SESQIPEDAL
SESQIP'EDAL, adjective [Latin sesqui, one and a half, and pedalis, from pes, a foot.]
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SESQUIDUPLICATE
SESQUIDU'PLICATE, adjective [Latin sesqui, supra, and duplicatis, double.] Designating the ratio of two and a half to one, or where the greater term contains the lesser twice an...
SESQUILTER
SESQUIL'TER, adjective [Latin from sesqui, half as much more, and alter, other.]
SESQUILTERAL
SESQUIL'TERAL,1. In geometry, designating a ratio where one quantity or number contains another once, and half as much more; as 9 contains 6 and its half.2. A sesquialteral flor...
SESQUIPEDALIAN
SESQUIPEDA'LIAN, Containing a foot and a half; as a sesquipedalian pigmy.Addison uses sesquipedal as a noun.
SESQUIPLICATE
SESQUIP'LICATE, adjective [Latin sesqui, one and a half, and plicatus, plico, to fold.] Designating the ratio of one and a half to one; as the sesquiplicate proportion of the pe...
SESQUITERTIAN
SESQUITER'TIAN, adjective [Latin sesqui, one and a half, and tertius, third.] Designating the
SESQUITERTIONAL
SESQUITER'TIONAL, ratio of one and one third.
SESQUITONE
SES'QUITONE, noun In music, a minor third, or interval of three semitones.
SESS
SESS, noun [Latin sessio.] A tax. [Little used or not at all. See Assessment.]
SESSILE
SES'SILE, adjective [Latin sessilis. See Set.] In botany, sitting on the stem. A sessile leaf issues directly from the stem or branch, without petiole or footstalk. A sessile fl...
SESSION
SES'SION, noun [Latin sessio, from sedeo. See Set.]1. A sitting or being placed; as the ascension of Christ and his session at the right hand of God.2. The actual sitting of a c...
SESTERCE
SES'TERCE, noun [Latin sestertius.] A Roman coin or denomination of money, in value the fourth part of a denarius, and originally containing two asses and a half, about two penc...
SET
SET, verb transitivepreterit tenseparticiple passiveset. [Latin sedo; to compose, as a book, to dispose or put in order, to establish, found or institute, to possess, to cease; ...
SET-FOIL
SET-FOIL. [See Sept-foil.]
SET-OFF
SET'-OFF, noun [set and off.] The act of admitting one claim to counterbalance another. In a set-off the defendant acknowledges the justice of the plantif's demand, but sets up ...
SETACEOUS
SETA'CEOUS, adjective [Latin seta, a bristle.]1. Bristly; set with strong hairs; consisting of strong hairs; as a stiff setaceous tail.2. In botany, bristle-shaped; having the t...
SETIFORM
SE'TIFORM, adjective [Latin seta, a bristle, and form.] Having the form of a bristle.
SETON
SE'TON, noun [Latin seta, a bristle.] In surgery, a few horsehairs or small threads, or a twist of silk, drawn through the skin by a large needle, by which a small opening is ma...
SETOUS
SE'TOUS, adjective [Latin setosus, from seta, a bristle.] In botany, bristly; having the surface set with bristles; as a setous seaf or receptacle.
SETTEE
SETTEE', noun [from set.]1. A long seat with a back to it.A vessel with one deck and a very long sharp prow, carrying two or three masts with lateen sails; used in the Mediterra...
SETTER
SET'TER, noun1. One that sets; as a setter on, or inciter; a setter up; a setter forth, etc.2. A dogs that beats the field and starts birds for sportsmen.3. A man that performs ...
SETTER-WORT
SET'TER-WORT, noun A plant, a species of Helleborus.
SETTING
SET'TING, participle present tense Placing; putting; fixing; studding; appointing; sinking below the horizon, etc.SET'TING, noun1. The act of putting, placing, fixing or establi...
SETTING-DOG
SET'TING-DOG, noun A setter; a dog trained to find and start birds for sportsmen.
SETTLE
SET'TLE, noun [Latin sedile. See Set.] A seat or bench; something to sit on.SET'TLE, verb transitive [from set.]1. To place in a permanent condition after wandering or fluctuati...
SETTLED
SET'TLED, participle passive Placed; established; determined; composed; adjusted.