SERRATURE
SER'RATURE, noun An indenting or indenture in the edge of any thing, like those of a saw.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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SERROUS
SER'ROUS, adjective Like the teeth of a saw; irregular. [Little used.]
SERRULATE
SER'RULATE, adjective Finely serrate; having very minute teeth or notches.
SERRY
SER'RY, verb transitive To crowd; to press together. [Not in use.]
SERUM
SE'RUM, noun [L.]1. The thin transparent part of the blood.2. The thin part of milk; whey.
SERVAL
SER'VAL, noun An animal of the feline genus, resembling the lynx in form and size, and the panther in spots; a native of Malabar.
SERVANT
SERV'ANT, [L. servans, from servo, to keep or hold; properly one that waits, that is, stops, holds, attends, or one that is bound.]1. A person, male or female, that attends anot...
SERVE
SERVE, verb transitiveserv. [Latin servio. This verb is supposed to be from the noun servus, a servant or slave, and this from servo, to keep.]1. To work for; to bestow the labo...
SERVED
SERV'ED, participle passive Attended; waited on; worshiped; levied.
SERVICE
SERV'ICE, noun [From Latin servitium.]1. In a general sense, labor of body or of body and mind, performed at the command of a superior, or the pursuance of duty, or for the bene...
SERVICEABLE
SERV'ICEABLE, adjective1. That does service; that promotes happiness, interest, advantage or any good; useful; beneficial; advantageous. Rulers may be very serviceable to religi...
SERVICEABLENESS
SERV'ICEABLENESS, noun1. Usefulness of promoting good of any kind; beneficialness.All action being for some end, its aptness to be commanded or forbidden must be founded upon it...
SERVIENT
SERV'IENT, adjective [Latin serviens.] Subordinate. [Not in use.]
SERVILE
SERV'ILE, adjective [Latin servilis, from servio, to serve.]1. Such as pertains to a servant or slave; slavish; mean; such as proceeds from dependence; as servile fear; servile ...
SERVILELY
SERV'ILELY, adverb1. Meanly; slavishly; with base submission or obsequiousness.2.With base deference to another; as, to copy servilely; to adopt opinions servilely.
SERVILENESS
SERV'ILENESS, noun
SERVILITY
SERVIL'ITY,1. Slavery; the condition of a slave or bondman.To be a queen in bondage is more vileThan is a slave in base servility. Shak.2. Mean submission; baseness; slavishness...
SERVING
SERV'ING, participle present tense Working for; acting in subordination to; yielding obedience to; worshiping; also, performing duties; as serving in the army.
SERVING-MAID
SERV'ING-MAID, noun A female servant; a menial.
SERVING-MAN
SERV'ING-MAN, noun A male servant; a menial.
SERVITOR
SERV'ITOR, noun [From Latin servio, to serve.]1. A servant; an attendant.2. One that acts under another; a follower or adherent.3. One that professes duty and obedience.4. In th...
SERVITORSHIP
SERV'ITORSHIP, noun The office of a servitor.
SERVITUDE
SERV'ITUDE, noun [Latin servitudo or servitus. See Serve.]1. The condition of a slave; the state of involuntary subjection to a master; slavery; bondage. Such is the state of sl...
SESAME
SES'AME, noun [Latin sesama.] Oily grain; a genus of annual herbaceous plants, from the
SESAMUM
SES'AMUM, seeds of which an oil is expressed. One species of it is cultivated in Carolina, and the blacks use the seed for food. It is called there bene.
SESBAN
SES'BAN, noun A plant; a species of AEschynomene or Bastard sensitive plant.
SESELI
SES'ELI, noun [L. Gr. seselis.] A genus of plants; meadow saxifrage; hartwort.