Webster's Dictionary 1913

3565

Serge

Serge (?), n. [F. serge, sarge, originally, a silken stuff, fr. L. serica, f. or neut. pl. of sericus silken. See Sericeous, Silk.] A woolen twilled stuff, much used as material...

3566

Serge (2)

Serge, n. [F. cierge.] A large wax candle used in the ceremonies of various churches.

3567

Sergeancy

Ser″gean‐cy (?), n.; pl.Sergeancies (#). [Cf. Sergeanty.] The office of a sergeant; sergeantship. [Written also serjeancy.]

3568

Sergeant

Ser″geant (?), n. [F. sergent, fr. L. serviens, -entis, p. pr. of servire to serve. See Serve, and cf. Servant.] [Written also serjeant. Both spellings are authorized. In Englan...

3569

Sergeantcy

Ser″geant‐cy (?), n. Same as Sergeancy.

3570

Sergeantry

Ser″geant‐ry (?), n. [CF. OF. sergenteric.] See Sergeanty. [Written also serjeantry.]

3571

Sergeantship

Ser″geant‐ship, n. The office of sergeant.

3572

Sergeanty

Ser″geant‐y (?), n. [Cf. OF. sergentie, LL. sergentia. See Sergeant.] (Eng. Law) Tenure of lands of the crown by an honorary kind of service not due to any lord, but to the king...

3573

Serial

Se″ri‐al (?), a. 1. Of or pertaining to a series; consisting of a series; appearing in successive parts or numbers; as, a serial work or publication. “Classification... may be m...

3574

Serial (2)

Se″ri‐al, n. A publication appearing in a series or succession of part; a tale, or other writing, published in successive numbers of a periodical.

3575

Seriality

Se′ri‐al″i‐ty (?), n. The quality or state of succession in a series; sequence. H. Spenser.

3576

Serially

Se″ri‐al‐ly, adv. In a series, or regular order; in a serial manner; as, arranged serially; published serially.

3577

Seriate

Se″ri‐ate (?), a. Arranged in a series or succession; pertaining to a series. — Se″ri‐ate‐ly, adv.

3578

Seriatim

Se′ri‐a″tim (?), adv. In regular order; one after the other; severally.

3579

Seriation

Se′ri‐a″tion (?), n.(Chem.) Arrangement or position in a series.

3580

Sericeous

Se‐ri″ceous (?), a. [L. sericus silken, sericum Seric stuff, silk, fr. Sericus belonging to the Seres, Gr. ���, a people of Eastern Asia, the modern Chinese, celebrated for thei...

3581

Sericin

Ser″i‐cin (?), n. [L. sericus silken.] (Chem.) A gelatinous nitrogenous material extracted from crude silk and other similar fiber by boiling water; — called also silk gelatin.

3582

Sericite

Ser″i‐cite (?), n. [L. sericus silken.] (Min.) A kind of muscovite occuring in silky scales having a fibrous structure. It is characteristic of sericite schist.

3583

Sericterium

‖Ser′ic‐te″ri‐um (?), n. [See Sericeous.] (Zoöl.) A silk gland, as in the silkworms.

3584

Sericulture

Ser″i‐cul′ture (?), n. [See Sericeous, and Culture.] The raising of silkworms.

3585

Serie

Se″rie (?), n. [Cf. F. série.] Series.

3586

Seriema

‖Ser′i‐e″ma (?), n.(Zoöl.) A large South American bird (Dicholophus, orCariama cristata) related to the cranes. It is often domesticated. Called also cariama.

3587

Series

Se″ries (?), n. [L. series, fr. serere, sertum, to join or bind together; cf. Gr. ��� to fasten, Skr. sarit thread. Cf. Assert, Desert a solitude, Exert, Insert, Seraglio.] 1. A...

3588

Series (2)

Se″ries (?), n. 1. (Bot.) In Engler's system of plant classification, a group of families showing certain structural or morphological relationships. It corresponds to the cohort...

3589

Series dynamo

Series dynamo. (Elec.) (a) A series-wound dynamo. (b) A dynamo running in series with another or others.

3590

Series motor

Series motor. (Elec.) (a) A series-wound motor. (b) A motor capable of being used in a series circuit.

3591

Series turns

Series turns. (Elec.) The turns in a series circuit.