Webster's Dictionary 1913

865

Sarse

Sarse (?), n. [F. sas, OF. saas, LL. setatium, fr. L. seta a stiff hair.] A fine sieve; a searce.

866

Sarse (2)

Sarse, v. t. To sift through a sarse.

867

Sarsen

Sar″sen (?), n. [Etymol. uncertain; perhaps for saracen stone, i.e., a heathen or pagan stone or monument.] One of the large sandstone blocks scattered over the English chalk do...

868

Sarsenet

Sarse″net (?), n. See Sarcenet.

869

Sart

Sart (?), n. An assart, or clearing. Bailey.

870

Sartorial

Sar‐to″ri‐al (?), a. [See Sartorius.] 1. Of or pertaining to a tailor or his work.Our legs skulked under the table as free from sartorial impertinences as those of the noblest s...

871

Sartorius

‖Sar‐to″ri‐us (?), n. [NL., fr. L. sartor a patcher, tailor, fr. sarcire, sartum, to patch, mend.] (Anat.) A muscle of the thigh, called the tailor's muscle, which arises from t...

872

Sarum use

Sa″rum use′ (?). (Ch. of Eng.) A liturgy, or use, put forth about 1087 by St. Osmund, bishop of Sarum, based on Anglo-Saxon and Norman customs.

873

Sash

Sash (?), n. [Pers. shast a sort of girdle.] A scarf or band worn about the waist, over the shoulder, or otherwise; a belt; a girdle, — worn by women and children as an ornament...

874

Sash (2)

Sash, v. t. To adorn with a sash or scarf. Burke.

875

Sash (3)

Sash, n. [F. châssis a frame, sash, fr. châsse a shrine, reliquary, frame, L. capsa. See Case a box.] 1. The framing in which the panes of glass are set in a glazed window or do...

876

Sash (4)

Sash, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Sashed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Sashing.] To furnish with a sash or sashes; as, to sash a door or a window.

877

Sashery

Sash″er‐y (?), n. [From 1st Sash.] A collection of sashes; ornamentation by means of sashes.Distinguished by their sasheries and insignia. Carlyle.

878

Sashoon

Sash″oon (?), n. A kind of pad worn on the leg under the boot. Nares.

879

Sasin

Sa″sin (?), n.(Zoöl.) The Indian antelope (Antilope bezoartica, orcervicapra), noted for its beauty and swiftness. It has long, spiral, divergent horns.

880

Sassaby

{ Sas″sa‐by (?), Sas″sa‐bye (?) }, n.(Zoöl.) A large African antelope (Alcelaphus lunata), similar to the hartbeest, but having its horns regularly curved.

881

Sassafras

Sas″sa‐fras (?), n. [F. sassafras (cf. It. sassafrasso, sassafras, Sp. sasafras, salsafras, salsifrax, salsifragia, saxifragia), fr. L. saxifraga saxifrage. See Saxifrage.] (Bot...

882

Sassanage

Sas″sa‐nage (?), n. [See Sarse a sieve.] Stones left after sifting. Smart.

883

Sassarara

Sas′sa‐ra″ra (?), n. [Perh. a corruption of certiorari, the name of a writ.] A word used to emphasize a statement.Out she shall pack, with a sassarara. Goldsmith.

884

Sasse

Sasse (?), n. [D. sas, fr. F. sas the basin of a waterfall.] A sluice or lock, as in a river, to make it more navigable. Pepys.

885

Sassenach

Sas″sen‐ach (?), n. [Gael. sasunnach.] A Saxon; an Englishman; a Lowlander. Sir W. Scott.

886

Sassolin

{ Sas″so‐lin (?), Sas″so‐line (?) }, n. [From Sasso, a town in Italy: cf. F. sassolin.] (Min.) Native boric acid, found in saline incrustations on the borders of hot springs nea...

887

Sassorol

{ Sas″so‐rol (?), Sas′so‐rol″la (?) }, n.(Zoöl.) The rock pigeon. See under Pigeon.

888

Sassy bark

Sas″sy bark′ (?). (Bot.) The bark of a West African leguminous tree (Erythrophlæum Guineense, used by the natives as an ordeal poison, and also medicinally; — called also mancon...

889

Sastra

‖Sas″tra (?), n. Same as Shaster.

890

Sastrugi

Sas‐tru″gi (?). Incorrect, but common, var. of Zastrugi.

891

Sat

Sat (?), imp. of Sit. [Written also sate.]