Webster's Dictionary 1913

838

Saree

‖Sa″ree (?), n. The principal garment of a Hindoo woman. It consists of a long piece of cloth, which is wrapped round the middle of the body, a portion being arranged to hang do...

839

Sargasso

Sar‐gas″so (?), n. [Sp. sargazo seaweed.] (Bot.) The gulf weed. See under Gulf.Sargasso Sea, a large tract of the North Atlantic Ocean where sargasso in great abundance floats o...

840

Sargassum

‖Sar‐gas″sum (?), n. A genus of algæ including the gulf weed.

841

Sargo

‖Sar″go (?), n. [Sp. sargo, L. sargus a kind of fish.] (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of sparoid fishes belonging to Sargus, Pomadasys, and related genera; — called also sar...

842

Sari

‖Sa″ri (?), n. Same as Saree.

843

Sarigue

‖Sa‐rigue″ (?), n. [F., from Braz. çarigueia, çarigueira.] (Zoöl.) A small South American opossum (Didelphys opossum), having four white spots on the face.

844

Sark

Sark (?), n. [AS. serce, syrce, a shirt; akin to Icel. serkr, Sw. särk.] A shirt.

845

Sark (2)

Sark, v. t.(Carp.) To cover with sarking, or thin boards.

846

Sarkin

Sar″kin (?), n. [Gr. σάρξ, σάρκοσ, flesh.] (Physiol. Chem.) Same as Hypoxanthin.

847

Sarking

Sark″ing (?), n. [From Sark shirt.] (Carp.) Thin boards for sheathing, as above the rafters, and under the shingles or slates, and for similar purposes.

848

Sarlac

{ Sar″lac (?), Sar″lyk (?) }, n. [Mongolian sarlyk.] (Zoöl.) The yak.

849

Sarmatian

{ Sar‐ma″tian (?), Sar‐mat″ic (?) }, a. [L. Sarmaticus.] Of or pertaining to Sarmatia, or its inhabitants, the ancestors of the Russians and the Poles.

850

Sarment

Sar″ment (?), n. [L. sarmentum a twig, fr. sarpere to cut off, to trim: cf. F. sarment.] (Bot.) A prostrate filiform stem or runner, as of the strawberry. See Runner.

851

Sarmentaceous

Sar′men‐ta″ceous (?), a.(Bot.) Bearing sarments, or runners, as the strawberry.

852

Sarmentose

Sar′men‐tose″ (? or?), a. [L. sarmentosus: cf. F. sarmenteux. See Sarment.] (Bot.) (a) Long and filiform, and almost naked, or having only leaves at the joints where it strikes ...

853

Sarmentous

Sar‐men″tous (?), a.(Bot.) Sarmentose.

854

Sarn

Sarn (?), n. [W. sarn a causeway, paving.] A pavement or stepping-stone. Johnson.

855

Sarong

‖Sa″rong (?), n. [Malay sārung.] A sort of petticoat worn by both sexes in Java and the Malay Archipelago. Balfour (Cyc. of India)

856

Saros

Sa″ros (?), n.(Astron) A Chaldean astronomical period or cycle, the length of which has been variously estimated from 3,600 years to 3,600 days, or a little short of 10 years. B...

857

Sarplar

Sar″plar (?), n. [Cf. LL. sarplare. See Sarplier.] A large bale or package of wool, containing eighty tods, or 2,240 pounds, in weight.

858

Sarplier

Sar″plier (?), n. [F. serpillière; cf. Pr. sarpelheira, LL. serpelleria, serpleria, Catalan sarpallera, Sp. arpillera.] A coarse cloth made of hemp, and used for packing goods, ...

859

Sarpo

Sar″po (?), n. [Corruption of Sp. sapo a toad.] (Zoöl.) A large toadfish of the Southern United States and the Gulf of Mexico (Batrachus tau, var. pardus).

860

Sarracenia

‖Sar′ra‐ce″ni‐a (?), n. [NL. So named after a Dr. Sarrazin of Quebec.] (Bot.) A genus of American perennial herbs growing in bogs; the American pitcher plant.☞ They have hollow ...

861

Sarrasin

{ Sar″ra‐sin, Sar″ra‐sine } (?), n. [F. sarrasine, LL. saracina. See Saracen.] (Fort.) A portcullis, or herse. [Written also sarasin.]

862

Sarsa

Sar″sa (?), n. Sarsaparilla. [Written also sarza.]

863

Sarsaparilla

Sar′sa‐pa‐ril″la (?), n. [Sp. zarzaparrilla; zarza a bramble (perhaps fr. Bisc. zartzia) + parra a vine, or Parillo, a physician said to have discovered it.] (Bot.) (a) Any plan...

864

Sarsaparillin

Sar′sa‐pa‐ril″lin (?), n. See Parillin.