Webster's Dictionary 1828

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SARCOPHAGY

SARCOPH'AGY, noun [supra.] The practice of eating flesh.

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SARCOTIC

SARCOT'IC, adjective [Gr. flesh.] In surgery, producing or generating flesh.SARCOT'IC, noun A medicine or application which promotes the growth of flesh; an incarnative.

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SARDACHATE

S'ARDACHATE, noun The clouded and spotted agate, of a pale flesh color.

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SARDAN

S'ARDAN, noun A fish resembling the herring.

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SARDE

S'ARDE,S'ARDEL,S'ARDINE,S'ARDIUS, noun [Latin sardius; Gr. from Sardis, in Asia Minor, now Sart.] A precious stone. One of this kind was set in Aaron's breastplate. Exodus 28:1.

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SARDEL

S'ARDEL,

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SARDINE

S'ARDINE,

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SARDIUS

S'ARDIUS, n. [L. sardius; Gr. from Sardis, in Asia Minor, now Sart.] A precious stone. One of this kind was set in Aaron's breastplate. Ex. 28.

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SARDOIN

S'ARDOIN, noun A mineral, a variety of carnelian, which displays on its surface a rich reddish brown, but when held between the eye and the light, appears of a deep blood red.

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SARDONIAN

SARDO'NIAN,SARDON'IC, adjectivesardonian or sardonic laughter, a convulsive involuntary laughter, so called from the herba sardonia, a species of ranunculus, which is said to pr...

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SARDONIC

SARDON'IC, a. Sardonian or sardonic laughter, a convulsive involuntary laughter, so called from the herba sardonia, a species of ranunculus, which is said to produce such convul...

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SARDONYX

S'ARDONYX, noun [Latin sardonyches, from Gr. from Sardis, a city of Asia Minor, and a nail; so named, according to Pliny, from the resemblance of its color to the flesh under th...

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SARGUS

S'ARGUS, noun A fish of the Mediterranean, whose body is variegated with brown transverse rings, resembling the variegations of the perch. This is also a name of the gardon.

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SARK

S'ARK, noun1. In Scotland, a shirt.2. A shark. [Not used.]

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SARLAC

S'ARLAC, noun The grunting ox of Tartary.

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SARMATIAN

SARMA'TIAN,SARMAT'IC, adjective Pertaining to Sarmatia and its inhabitants, the ancestors of the Russians and Poles.

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SARMENTOUS

SARMENT'OUS, adjective [Latin sarmentosus, from sarmentum, a twig.]A sarmentous stem, in botany, is one that is filiform and almost naked, or having only leaves in bunches at th...

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SARONIC

SARON'IC, adjective Denoting a gulf of Greece between Attica and Sparta.

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SARPLAR

S'ARPLAR, noun A sarplar of wool is a sack containing 80 tod; a tod contains two stone of 14 pounds each.

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SARPLIER

S'ARPLIER, noun Canvas, or a packing cloth.

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SARRASINE

SAR'RASINE, noun1. A plant, a kind of birth wort.2. A portcullis or herse.

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SARSA

S'ARSA,S'ARSAPARIL'LA, noun A plant, a species of Smilax, valued in medicine for its mucilaginous and farinaceous or demulcent qualities.

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SARSE

S'ARSE, noun A fine sieve; usually written searce or searse. [Little used.]S'ARSE, verb transitive [from the noun.] To sift through a sarse [Little used.]

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SART

S'ART, noun A piece of woodland turned into arabic. [Not used in America.]

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SASH

SASH, noun1. A belt worn for ornament. Sashes are worn by military officers as badges of distinction, round the waist or over the shoulders. They are usually of silk, variously ...

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SASHOON

SASH'OON, noun A kind of leather stuffing put into a boot for the wearer's ease.

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SASSAFRAS

SAS'SAFRAS, noun [Latin saxifraga; saxum, a stone, and frango, to break.]A tree of the genus Laurus, whose bark has an aromatic smell and taste.