Webster's Dictionary 1913

3430

Sepiolite

Se″pi‐o‐lite′ (?), n. [Septa + -lite.] (Min.) Meerschaum. See Meerschaum.

3431

Sepiostare

Se″pi‐o‐stare′ (?), n. [Sepia + Gr. ��� a bone.] (Zoöl.) The bone or shell of cuttlefish. See Illust. under Cuttlefish.

3432

Sepon

Se‐pon″ (#), n. See Supawn.

3433

Sepose

Se‐pose″ (?), v. t. [L. pref se- aside + E. pose.] To set apart. Donne.

3434

Seposit

Se‐pos″it (?), v. t. [L. sepositus, p. p. of seponere to set aside.] To set aside; to give up.

3435

Seposition

Sep′o‐si″tion (�), n. [L. sepositio.] The act of setting aside, or of giving up. Jer. Taylor.

3436

Sepoy

Se″poy (?), n. [Per. sipāhī, fr. sipāh an army. Cf. Spahi.] A native of India employed as a soldier in the service of a European power, esp. of Great Britain; an Oriental soldie...

3437

Seppuku

‖Sep‐pu″ku (?), n. Same as Hara-kiri.Seppuku, or hara-kiri, also came into vogue. W. E. Griffis.

3438

Sepsin

Sep″sin (?), n.(Physiol. Chem.) A soluble poison (ptomaine) present in putrid blood. It is also formed in the putrefaction of proteid matter in general.

3439

Sepsis

‖Sep″sis (?), n.(Med.) The poisoning of the system by the introduction of putrescent material into the blood.

3440

Sept

Sept (?), n. [A corruption of sect, n.] A clan, tribe, or family, proceeding from a common progenitor; — used especially of the ancient clans in Ireland.The chief, struck by the...

3441

Septæmia

‖Sep‐tæ″mi‐a (?), n.(Med.) Septicæmia.

3442

Septal

Sep″tal (?), a. Of or pertaining to a septum or septa, as of a coral or a shell.

3443

Septane

Sep″tane (?), n. [L. septem seven.] (Chem.) See Heptane.

3444

Septangle

Sep″tan′gle (?), n. [Septi- + angle.] (Geom.) A figure which has seven angles; a heptagon.

3445

Septangular

Sep‐tan″gu‐lar (?), a. Heptagonal.

3446

Septarium

‖Sep‐ta″ri‐um (?), n.;pl.Septaria (#). [NL., fr. L. septum, saeptum, an inclosure, a partition, fr. sepire, saepire, to inclose.] (Geol.) A flattened concretionary nodule, usual...

3447

Septate

Sep″tate (?), a. [L. septum, saeptum, partition.] Divided by partition or partitions; having septa; as, a septate pod or shell.

3448

September

Sep‐tem″ber (?), n. [L., fr. septem seven, as being the seventh month of the Roman year, which began with March: cf. F. septembre. See Seven.] The ninth month of the year, conta...

3449

Septemberer

Sep‐tem″ber‐er (?), n. A Setembrist. Carlyle.

3450

Septembrist

Sep‐tem″brist (?), n. [F. septembriste.] An agent in the massacres in Paris, committed in patriotic frenzy, on the 22d of September, 1792.

3451

Septemfluous

Sep‐tem″flu‐ous (?), a.[L. septemfluus; septem seven + fluere to flow.] Flowing sevenfold; divided into seven streams or currents. Fuller.

3452

Septempartite

Sep‐tem″par‐tite (?), a. [L. septem seven + E. partite.] Divided nearly to the base into seven parts; as, a septempartite leaf.

3453

Septemtrioun

Sep‐tem″tri‐oun (?), n. Septentrion.

3454

Septemvir

‖Sep‐tem″vir (?), n.; pl. E. Septemvirs (#), L. Septemviri (#). [L. septemviri, pl.; septem seven + viri, pl. of vir man.] (Rom. Hist.) One of a board of seven men associated in...

3455

Septemvirate

Sep‐tem″vi‐rate (?), n.[L. septemviratus.] The office of septemvir; a government by septimvirs.

3456

Septenary

Sep″ten‐a‐ry (?), a. [L. septenairus, from septeni seven each, septem seven: cf. F. septénaire. See Seven.] 1. Consisting of, or relating to, seven; as, a septenary number. I. W...