Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Saberbill

{ Sa″ber‐bill′, Sa″bre‐bill′ }, n.(Zoöl.) The curlew.

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Sabian

Sa″bi‐an (?), a. [L. Sabaeus.] [Written also Sabean, and Sabæan.] 1. Of or pertaining to Saba in Arabia, celebrated for producing aromatic plants.2. Relating to the religion of ...

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Sabian (2)

Sa″bi‐an, n. An adherent of the Sabian religion; a worshiper of the heavenly bodies. [Written also Sabæan, and Sabean.]

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Sabianism

Sa″bi‐an‐ism (?), n. The doctrine of the Sabians; the Sabian religion; that species of idolatry which consists in worshiping the sun, moon, and stars; heliolatry. [Written also ...

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Sabicu

‖Sab″i‐cu (?), n. The very hard wood of a leguminous West Indian tree (Lysiloma Sabicu), valued for shipbuilding.

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Sabine

Sa″bine (?), a. [L. Sabinus.] Of or pertaining to the ancient Sabines, a people of Italy. — n. One of the Sabine people.

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Sabine (2)

Sab″ine (?), n. [F., fr. L. Sabina herba, fr. Sabini the Sabines. Cf. Savin.] (Bot.) See Savin.

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Sable

Sa″ble (?), n. [OF. sable, F. zibeline sable (in sense 4), LL. sabellum; cf. D. sabel, Dan. sabel, zobel, Sw. sabel, sobel, G. zobel; all fr. Russ. sóbole.] 1. (Zoöl.) A carnivo...

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Sable (2)

Sa″ble (?), a. Of the color of the sable's fur; dark; black; — used chiefly in poetry.Night, sable goddess! from her ebon throne,In rayless majesty, now stretches forthHer leade...

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Sable (3)

Sa″ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Sabled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Sabling (?).] To render sable or dark; to drape darkly or in black.Sabled all in black the shady sky. G. Fletcher.

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Sabot

‖Sa′bot″ (sȧ′bō″), n. 1. A kind of wooden shoe worn by the peasantry in France, Belgium, Sweden, and some other European countries.2. (Mil.) A thick, circular disk of wood, to w...

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Sabotage

‖Sa′bo′tage″ (?), n. (a) Scamped work. (b) Malicious waste or destruction of an employer's property or injury to his interests by workmen during labor troubles.

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Sabotière

‖Sa′bo″tière (?), n. A kind of freezer for ices.

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Sabre (3)

Sa″bre (?), n. & v. See Saber.

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Sabretasche

‖Sa″bre‐tasche′ (?), n. [F. sabretache, G. säbeltasche; säbel saber + tasche a pocket.] (Mil.) A leather case or pocket worn by cavalry at the left side, suspended from the swor...

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Sabrina work

Sa‐bri″na work′ (?). A variety of appliqué work for quilts, table covers, etc. Caulfeild & S. (Dict. of Needlework).

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Sabulose

Sab″u‐lose (?), a. [L. sabulosus, from sabulum, sabulo, sand.] (Bot.) Growing in sandy places.

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Sabulosity

Sab′u‐los″i‐ty (?), n. The quality of being sabulous; sandiness; grittiness.

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Sabulous

Sab″u‐lous (?), a. [L. sabulosus.] Sandy; gritty.

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Sac

Sac (sa̤k), n.(Ethnol.) See Sacs.

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Sac (2)

Sac, n. [See Sake, Soc.] (O.Eng. Law) The privilege formerly enjoyed by the lord of a manor, of holding courts, trying causes, and imposing fines. Cowell.

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Sac (3)

Sac (săk), n. [F., fr. L. saccus a sack. See Sack a bag.] 1. See 2d Sack.2. (Biol.) A cavity, bag, or receptacle, usually containing fluid, and either closed, or opening into an...

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Sacalait

Sac″a‐lait (?), n.(Zoöl.) A kind of fresh-water bass; the crappie.

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Sacar

Sa″car (?), n. See Saker.

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Saccade

Sac‐cade″ (?), n.(Man.) A sudden, violent check of a horse by drawing or twitching the reins on a sudden and with one pull.

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Saccate

Sac″cate (?), a. [NL. saccatus, fr. L. saccus a sack, bag.] 1. (Biol.) Having the form of a sack or pouch; furnished with a sack or pouch, as a petal.2. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining...

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Saccharate

Sac″cha‐rate (?), n.(Chem.) (a) A salt of saccharic acid. (b) In a wider sense, a compound of saccharose, or any similar carbohydrate, with such bases as the oxides of calcium, ...