Webster's Dictionary 1913

3619

Serotherapy

Se′ro‐ther″a‐py (?), n.(Med.) (a) Serum-therapy. (b) The whey cure.

3620

Serotine

Ser″o‐tine (?), n. [F. sérotine, fr. L. serotinus that comes or happens late.] (Zoöl.) The European long-eared bat (Vesperugo serotinus).

3621

Serotinous

Se‐rot″i‐nous (?), a. [L. serotinus, fr. serus late.] (Biol.) Appearing or blossoming later in the season than is customary with allied species.

3622

Serous

Se″rous (?), a. [Cf. F. séreux. See Serum.] (Physiol.) (a) Thin; watery; like serum; as the serous fluids. (b) Of or pertaining to serum; as, the serous glands, membranes, layer...

3623

Serow

{ Ser″ow (?), Sur″row (?), } n.(Zoöl.) The thar.

3624

Serpens

‖Ser″pens (?), n. [L. See Serpent.] (Astron.) A constellation represented as a serpent held by Serpentarius.

3625

Serpent

Ser″pent (?), n. [F., fr. L. serpens, -entis (sc. bestia), fr. serpens, p. pr. of serpere to creep; akin to Gr. ���, Skr. sarp, and perhaps to L. repere, E. reptile. Cf. Herpes....

3626

Serpent (2)

Ser″pent, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Serpented; p. pr. & vb. n.Serpenting.] To wind like a serpent; to crook about; to meander. “The serpenting of the Thames.” Evelyn.

3627

Serpent (3)

Ser″pent, v. t. To wind; to encircle. Evelyn.

3628

Serpent-tongued

Ser″pent–tongued′ (?), a.(Zoöl.) Having a forked tongue, like a serpent.

3629

Serpentaria

‖Ser′pen‐ta″ri‐a (?), a.[L. (sc. herba), fr. serpens serpent.] (Med.) The fibrous aromatic root of the Virginia snakeroot (Aristolochia Serpentaria).

3630

Serpentarius

‖Ser′pen‐ta″ri‐us (?), n.[NL., fr. L. serpens serpent.] (Astron.) A constellation on the equator, lying between Scorpio and Hercules; — called also Ophiuchus.

3631

Serpentiform

Ser‐pen″ti‐form (?), a. [L. serpens a serpent + -form.] Having the form of a serpent.

3632

Serpentigenous

Ser′pen‐tig″e‐nous (?), a. [L. serpens, -entis, a serpent + -genous: cf. L. serpentigena.] Bred of a serpent.

3633

Serpentine

Ser″pen‐tine (?), a. [L. serpentinus: cf. F. serpentin.] Resembling a serpent; having the shape or qualities of a serpent; subtle; winding or turning one way and the other, like...

3634

Serpentine (2)

Ser″pen‐tine, n. [Cf. (for sense 1) F. serpentine, (for sense 2) serpentin.] 1. (Min.) A mineral or rock consisting chiefly of the hydrous silicate of magnesia. It is usually of...

3635

Serpentine (3)

Ser″pen‐tine, v. i. To serpentize. Lyttleton.

3636

Serpentinely

Ser″pen‐tine‐ly, adv. In a serpentine manner.

3637

Serpentinian

Ser′pen‐tin″i‐an (?), n.(Eccl.) See 2d Ophite.

3638

Serpentinize

Ser″pen‐tin‐ize (?), v. t.(Min.) To convert (a magnesian silicate) into serpentine. — Ser′pen‐tin′i‐za″tion (#), n.

3639

Serpentinous

Ser″pen‐ti′nous (?), a. Relating to, or like, serpentine; as, a rock serpentinous in character.

3640

Serpentize

Ser″pent‐ize (?), v. i. To turn or bend like a serpent, first in one direction and then in the opposite; to meander; to wind; to serpentine.The river runs before the door, and s...

3641

Serpentry

Ser″pent‐ry (?), n. 1. A winding like a serpent's.2. A place inhabited or infested by serpents.

3642

Serpet

Ser″pet (?), n. [L. sirpus, scirpus, a rush, bulrush.] A basket. Ainsworth.

3643

Serpette

‖Ser‐pette″ (?), n. A pruning knife with a curved blade. Knight.

3644

Serpiginous

Ser‐pig″i‐nous (?), a. [Cf. F. serpigineux.] (Med.) Creeping; — said of lesions which heal over one portion while continuing to advance at another.

3645

Serpigo

‖Ser‐pi″go (?), n. [LL., fr. L. serpere to creep.] (Med.) A dry, scaly eruption on the skin; especially, a ringworm.