SEER-WOOD
SEER-WOOD, [See Sear, and Sear-wood, dry wood.]SEE'-SAW, noun. [Qu. saw and saw, or sea and saw.] A vibrating or reciprocating motion.SEE'-SAW, v. i. To move with reciprocating ...
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SEETHE
SEETHE, v. t. preterit tenseseethed, sod; participle passiveseethed, sodden. [Heb. to seethe to boil, to swell, to be inflated.] To boil; to decoct or prepare for food in hot li...
SEETHED
SEE'THED, pp. Boiled; decoated.
SEETHER
SEE'THER, noun. A boiler; a pot for boiling things.
SEETHING
SEE'THING, ppr. Boiling; decoating.
SEG
SEG, noun. Sedge. [Not in use.]
SEGHOL
SEG'HOL, noun. a Hebrew vowel-point, or short vowel.
SEGHOLATE
SEG'HOLATE, adjective. Marked with a seghol.
SEGMENT
SEG'MENT, noun. [Latin segmentum, from seco, to cut off.]1. In geometry, that part of the circle contained between a chord and an arch of that circle, or so much of the circle a...
SEGNITY
SEG'NITY, noun. [from Latin segnis.] Sluggishness; dullness; inactivity. [Not used.]
SEGREGATE
SEG'REGATE, v. t. [Latin segrego; se, from, and grex, flock.] To separate from others; to set apart.SEG'REGATE, adjective. Select. [Little used.]Segregate polygamy, (Polygamia s...
SEGREGATED
SEG'REGATED, pp. Separated; parted from others.
SEGREGATING
SEG'REGATING, ppr. Separating.
SEGREGATION
SEGREGA'TION, noun. Separation from others; a parting.
SEHAT-FISH
SEH'AT-FISH, noun A fish, a species of Silurus, having a long slimy body destitute of scales, and the back dusky, like that of an eel.
SEIGNEURIAL
SEIGNEURIAL, adjective1. Pertaining to the lord of a manor; manorial.2. Vested with large powers; independent.
SEIGNIOR
SEIGNIOR, noun [L. senior, elder.] A lord; the lord of a manor; but used also in the sout of Europe as a title of honor. The sultan of Turkey is called Grand Seignior.
SEIGNIORAGE
SEIGNIORAGE, noun A royal right or prerogative of the king of England, by which he claims an allowance of gold and silver brought in the mass to be exchanged for coin.
SEIGNIORIAL
SEIGNIO'RIAL, the same as seigneurial.
SEIGNIORIZE
SEIGNIORIZE, verb transitive To lord it over. [Little used.]
SEIGNIORY
SEIGNIORY, noun1. A lordship; a manor.2. The power or authority of a lord; dominion.O'Neal never had any seignory over that country, but what he got by encroachment upon the Eng...
SEIN
SEIN, noun [L. sagena.] A large net for catching fish. The seins used for taking shad in the Connecticut, sometimes sweep nearly the whole breadth of the river.
SEINER
SE'INER, noun A fisher with a sein or net. [Not much used.]
SEITY
SE'ITY, noun [L. se, one's self.] Something peculiar to a man's self. [Not well authorized.]
SEIZE
SEIZE, verb transitive1. To fall or rush upon suddenly and lay hold on; or to gripe or grasp suddenly. The tiger rushes from the thicket and seizes his prey. A dog seizes an ani...
SEIZED
SE'IZED, pp. Suddenly caught or grasped; taken by force; invaded suddenly; taken possession of; fastened with a cord; having possession.
SEIZER
SE'IZER, noun. One that seizes.