SACCHARINE
SAC'CHARINE, adjective [Latin saccharum, sugar.]Pertaining to sugar; having the qualities of sugar; as a saccharine taste; the saccharine matter of the cane juice.
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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SAC'CHARINE, adjective [Latin saccharum, sugar.]Pertaining to sugar; having the qualities of sugar; as a saccharine taste; the saccharine matter of the cane juice.
SACCHOLAC'TIC, adjective [Latin saccharum, sugar, and lac, milk.]A term in the new chimistry, denoting an acid obtained from the sugar of milk; now called mucic acid.
SAC'CHOLATE, noun In chimistry, a salt formed by the union of the saccholactic acid with a base.
SACERDO'TAL, adjective [Latin sacerdotalis, from sacerdos, a priest. See Sacred.]Pertaining to priests or the priesthood; priestly; as sacerdotal dignity; sacerdotal functions o...
SACH'EL, noun [Latin sacculus, dim. of saccus.]A small sack or bag; a bag in which lawyers and children carry papers and books.
SA'CHEM, noun In America, a chief among some of the native Indian tribes. [See Sagamore.]
SACK, noun [Latin saccus. Heb. See the verb to sack]1. A bag, usually a large cloth bag, used for holding and conveying corn, small wares, wool, cotton, hops, and the like. Gene...
SACK-POS'SET, noun [sack and posset.] A posset made of sack, milk and some other ingredients.
SACK'AGE, noun The act of taking by storm and pillaging.
SACK'BUT, noun [The last syllable is the Latin buxus.]A wind instrument of music; a kind of trumpet, so contrived that it can be lengthened or shortened according to the tone re...
SACK'CLOTH, noun [sack and cloth.] Cloth of which sacks are made; coarse cloth. This word is chiefly used in Scripture to denote a cloth or garment worn in mourning, distress or...
SACK'CLOTHED, adjective Clothed in sackcloth.
SACK'ED, participle passive Pillaged; stormed and plundered.
SACK'ER, noun One that takes a town or plunders it.
SACK'FUL, noun A full sack or bag.
SACK'ING, participle present tense Taking by assault and plundering or pillaging.SACK'ING, noun The act of taking by storm and pillaging.SACK'ING, noun1. Cloth of which sacks or...
SACK'LESS, adjectiveQuiet; peaceable; not quarrelsome; harmless; innocent. [Local.]
SAC'RAMENT, noun [Latin sacramentum, an oath, from sacer, sacred.]1. Among ancient christian writers, a mystery. [Not in use.]2. An oath; a ceremony producing an obligation; but...
SACRAMENT'AL, adjective Constituting a sacrament or pertaining to it; as sacramental rites or elements.SACRAMENT'AL, noun That which relates to a sacrament.
SACRAMENT'ALLY, adverb After the manner of a sacrament.
SACRAMENTA'RIAN, noun One that differs from the Romish church in regard to the sacraments, or to the Lord's supper; a word applied by the catholics to protestants.
SACRAMENT'ARY, noun1. An ancient book of the Romish church, written by pope Gelasius, and revised, corrected and abridged by St. Gregory, in which were contained all the prayers...
SACRE. [See Saker.]
SA'CRED, adjective [Latin sacer, sacred holy, cursed, damnable. We here see the connection between sacredness and secrecy. The sense is removed or separated from that which is c...
SA'CREDLY, adverb1. Religiously; with due reverence as of something holy or consecrated to God; as, to observe the sabbath sacredly; the day is sacredly kept.2. Inviolably; stri...
SA'CREDNESS, noun1. The state of being sacred, or consecrated to God, to his worship or to religious uses; holiness; sanctity; as the sacredness of the sanctuary or its worship;...
SACRIF'IC,SACRIF'ICABLE, adjective Capable of being offered in sacrifice. [Ill formed, harsh and not used.]