Webster's Dictionary 1913

3727

Sesquitone

Ses″qui‐tone (?), n. [Sesqui- + tone.] (Mus.) A minor third, or interval of three semitones.

3728

Sess

Sess (?), v. t. [Aphetic form of assess. See Assess, Cess.] To lay a tax upon; to assess.

3729

Sess (2)

Sess, n. A tax; an assessment. See Cess.

3730

Sessa

Ses″sa (?), interj. Hurry; run. Shak.

3731

Sessile

Ses″sile (?), a. [L. sessilis low, dwarf, from sedere, sessum, to sit: cf. F. sessile.] 1. Attached without any sensible projecting support.2. (Bot.) Resting directly upon the m...

3732

Sessile-eyed

Ses″sile–eyed′ (?), a.(Zoöl.) Having eyes which are not elevated on a stalk; — opposed to stalk-eyed.Sessile-eyed Crustacea, the Arthrostraca.

3733

Session

Ses″sion (?), n. [L. sessio, fr. sedere, sessum, to sit: cf. F. session. See Sit.] 1. The act of sitting, or the state of being seated.So much his ascension into heaven and his ...

3734

Sessional

Ses″sion‐al (?), a. Of or pertaining to a session or sessions.

3735

Sesspool

Sess″pool′ (?), n. [Prov. E. suss hogwash, soss a dirty mess, a puddle + E. pool a puddle; cf. Gael. ses a coarse mess.] Same as Cesspool.

3736

Sesterce

Ses″terce (?), n. [L. sestertius (sc. nummus), fr. sestertius two and a half; semis half + tertius third: cf. F. sesterce.] (Rom. Antiq.) A Roman coin or denomination of money, ...

3737

Sestet

Ses‐tet″ (?), n. [It. sestetto, fr. sesto sixth, L. sextus, fr. sex six.] 1. (Mus.) A piece of music composed for six voices or six instruments; a sextet; — called also sestuor....

3738

Sestetto

‖Ses‐tet″to (?), n.(Mus.) A sestet.

3739

Sestine

Ses″tine (?), n. See Sextain.

3740

Sestuor

Ses″tu‐or (?), n. A sestet.

3741

Set

Set (sĕt), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Set; p. pr. & vb. n.Setting.] [OE. setten, AS. setton; akin to OS. settian, OFries. setta, D. zetten, OHG. sezzen, G. setzen, Icel. setja, Sw. sätt...

3742

Set (2)

Set (sĕt), v. i. 1. To pass below the horizon; to go down; to decline; to sink out of sight; to come to an end.Ere the weary sun set in the west. Shak.Thus this century sets wit...

3743

Set (3)

Set (?), a. 1. Fixed in position; immovable; rigid; as, a set line; a set countenance.2. Firm; unchanging; obstinate; as, set opinions or prejudices.3. Regular; uniform; formal;...

3744

Set (4)

Set, n. 1. The act of setting, as of the sun or other heavenly body; descent; hence, the close; termination. “Locking at the set of day.” Tennyson.The weary sun hath made a gold...

3745

Set (5)

Set, n. 1. (Textiles) Any of various standards of measurement of the fineness of cloth; specif., the number of reeds in one inch and the number of threads in each reed. The exac...

3746

Set chisel

Set chisel. (Mech.) A kind of chisel or punch, variously shaped, with a broad flat end, used for stripping off rivet heads, etc.

3747

Set-fair

Set″–fair′ (?), n. In plastering, a particularly good troweled surface. Knight.

3748

Set-off

Set″–off′ (?), n. [Set + off.] 1. That which is set off against another thing; an offset.I do not contemplate such a heroine as a set-off to the many sins imputed to me as commi...

3749

Set-stitched

Set″–stitched′ (?), a. Stitched according to a formal pattern. “An old set-stiched chair, valanced, and fringed with party-colored worsted bobs.” Sterne.

3750

Set-to

Set″–to′ (?), n. A contest in boxing, in an argument, or the like. Halliwell.

3751

Seta

‖Se″ta (sē″tȧ), n.; pl.Setæ (–tē). [L. seta, saeta, a bristle.] 1. (Biol.) Any slender, more or less rigid, bristlelike organ or part; as the hairs of a caterpillar, the slender...

3752

Setaceous

Se‐ta″ceous (sē̍‐tā″shŭs), a. [L. seta a bristle: cf. F. sétacé.] 1. Set with, or consisting of, bristles; bristly; as, a stiff, setaceous tail.2. Bristelike in form or texture;...

3753

Setback

Set″back′ (sĕt″băk′), n. 1. (Arch.) Offset, n., 4.2. A backset; a countercurrent; an eddy.3. A backset; a check; a repulse; a reverse; a relapse.