Webster's Dictionary 1828

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SEIZING

SE'IZING, ppr. Falling on and grasping suddenly; laying hold on suddenly; taking possession by force, or taking by warrant; fastening.SE'IZING, noun.1. The act of taking or gras...

1352

SEIZOR

SE'IZOR, noun. One who seizes.

1353

SEIZURE

SE'IZURE, noun.1. The act of seizing; the act of laying hold on suddenly; as the seizure of a thief.2. The act of taking possession by force; as the seizure of lands or goods; t...

1354

SEJANT

SE'JANT, adjective. In heraldry, sitting, like a great cat with the fore feet straight; applied to a lion or other beast.

1355

SEJUGOUS

SEJU'GOUS, adjective. [Latin sejigus; sex, six, and jugum, yoke.] In botany, a sejugous leaf is a pinnate leaf having six pairs of leaflets.

1356

SEJUNCTION

SEJUNC'TION, noun. [Latin sejunctio; se, from, and jungo, to join.] The act of disjoining; a disuniting; separation. [Little used.]

1357

SEJUNGIBLE

SEJUNG'IBLE, adjective. [supra.] That may be disjoined. [Little used.]

1358

SEKE

SEKE, for sick, oblolete. [See Sick.]

1359

SELCOUTH

SEL'COUTH, adjective. Rarely known; unusual; uncommon. Obs.

1360

SELDOM

SEL'DOM, adv. [Sel probably signifies separate, distinct, coinciding with Latin solus.] Rarely; not often; not frequently.Wisdom and youth are seldom joined in one. Hooker.SEL'D...

1361

SELDOMNESS

SEL'DOMNESS, noun. Rareness; uncommonness; infrequency.

1362

SELDSHOWN

SELD'SHOWN, adjective. Rarely shown or exhibited. [Not in use.]

1363

SELECT

SELECT', v. t. [Latin selectus, from seligo; se, from, and lego, to pick, cull or gather.] to choose and take from a number; to take by preference from among others; to pick out...

1364

SELECTED

SELECT'ED, pp. Chosen and taken by preference from among a number; picked; culled.

1365

SELECTEDLY

SELECT'EDLY, adv. With care in selection.

1366

SELECTING

SELECT'ING, ppr. Choosing and taking from a number; picked; culled.

1367

SELECTION

SELEC'TION, noun. [Latin selectio.]1. The act of choosing and taking from among a number; a taking from a number by preference.2. A numbers of things selected or taken from othe...

1368

SELECTIVE

SELECT'IVE, adjective. Selecting; tending to select. [Unusual.]

1369

SELECTMAN

SELECT'MAN, noun. [select and man.] In New England, a town officer chosen anually to manage the concerns of the town, provide for the poor, etc. Their number is usually from thr...

1370

SELECTNESS

SELECT'NESS, noun. The state of being select or well chosen.

1371

SELECTOR

SELECT'OR, noun. [Latin] One that selects or chooses from among a number.

1372

SELENIATE

SELE'NIATE, noun. a compound of selenic acid with a base.

1373

SELENIC

SELEN'IC, adjective. Pertaining to selenium, or extracted from it; as selenic acid.

1374

SELENITE

SEL'ENITE, noun. [Gr. the moon; so called on account of its reflecting the the moon's light with brilliancy.] Foliated or crystalized sulphate of lime. selenite is a subspecies ...

1375

SELENITIC

SELENIT'IC, adjective. Pertaining to selenite; resembling it, or partaking of its nature or properties.

1376

SELENITICAL

SELENIT'ICAL,

1377

SELENIUM

SELE'NIUM, noun. [supra.] A new elementary body or substance, extracted from the pyrite of Fahlun in Sweden. It is of a gray dark brown color, with a brilliant metallic luster, ...