SERMONING
SER'MONING, noun Discourse; instruction; advice. [Not in use.]
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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SERMONIZE
SER'MONIZE, verb intransitive1. To preach.2. To inculate rigid rules.3. To make sermons; to compose or write a sermons or sermons. [This is the sense in which the verb is genera...
SERMONIZER
SER'MONIZER, noun One that composes sermons.
SERMONIZING
SER'MONIZING, participle present tense Preaching; inculating rigid precepts; composing sermons.
SERMOUNTAIN
SER'MOUNTAIN, noun A plant of the genus Laserpitium; laserwort; seseli.
SEROON
SEROON, noun1. A seroon of almonds is the quantity of two hudred pounds; of anise seed, three to four hundred weight; of Caltile soap, from two hundred and a half to three hundr...
SEROSITY
SEROS'ITY, In medicine, the watery part of the blood.
SEROTINE
SER'OTINE, noun A species of bat.
SEROUS
SE'ROUS, adjective1. Thin; watery; like whey; used of that part of the blood which separates in coagulation from the grumous or red part.2. Pertaining to serum.
SERPENT
SER'PENT, noun [Latin serpens, creeping; serpo, to creep.]1. An animal of the order of Serpentes, [creepers, crawlers,] Of the class of Amphibia. Serpents are amphibious animals...
SERPENT-CUCUMBER
SERPENT-CUCUMBER, noun A plant of the genus Trichosanthes.
SERPENT-EATER
SER'PENT-EATER, noun A fowl of Africa that devours serpents.
SERPENT-FISH
SER'PENT-FISH, noun A fish of the genus Taenia, resembling a snake, but of a red color.
SERPENTARIA
SERPENTA'RIA, noun A plant, called also snake root; a species of Aristolochia.
SERPENTARIUS
SERPENTA'RIUS, noun A constellation in the northern hemisphere, containing seventy-four stars.
SERPENTINE
SER'PENTINE, adjective [Latin serpentinus, from serpens.]1. Resembling a serpent; usually, winding and turing one way and the other, like a moving serpent; anfractuous; as a ser...
SERPENTINE-STONE
SER'PENTINE-STONE, either shades and spots resembling a serpent's skin. Serpentine is often nearly allied to the harder varieties of steatite and potstone. It prisents two varie...
SERPENTIZE
SER'PENTIZE, verb transitive To wind; to turn or bend, first in one direction and then in opposite; to meanderThe road serpentized through a tall shrubbery. Barrow, Trav. in Afr...
SERPENTS-TONGUE
SER'PENTS-TONGUE, noun A plant of the genus Ophioglossum.
SERPET
SER'PET, noun A basket. [Not in use.]
SERPIGINOUS
SERPIG'INOUS, adjective [L. from serpo, to creep.] A kind of herpes or tetter; called in popular language, a ringworm.
SERPRNTINE
SER'PRNTINE, noun A species of talck or magnesian stone, usually of an obscure green color.
SERPULITE
SER'PULITE, noun Petrified shells or fossil remains of the genus Serpula.
SERR
SERR, verb transitive To crowd, press or drive together. [Not in use.]
SERRATE
SER'RATE, [L. serratus, from serro, to saw; serra, a saw.] Jagged; notched; indented on the
SERRATED
SER'RATED, edge, like a saw. In botany, having sharp notches about the edge, pointing towards the extremity; as a serrate leaf.When a serrate leaf has small serrature upon the l...
SERRATION
SERRA'TION, noun Formation in the shape of a saw.