Sack-winged
Sack″–winged′ (?), a.(Zoöl.) Having a peculiar pouch developed near the front edge of the wing; — said of certain bats of the genus Saccopteryx.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Sack″–winged′ (?), a.(Zoöl.) Having a peculiar pouch developed near the front edge of the wing; — said of certain bats of the genus Saccopteryx.
Sack″age (?; 48), n. The act of taking by storm and pillaging; sack. H. Roscoe.
Sack″but (?), n. [F. saquebute, OF. saqueboute a sackbut, earlier, a sort of hook attached to the end of a lance used by foot soldiers to unhorse cavalrymen; prop. meaning, pull...
Sack″cloth′ (?; 115), n. Linen or cotton cloth such as sacks are made of; coarse cloth; anciently, a cloth or garment worn in mourning, distress, mortification, or penitence.Gir...
Sack″clothed′ (?), a. Clothed in sackcloth.
Sack″er (?), n. One who sacks; one who takes part in the storm and pillage of a town.
Sack″ful (?), n.; pl.Sackfuls (�). As much as a sack will hold.
Sack″ful, a. Bent on plunder. Chapman.
Sack″ing, n. [AS. sæccing, from sæcc sack, bag.] Stout, coarse cloth of which sacks, bags, etc., are made.
Sack″less, a. [AS. sacleás; sacu contention + leás loose, free from.] Quiet; peaceable; harmless; innocent.
Sacque (?), n. [Formed after the analogy of the French. See 2d Sack.] Same as 2d Sack, 3.
Sa″cral (?), a.(Anat.) Of or pertaining to the sacrum; in the region of the sacrum.
Sac″ra‐ment (?), n. [L. sacramentum an oath, a sacred thing, a mystery, a sacrament, fr. sacrare to declare as sacred, sacer sacred: cf. F. sacrement. See Sacred.] 1. The oath o...
Sac″ra‐ment (?), v. t. To bind by an oath. Laud.
Sac′ra‐men″tal (?), a. [L. sacramentalis: cf. F. sacramental, sacramentel.] 1. Of or pertaining to a sacrament or the sacraments; of the nature of a sacrament; sacredly or solem...
Sac′ra‐men″tal, n. That which relates to a sacrament. Bp. Morton.
Sac′ra‐men″tal‐ism (?), n. The doctrine and use of sacraments; attachment of excessive importance to sacraments.
Sac′ra‐men″tal‐ist, n. One who holds the doctrine of the real objective presence of Christ's body and blood in the holy eucharist. Shipley.
Sac′ra‐men″tal‐ly, adv. In a sacramental manner.
Sac′ra‐men‐ta″ri‐an (?), n. [LL. sacramentarius: cf. F. sacramentaire.] 1. (Eccl.) A name given in the sixteenth century to those German reformers who rejected both the Roman an...
Sac′ra‐men‐ta″ri‐an, a. 1. Of or pertaining a sacrament, or to the sacramentals; sacramental.2. Of or pertaining to the Sacramentarians.
Sac′ra‐men″ta‐ry (?), a. 1. Of or pertaining to a sacrament or the sacraments; sacramental.2. Of or pertaining to the Sacramentarians.
Sac′ra‐men″ta‐ry, n.; pl.-ries (#). [LL. sacramentarium: cf. F. sacramentaire.] 1. An ancient book of the Roman Catholic Church, written by Pope Gelasius, and revised, corrected...
Sac″ra‐ment‐ize (?), v. i. To administer the sacraments.Both to preach and sacramentize. Fuller.
‖Sa‐cra″ri‐um (?), n.; pl.-ria (#). [L., fr. sacer sacred.] 1. A sort of family chapel in the houses of the Romans, devoted to a special divinity.2. The adytum of a temple. Gwil...
Sa″crate (?), v. t. [L. sacratus, p. p. of sacrare. See Sacred.] To consecrate.
Sa‐cra″tion (?), n. Consecration.