Webster's Dictionary 1913

2458

Seawan

{ Sea″wan (?), Sea″want (?) }, n. The name used by the Algonquin Indians for the shell beads which passed among the Indians as money.☞ Seawan was of two kinds; wampum, white, an...

2459

Seawand

Sea″wand′. (Bot.) See Sea girdles.

2460

Seaward

Sea″ward (?), a. Directed or situated toward the sea. Donne.Two still clouds... sparkled on their seaward edges like a frosted fleece. G. W. Cable.

2461

Seaward (2)

Sea″ward, adv. Toward the sea. Drayton.

2462

Seaware

Sea″ware′ (?), n. [Cf. AS. sǣwār seaweed.] (Bot.) Seaweed; esp., coarse seaweed. See Ware, and Sea girdles.

2463

Seaweed

Sea″weed′ (?), n. 1. Popularly, any plant or plants growing in the sea.2. (Bot.) Any marine plant of the class Algæ, as kelp, dulse, Fucus, Ulva, etc.

2464

Seawife

Sea″wife′ (?), n.; pl.Seawives (�). (Zoöl.) A European wrasse (Labrus vetula).

2465

Seaworthiness

Sea″wor′thi‐ness (?), n. The state or quality of being seaworthy, or able to resist the ordinary violence of wind and weather. Kent.

2466

Seaworthy

Sea″wor′thy (?), a. Fit for a voyage; worthy of being trusted to transport a cargo with safety; as, a seaworthy ship.

2467

Sebaceous

Se‐ba″ceous (?), a. [NL. sebaceus, from L. sebum tallow, grease.] (Physiol.) Pertaining to, or secreting, fat; composed of fat; having the appearance of fat; as, the sebaceous s...

2468

Sebacic

Se‐bac″ic (?), a. [L. sebum tallow: cf. F. sébacique.] (Chem.) Of or pertaining to fat; derived from, or resembling, fat; specifically, designating an acid (formerly called also...

2469

Sebat

Se″bat (?), n. [Heb. shĕbāt.] The eleventh month of the ancient Hebrew year, approximately corresponding with February. W. Smith (Bibl. Dict.).

2470

Sebate

Se″bate (sē″bā̍t), n.(Chem.) A salt of sebacic acid.

2471

Sebesten

Se‐bes″ten (sē̍‐bĕs″tĕn), n. [Ar. sebestān the tree: cf. Sp. sebesten.] (Bot.) The mucilaginous drupaceous fruit of two East Indian trees (Cordia Myxa, and C. latifolia), someti...

2472

Sebic

Se″bic (?), a. See Sebacic.

2473

Sebiferous

Se‐bif″er‐ous (?), a. [L. sebum tallow + -ferous.] 1. (Bot.) Producing vegetable tallow.2. (Physiol.) Producing fat; sebaceous; as, the sebiferous, or sebaceous, glands.

2474

Sebiparous

Se‐bip″a‐rous (?), a. [L. sebum tallow + parere to bring forth.] (Physiol.) Same as Sebiferous.

2475

Seborrhea

‖Seb″or‐rhe‐a (?), n. [NL., fr. L. sebum tallow + Gr. � to flow.] (Med.) A morbidly increased discharge of sebaceous matter upon the skin; stearrhea.

2476

Secale

‖Se‐ca″le (?), n.(Bot.) A genus of cereal grasses including rye.

2477

Secancy

Se″can‐cy (?), n. [See Secant.] A cutting; an intersection; as, the point of secancy of one line by another. Davies & Peck (Math. Dict.).

2478

Secant

Se″cant (sē″kănt), a. [L. secans, -antis, p. pr. of secare to cut. See Section.] Cutting; dividing into two parts; as, a secant line.

2479

Secant (2)

Secant, n. [Cf. F. sécante. See Secant, a.] 1. (Geom.) A line that cuts another; especially, a straight line cutting a curve in two or more points.2. (Trig.) A right line drawn ...

2480

Secco

‖Sec″co (?), a. Dry.Secco painting, orPainting in secco, painting on dry plaster, as distinguished from fresco painting, which is on wet or fresh plaster.

2481

Secede

Se″cede″ (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Seceded; p. pr. & vb. n.Seceding.] [L. secedere, secessum; pref se- aside + cedere to go, move. See Cede.] To withdraw from fellowship, communio...

2482

Seceder

Se‐ced″er (?), n. 1. One who secedes.2. (Eccl. Hist.) One of a numerous body of Presbyterians in Scotland who seceded from the communion of the Established Church, about the yea...

2483

Secern

Se‐cern″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Secerned (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Secerning.] [L. secernere. See Secrete.] 1. To separate; to distinguish.Averroes secerns a sense of titillation, an...

2484

Secernent

Se‐cern″ent (?), a. [L. secernens, p. pr.] (Physiol.) Secreting; secretory.