Webster's Dictionary 1828

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SAPOROUS

SA'POROUS, adjective Having taste; yielding some kind of taste.

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SAPOTA

SAPO'TA, noun In botany, a tree or plant of the genus Achras.

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SAPPADILLO-TREE

SAPPADIL'LO-TREE,SAP'PARE, noun A mineral or species of earth, the kyanite; called by Hauy, disthene.

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SAPPARE

SAP'PARE, n. A mineral or species of earth, the kyanite; called by Hauy, disthene.

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SAPPED

SAP'PED, participle passive Undermined; subverted.

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SAPPER

SAP'PER, noun One who saps. In an army, sappers and miners are employed in working at saps, to protect soldiers in their approach to a besieged place, or to undermine the works.

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SAPPHIC

SAPPHIC, adjective saf'ic. Pertaining to Sappho, a Grecian poetess; as sapphic odes; sapphic verse. The sapphic verse consists of eleven syllables in five feet, of which the fir...

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SAPPHIRE

SAP'PHIRE, noun [Latin sapphirus; Gr. to scrape, to shine, to be fair, open, beautiful.]A species of silicious gems or minerals, of several varieties. In hardness it is inferior...

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SAPPHIRINE

SAP'PHIRINE, adjective Resembling sapphire; made of sapphire; having the qualities of sapphire.

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SAPPINESS

SAP'PINESS, noun [from sappy.] The state or quality of being full of sap; succulence; juiciness.

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SAPPY

SAP'PY, adjective1. Abounding with sap; juicy; succulent.2. Young; not firm; weak.When he had passed this weak and sappy age -3. Weak in intellect.SAP'PY, adjective [Gr. to putr...

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SARABAND

SAR'ABAND, nounA dance and a tune used in Spain, said to be derived from the Saracens.

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SARACENIC

SARACEN'IC, adjective1. Pertaining to the Saracens, inhabitants of Arabia; so called from sara, a desert.2. Denoting the architecture of the Saracens, the modern Gothic.

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SARAGOY

SAR'AGOY, noun The opossum of the Molucca isles.

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SARASIN

SAR'ASIN,S'ARCASM, noun [Latin sarcasmus; Gr. from to deride or sneer at, primarily to fly or pluck off the skin.]A keen reproachful expression; a satirical remark or expression...

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SARCASTIC

SARCAS'TIC,SARCAS'TICAL, adjective Bitterly satirical; scornfully severe; taunting.What a fierce and sarcastic reprehension would this have drawn from the friendship of the world!

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SARCASTICAL

SARCAS'TICAL, a. Bitterly satirical; scornfully severe; taunting.What a fierce and sarcastic reprehension would this have drawn from the friendship of the world!

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SARCASTICALLY

SARCAS'TICALLY, adverb In a sarcastic manner; with scornful satire.

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SARCENET

S'ARCENET, noun A species of fine thin woven silk.

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SARCOCELE

S'ARCOCELE, noun [Gr. flesh, and tumor.]A spurious rupture or hernia, in which the testicle is swelled or indurated, like a scirrhus, or enlarged by a fleshy excrescence much be...

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SARCOCOL

S'ARCOCOL,S'ARCOCOL'LA,n. [Gr. compounded of flesh and glue.]A semi-transparent solid substance, imported from Arabia and Persia in grains of a light yellow or red color. It is ...

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SARCOLITE

S'ARCOLITE, noun [flesh-stone.] A substance of a vitreous nature, and of a rose flesh color, found near Vesuvius. The French call it hydrolite, water stone.Sarcolite is a variet...

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SARCOLOGICAL

SARCOLOG'ICAL, adjective Pertaining to sarcology.

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SARCOLOGY

SARCOL'OGY, noun [Gr. flesh, and discourse.]That part of anatomy which treats of the soft parts of the body, as the muscles, fat, intestines, vessels, etc.

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SARCOMA

SARCO'MA, noun [Gr from flesh.] Any fleshy excrescence on an animal body.

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SARCOPHAGOUS

SARCOPH'AGOUS, adjective [See sarcophagus.] Feeding on flesh; flesh-eating.

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SARCOPHAGUS

SARCOPH'AGUS, noun [Latin from Gr. flesh and to eat.]1. A species of stone used among the Greeks in their sculptures, which was so called because it consumed the flesh of bodies...