs of taste; as the sapidness of water or fruit.

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SAPIDNESS

SAP'IDNESS, n. Taste; tastefulness; savor; the quality of affecting the organs of taste; as the sapidness of water or fruit.

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SAPIENCE

SA'PIENCE, noun [Latin sapientia, from sapio, to taste, to know.]Wisdom; sageness; knowledge.- Still has gratitude and sapience to spare the folks that give him ha' pence.

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SAPIENT

SA'PIENT, adjective Wise; sage; discerning.There the sapient king held dalliance.

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SAPIENTIAL

SAPIEN'TIAL, adjective Affording wisdom or instructions for wisdom. [Not much used.]

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SAPLESS

SAP'LESS, adjective [from sap.]1. Destitute of sap; as a sapless tree or branch.2. Dry; old; husky; as a sapless usurer.

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SAPLING

SAP'LING, noun [from sap.] A young tree.Nurse the saplings tall.

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SAPONACEOUS

SAPONA'CEOUS, adjective [from Latin sapo, soap.] Soapy; resembling soap; having the qualities of soap. saponaceous bodies are often formed by oil and alkali.

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SAPONARY

SAP'ONARY, adjective Saponaceous.

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SAPONIFICATION

SAPONIFICA'TION, noun Conversion into soap.

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SAPONIFY

SAPON'IFY, verb transitive [Latin sapo, soap, and facio, to make.]To convert into soap by combination with an alkali.

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SAPONULE

SAP'ONULE, noun A combination of volatile or essential oil with some base.

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SAPOR

SA'POR, noun [Latin] Taste; savor; relish; the power of affecting the organs of taste.There is some sapor in all aliments.

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SAPORIFIC

SAPORIF'IC, adjective [Latin sapor and facio, to make.]Having the power to produce taste; producing taste.

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SAPOROSITY

SAPOROS'ITY, noun The quality of a body by which it excites the sensation of taste.