SEAWARD
SE'AWARD, adjective [sea and ward.] Directed towards the sea.SE'AWARD, adverb Towards the sea.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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SEAWORTHY
SE'AWORTHY, adjective [sea and worthy.] Fit for a voyage; worthy of being trusted to transport a cargo with safety; as a seaworthy ship.
SEBACEOUS
SEBA'CEOUS, adjective [Low L. sebaceus, from sebum, sevum, tallow.] Made of tallow or fat; pretaining to fat.Sebaceous humor, a suet-like or glutinous matter secreted by the seb...
SEBACIC
SEBAC'IC, adjective [supra.] In chimistry, pretaining to fat; obtained fro fat; as the sebacic acid.
SEBATE
SE'BATE, noun [supra.] In chimistry, a salt formed by the sebacic acid and a base.
SEBESTEN
SEBES'TEN, noun The Assyrian plum, a plant of the genus Cordia, a species of jujube.
SECANT
SE'CANT, adjective [L. secans, seco, to cut or cut off, coinciding with Eng. saw.] Cutting; dividing into two parts.SE'CANT, noun1. In geometry, a line that cuts another, or div...
SECEDE
SECE'DE, verb intransitive [L. secedo; se, from, and cedo, to move. Se is an inseparable preposition or prefix in Latin, but denoting departure or separation.] To withdraw from ...
SECEDER
SECE'DER, noun One who secedes. In Scotland, the seceders are a numerous body of presbyterians who seceded from the communion of the established church, about the year 1733.
SECEDING
SECE'DING, participle present tense Withdrawing from fellowship or communion.
SECERN
SECERN', verb transitive [L. secerno; se and cerno, to separate.] In the animal economy, to secrete.The mucus secerned in the nose--is a laudable humor. Arbuthnot.
SECERNED
SECERN'ED, participle passive Separated; secreted.
SECERNENT
SECERN'ENT, noun That which promotes secretion; that which increases the irritative motions, which constitute secretion.
SECERNING
SECERN'ING, participle present tense Separating; secreting; as secerning vessels.
SECLUDE
SECLU'DE, verb transitive [L. secludo; se and claudo, cludo, to shut.]1. To separate, as from company or society, and usually to keep apart for some length of tome, or to confin...
SECLUDED
SECLU'DED, participle passive Separated from others; living in retirement; shut out.
SECLUDING
SECLU'DING, participle present tense Separating from others; confining in solitude or in a separate state; preventing entrance.
SECLUSION
SECLU'SION, noun s as z. The act of separating from society or connection; the state of being separate or apart; separation; a shutting out; as to live in seclusion.
SECOND
SEC'OND, adjective [L. secundus; L. sequor, to follow. See Seek.]1. That immediately follows the first; the mext following the first in order of place or time; the ordinal of tw...
SECOND-HAND
SEC'OND-HAND, noun. Possession received from the first possessor.SEC'OND-HAND, adjective.1. Not original or primary; received from another.The have but a second-hand or implicit...
SECOND-RATE
SEC'OND-RATE, noun. [second and rate.] The second order in size, dignity, or value.They call it thunder of the second-rate. Addison.So we say, a ship of the second-rate.SEC'OND-...
SECOND-SIGHT
SEC'OND-SIGHT, noun. The power of seeing things future or distant; a power claimed by some of the highlanders in Scotland.Nor less avail'd his optic sleight,And Scottish gift of...
SECOND-SIGHTED
SEC'OND-SIGHTED, adjective. Having the power of second-sight.
SECONDARILY
SEC'ONDARILY, adv. [from secondary.] In second degree or second order; not primarily or originally; not the first intention. Duties on imports serve primarily to raise a revenue...
SECONDARINESS
SEC'ONDARINESS, noun. The state of being secondary.
SECONDARY
SEC'ONDARY, adjective. [L. secundarius, from secundus.]1. Succeeding next in order to the first; subordinate.Where there is moral right on the one hand, not secondary right can ...
SECONDED
SEC'ONDED, participle passive Supported; aided.