Webster's Dictionary 1913

703

Santer

San″ter (?), v. i. See Saunter.

704

Santon

‖San″ton (?), n. [Sp. santon, augmented fr. santo holy, L. sanctus.] A Turkish saint; a kind of dervish, regarded by the people as a saint: also, a hermit.

705

Santonate

San″to‐nate (?), n.(Chem.) A salt of santonic acid.

706

Santonic

San‐ton″ic (?), a.(Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid (distinct from santoninic acid) obtained from santonin as a white crystalline substance.

707

Santonin

San″to‐nin (?), n. [L. herba santonica, a kind of plant, fr. Santoni a people of Aquitania; cf. Gr. �: cf. F. santonine.] (Chem.) A white crystalline substance having a bitter t...

708

Santoninate

San″to‐nin′ate (?), n.(Chem.) A salt of santoninic acid.

709

Santoninic

San′to‐nin″ic (?), a.(Chem.) Of or pertaining to santonin; — used specifically to designate an acid not known in the free state, but obtained in its salts.

710

Sao

‖Sa″o (?), n.(Zoöl.) Any marine annelid of the genus Hyalinæcia, especially H. tubicola of Europe, which inhabits a transparent movable tube resembling a quill in color and text...

711

Sap

Sap (?), n. [AS. sæp; akin to OHG. saf, G. saft, Icel. safi; of uncertain origin; possibly akin to L. sapere to taste, to be wise, sapa must or new wine boiled thick. Cf. Sapid,...

712

Sap (2)

Sap, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Sapped (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Sapping.] [F. saper (cf. Sp. zapar, It. zapare), fr. sape a sort of scythe, LL. sappa a sort of mattock.] 1. To subvert by dig...

713

Sap (3)

Sap (?), v. i. To proceed by mining, or by secretly undermining; to execute saps. W. P. Craighill.Both assaults are carried on by sapping. Tatler.

714

Sap (4)

Sap, n.(Mil.) A narrow ditch or trench made from the foremost parallel toward the glacis or covert way of a besieged place by digging under cover of gabions, etc.Sap fagot(Mil.)...

715

Sapadillo

Sap′a‐dil″lo (?), n. See Sapodila.

716

Sapajo

Sap″a‐jo (?), n.(Zoöl.) The sapajou.

717

Sapajou

Sap″a‐jou (?), n. [F. sapajou, sajou, Braz. sajuassu.] (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of South American monkeys of the genus Cebus, having long and prehensile tails. Some of...

718

Sapan wood

Sa‐pan″ wood (?). [Malay sapang.] (Bot.) A dyewood yielded by Cæsalpinia Sappan, a thorny leguminous tree of Southern Asia and the neighboring islands. It is the original Brazil...

719

Sapful

Sap″ful (?), a. Abounding in sap; sappy.

720

Saphead

Sap″head′ (?), n. A weak-minded, stupid fellow; a milksop.

721

Saphenous

Sa‐phe″nous (?), a.(Anat.) (a) Manifest; — applied to the two principal superficial veins of the lower limb of man. (b) Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the saphenous vei...

722

Sapid

Sap″id (?), a. [L. sapidus, fr. sapere to taste: cf. F. sapide. See Sapient, Savor.] Having the power of affecting the organs of taste; possessing savor, or flavor.Camels, to ma...

723

Sapidity

Sa‐pid″i‐ty (?), n. [Cf. F. sapidité.] The quality or state of being sapid; taste; savor; savoriness.Whether one kind of sapidity is more effective than another. M. S. Lamson.

724

Sapidness

Sap″id‐ness, n. Quality of being sapid; sapidity.When the Israelites fancied the sapidness and relish of the fleshpots, they longed to taste and to return. Jer. Taylor.

725

Sapience

Sa″pi‐ence (?), n. [L. sapientia: cf. F. sapience. See Sapient..] The quality of being sapient; wisdom; sageness; knowledge. Cowper.Woman, if I might sit beside your feet,And gl...

726

Sapient

Sa″pi‐ent (?), a. [L. sapiens, -entis, p. pr. of sapere to taste, to have sense, to know. See Sage, a.] Wise; sage; discerning; — often in irony or contempt.Where the sapient ki...

727

Sapiential

Sa′pi‐en″tial (?), a. [L. sapientialis.] Having or affording wisdom. — Sa′pi‐en″tial‐ly, adv.The sapiential books of the Old. Jer. Taylor.

728

Sapientious

Sa′pi‐en″tious (?), a. Sapiential.

729

Sapientize

Sa″pi‐ent‐ize, v. t. To make sapient. Coleridge.