Webster's Dictionary 1913

3835

Sewage

Sew″age (?), n. 1. The contents of a sewer or drain; refuse liquids or matter carried off by sewers2. Sewerage, 2.

3836

Sewe

Sewe (?), v. i. To perform the duties of a sewer. See 3d Sewer.

3837

Sewel

Sew″el (?), n. A scarecrow, generally made of feathers tied to a string, hung up to prevent deer from breaking into a place. Halliwell.

3838

Sewellel

Se‐wel″lel (?), n.(Zoöl.) A peculiar gregarious burrowing rodent (Haplodon rufus), native of the coast region of the Northwestern United States. It somewhat resembles a muskrat ...

3839

Sewen

Sew″en (?), n.(Zoöl.) A British trout usually regarded as a variety (var. Cambricus) of the salmon trout.

3840

Sewer

Sew″er (?), n. 1. One who sews, or stitches.2. (Zoöl.) A small tortricid moth whose larva sews together the edges of a leaf by means of silk; as, the apple-leaf sewer (Phoxopter...

3841

Sewer (2)

Sew″er (?), n. [OF. sewiere, seuwiere, ultimately fr. L. ex out + a derivative of aqua water; cf. OF. essevour a drain, essever, esseuwer, essiaver, to cause to flow, to drain, ...

3842

Sewer (3)

Sew″er, n. [Cf. OE. assewer, and asseour, OF. asseour, F. asseoir to seat, to set, L. assidere to sit by; ad + sedere to sit (cf. Sit); or cf. OE. sew pottage, sauce, boiled mea...

3843

Sewerage

Sew″er‐age (?), n. 1. The construction of a sewer or sewers.2. The system of sewers in a city, town, etc.; the general drainage of a city or town by means of sewers.3. The mater...

3844

Sewin

Sew″in (?), n.(Zoöl.) Same as Sewen.

3845

Sewing

Sew″ing (?), n. 1. The act or occupation of one who sews.2. That which is sewed with the needle.Sewing horse(Harness making), a clamp, operated by the foot, for holding pieces o...

3846

Sewster

Sew″ster (?), n. A seamstress. B. Jonson.

3847

Sex

Sex, n. [L. sexus: cf. F. sexe.] 1. The distinguishing peculiarity of male or female in both animals and plants; the physical difference between male and female; the assemblage ...

3848

Sex-

Sex– (?). [L. sex six. See Six.] A combining form meaning six; as, sexdigitism; sexennial.

3849

Sexagenarian

Sex′a‐ge‐na″ri‐an (?), n. [See Sexagenary.] A person who is sixty years old.

3850

Sexagenary

Sex‐ag″e‐na‐ry (?), a. [L. sexagenarius, fr. sexageni sixty each, akin to sexaginta sixty, sex six: cf. sexagénaire. See Six.] Pertaining to, or designating, the number sixty; p...

3851

Sexagenary (2)

Sex‐ag″e‐na‐ry, n. 1. Something composed of sixty parts or divisions.2. A sexagenarian. Sir W. Scott.

3852

Sexagesima

‖Sex′a‐ges″i‐ma (?), n. [L., fem. of sexagesimus sixtieth, fr. sexaginta sixty.] (Eccl.) The second Sunday before Lent; — so called as being about the sixtieth day before Easter.

3853

Sexagesimal

Sex′a‐ges″i‐mal (?), a. [Cf. F. sexagésimal.] Pertaining to, or founded on, the number sixty.Sexagesimal fractionsornumbers(Arith. & Alg.), those fractions whose denominators ar...

3854

Sexagesimal (2)

Sex′a‐ges″i‐mal, n. A sexagesimal fraction.

3855

Sexangle

Sex″an′gle (?), n. [L. sexangulus sexangular; sex six + angulus angle: cf. F. sexangle. Cf. Hexangular.] (Geom.) A hexagon. Hutton.

3856

Sexangled

{ Sex″an′gled (?), Sex‐an″gu‐lar (?) } a. [Cf. F. sexangulaire.] Having six angles; hexagonal. Dryden.

3857

Sexangularly

Sex‐an″gu‐lar‐ly, adv. Hexagonally.

3858

Sexavalent

Sex‐av″a‐lent (?), a. See Sexivalent.

3859

Sexdigitism

Sex‐dig″it‐ism (?), n. [Sex- + digit.] The state of having six fingers on a hand, or six toes on a foot.

3860

Sexdigitist

Sex‐dig″it‐ist, n. One who has six fingers on a hand, or six toes on a foot.

3861

Sexed

Sexed (?), a. Belonging to sex; having sex; distinctively male of female; as, the sexed condition.