Sem-i-sex tile, n. an aspect of the planets when Sen'ti-měnt, n. thought; opinion; feeling.

30 degrees distant from each other.

Sem-i-spher'i-cal, a. like half a sphere.
Sem-i-sphe-roid'al, a. like a half spheroid.
Semi-tone, n. in music, half a tone.

Semi-vöŵ-el, n. a consonant which makes an
imperfect sound, as, f, l, m, n, r, s.
Sem-pi-tër nal, a. eternal in futurity.
Sem-pi-tër nj-ty, n. future, endless duration.
Sem'ster, n. one who sews.

Sem stress, or Semp/stress, n. a woman whose
business is to sew. See Seamstress.
Sen'a-ry, a. belonging to or containing six.
Senate, n. an assembly or a body of senators.
Sen ate-höûse, n. the house of the senate.
Sen a-tor, n. a counsellor; a legislator.
Sen-a-to'ri-al, a. belonging to a senator.
Sen-a-to'ri-al-ly, ad. like a senator.
Sen a-tor-ship, n. the office of a senator.
Send, v. a. [imp. t. & pp. sent] to transmit;
to cause to go; to throw.

Send, v. n. to despatch a message.
Se-nes cence, n. the state of growing old.

Sen-ti-mental, a. having sentiment or feeling.
Sen-ti-mental-ist, n. one who affects feeling.
Sen-ti-nient-ali-ty, n. affectation of feeling.
Sen ti-něl, n. a soldier on guard; a watch.
Sen try, n. a watch; a guard; a sentinel.
Sentry-box, n. a shelter for a sentinel.
Sep-a-ra-bili-ty, n. the being separable.
Sep'a-ra-ble, a. that may be separated.
Sep'a-ra-ble-ness, n. capacity of separation.
Separ-ate, v. a. to divide; to disunite; to dis-
Sep'ar-äte, v. n. to part; to be disunited. [join.
Separ-ate, a. divided; disjoined; disunited.
Sep'ar-ate-ly, ad. apart; singly; distinctly.
Sep/ar-ate-ness, n. the state of being separate.
Sep-ar-a/tion, . act of separating; disunion.
Sep'ar-a-tist, n. one who separates; a seceder.
Sep/ar-a-tor, n. one who divides; a divider.
Sep'ar-a-to-ry, a. separating.-7. a vessel.
Sepoy, n. an Indian native foot-soldier.
Sept, n. a clan; a family. Ireland.
Sept-an gu-lar, a. having seven angles.
Sep-tem/ber, n. the ninth month of the year.

Sep'ten-a-ry, n. the number seven.
Sep-ten'ni-al, a. lasting seven years.
Sep-ten tri-on, n. the north; Charles's Wain.
Sep-ten tri-on-al, a. northern.
Septic,
Septical, tending to produce putrefac-

tion.

Sen es-chal, [sen e-shal, P. E. Ja. Wb. Ken-Sep/ten-a-ry, a. consisting of seven.
rick; sen es-kál, S. W. J. F.] n. a steward.
Senile, [se nil, S. W. J. P. Jū. ; se'nil, P.] a.
belonging to old age; consequent on old age.
Se-nili-ty, n. old age; weakness of age.
*Sen/ior, (sen/yur) [se'nyur, S. E. F.; se'ne-ur,
P. J. Ja.; se'ne-ur, or sen yur, W.] n. one
older than another; an aged person.
*Senior, (sen yur) a. elder; older in office.
*Sen-ior i-ty, (sen-yor e-te) n. priority of birth.
Sen'na, n. a species of the cassia.
Sen night, (sen/nit) n. a week. See Sevennight.
Sen-sa'tion, n. perception by the senses.
Sense, n. the faculty by which external objects
are perceived: the five senses are, sight,
touch, hearing, smell, and taste:-sensation;
understanding; meaning; judgment.
Sense less, a. wanting sense; stupid; foolish.
Sense less-ly, ad. in a senseless manner.
Sense less-ness, n. folly; stupidity.
Sen-si-bilį-ty, n. quick or delicate feeling.
Sen/si-ble, a. perceiving by the mind or the
senses; perceptible by the mind or senses;
convinced; judicious; wise.

Sep-ti-lät er-al, a. having seven sides.
Sep-tin/su-lar, a. consisting of seven islands.
Sep-tu-age-na-ry, a. consisting of seventy.
Sep-tu-a-desi-ma, n. [L.]3d Sunday before Lent.
Sep-tu-a-ges/į-mal, a. consisting of seventy.
Sep/tu-a-gint, n. the Greek version of the Old
Sep'tu-ple, a. seven-fold.
[Testament.

Sen si-ble-ness, n. the quality of being sensible.
Sen si-bly, ad. in a sensible manner.
Sen si-tive, a. having sense or quick feeling.
Sen'si-tive-ly, ad. in a sensitive manner.
Sen-sōri-um, or Sen'so-ry, a. the seat of sense.
Sens/u-al, (sen'shu-al) a. consisting in sense;
pleasing to the senses; carnal.
Sens/u-al-işm, (sẽn'shụ-al-işi) n. sensual appe-
tite; the sphere of sense; sensation.
Sens'u-al-ist, (sen/shu-al-ist) n. acarnal person.
Sens-u-ǎl'i-ty, (sen-shu-ǎl'e-te) n. devotedness
to sensual pleasures.
[sual.
Sens/u-al-ize, (sen'shu-al-iz) v.a. to make sen-
Sens'u-al-ly, (sen'shu-al-le) ad. in a sensual

manner.

Sens'u-ous, (sen'shy-us) a. sensual; pathetic.
Sent, imp. t. & pp. from Send.

Sentence, n. a decision; a doom; a period.
Sen'tence, v. a. to judge; to condemn ; to doom.
Sen-tential, a. comprising sentences.
Sen-ten'tious, (sen-ten'shus) a. pithy; pointed;
short; energetic; containing maxims.
Sen-tentious-ly, ad. with striking brevity.
Sen-ten tious-ness, n. brevity with strength.
Sen'ti-ent, (sen'she-ent) a. having perception.
Sen'ti-ent, (sen/she-ent) n. he that perceives.

Se-pulchral, a. relating to burial, &c.
Sep'ul-chre, (sep'ul-ker) [sepul-ker, S. W. P. J.
E. F. Ja. Wb.; se-pul ker, Bailey.] n. a grave;
a tomb.
Se-pul'chre, (sep-pul/ker) [se-pul'ker, S. W. J.
E. F. Ja.; sepul-ker, P. Wb.] v. a. to bury.
Sepulture, n. interment; burial.
Se-qua/cious, (se-kwa/shys) a. following ; pliant.
Se-quaç'i-ty, n. ductility; toughness; a follow-
Sequel, n. conclusion; succeeding part. [ing.
Sequence, n. order of succession; series.
Sequent, a. following; succeeding.
Se-ques/ter, v. a. to seize and retain the profits
of property; to put aside; to remove.
Se-ques/ter, v. n. to withdraw; to retire.
Se-ques/tra-ble, a. that may be sequestered.
Se-ques/trate, v. n. to sequester; to separate.
*Se-ques-tra/tion, n. deprivation of profits.
*Se-ques-tra'tor, or Seq-ues-trator, [sek-wes
tra/tur, W. J. F.; sek/wes-tra-tur, S. E.; se-
kwes-tra'tur, P. Wb.] n. one who seques"

ters.

Se-răglio, (se-ral'yo) n. the palace of the Turk-
ish sultan; a house for concubines in the
East.
[order of angels.
Seraph, n.; pl. seraphs or seraphim; one of an
Se-raphic, or Se-raph'i-cal, a. angelic; pure.
Se-răs'kier, n. a Turkish general.
Sere, a. dry; withered. See Sear.
Ser-e-nade', n. an entertainment of music.
Ser-e-nade', v. a. to entertain with music.
Sĕr-e-nade', v. n. to perform a serenade.
Se-rene', a. calm; placid; quiet; unruffled :
used as a title of honor; as, serene highness.
Se-rene'ly, ad. calmly; quietly; coolly.
Se-rene'ness, n. serenity.

Se-ren'i-tūde, n. calmness; coolness of mind.
Se-ren'j-ty, n. calmness; peace ; quietness.
Serf, n. a slave employed in husbandry.
Serge, n. a kind of woollen cloth.
*Sergean-cy, (sär'jen-se) n. the office of
*Sergeant-ship, (särjent-ship) sergeant.
*Sergeant, (sär'jent) [sär'jent, S. W. P. J. E.
F. Ja.; ser'jent, Wb.] n. an officer; a petty
officer in the army; a lawyer of high rank.
*Sergeant-ry, (sär'jent-re) n. service to a king.
Se-ri-a tim, ad. [L.] in regular order.

Se ri-es, n. sequence; order; succession. [tant.
Se'ri-ous, a. grave; solemn; earnest; impor-
Se ri-ous-ly, ad. gravely; solemnly; in earnest.
Se'ri-ous-ness, n. gravity; solemnity.
Sër'mon, n. a discourse of a preacher.
Sermon-ize, v. n. to preach or write a sermon.
Se-ros i-ty, n. the watery part of the blood.
Se'rous, a. thiu; watery; like serum.
Serpent, n. a snake; a musical instrument.
Ser pen-tine, a. resembling a serpent.
Ser pen-tine, n. a magnesian stone.
Ser pen-tine, v. n. to wind like a serpent.
Ser-pig'i-nous, a. diseased with a serpigo.
Ser-pi go, or Ser-pî'go, [ser-pi'go, S. Wb.; ser-
pe-go, P.; ser-pe/go, Ja.; ser-pi'go, or sër'-
pe-go, W.] n. a kind of tetter.

Settler, n. one who settles in a place.
Set-tô, n. an argument; a debate.
Sevlen, (sev/vn) a. four and three.
Seven-föld, (sev/vn-föld) a. repeated 7 times
Seven-night, (sen/nit) n. a week. See Sennight
Sěv/en-teen, (sěv/vn-tên) a. seven and ten.
Seven-teenth, a. the ordinal of seventeen.
Seventh, (sev/vnth) a. the ordinal of seven.
Seventh-ly, (sev/vnth-lẹ) ad. in the 7th place
Sev/en-ti-eth, a. the tenth seven times repeated.
Sev/en-ty, (sev'vn-tẹ) a. & n. seven times ten.
Sevier, v. a. to force asunder; to divide; to
Sevier, v. n. to suffer disjunction. [disjoin.
Sevier-al, a. divers; many; distinct; different.
Sevier-al-ize, v. a. to distinguish.
Sevier-al-ly, ad. distinctly; separately.
Sever-al-ty, n. a state of separation.
Sevier-ǎnce, n. separation; partition.
Se-vere', a. sharp; hard; rigid; austere; pain-
Se-vere'ly, ad. painfully; strictly; rigorously.
Se-věr'j-ty, n. strictness; rigor; austerity.
Sew, (so) v. n. & a. to join with a needle.
Sewer, (soler) n. one who sews.
Sewer, (süler) n. an officer who serves up a
Sewer, (shōr) [shōr, S. W. P. J. F. Ja. ; sū1er,
E.] n. a drain or passage for water.
Sex, n. the distinction of male or female; wo-
Sex-age-na-ry, a. threescore. [mankind.
Sex-a-ges/i-ma, n. second Sunday before Lent.
Sex-a-ges'i-mal, a. sixtieth; numbered by six-
ties.

[ful.

[feast.

Ser rate, or Serrat-ed, a. jagged like a saw.
Ser-ration, n. formation in shape of a saw.
Serra-tūre, n. an indenture like teeth of saws.
Se'rum, n. the watery part of the blood.
Servant, n. one who serves another.
Sex-an'gled, or Sex-ăn'gu-lar, a. hexagonal.
Sërve, v. a. to attend at command, obey, assist. Sex-en'ni-al, a. lasting six years.
Serve, v. n. to be a servant; to answer; to suit. Sex'tain, (sex'tan) n. a stanza of six lines.
Service, n. office; duty; use; favor; course. Sex'tant, n. the sixth part of a circle.
Ser vice-a-ble, a. active; diligent; useful. Sex'tile, n. aspect of 2 planets 60 degrees apart.
Service-a-ble-ness, n. activity; usefulness. Sex'ton, n. an under officer of the church.
Service-a-bly, ad. so as to be serviceable. Sex/ton-ship, n. the office of a sexton.
Ser vile, [servil, S. W. P. J. E. F.; sër/vil, Sex'tu-ple, a. sixfold; six times told.
Ja.] a. slavish; dependent; mean; cringing. Sex'u-al, (sek'shu-al) a. distinguishing the sex.
Servile-ly, ad. meanly; slavishly.
Shah, v. n. to play mean tricks: a low word.
Ser vilc-ness, or Ser-vil'i-ty, n. meanness; slav-Shǎb bị-ly, ad. meanly; despicably; basely.
Sër vj-tor, n. servant; attendant: at Oxford, Shăb'bi-ness, n. meanness; paltriness.
Eng., a student who attends on another.
Servi-tor-ship, n. the office of a servitor.
Servi-tude, n. the state of a slave; dependence.
Sesla-mum, Se same, n. East Indian oily grain.
Ses-quiple-dal, [ses-kwip'e-dal, W. Ja. Wb.;
ses-kwe-pe dal, S.] a. containing a foot and
Sess, n. a rate; a cess charged; a tax. [a half.
Ses'sion, (sesh'un) n. a sitting of a court, coun-
cil, legislature, &c.

[ery.

Sess pôôl, n. a hollow to receive sediment.
Ses/terce, n. a Roman coin, value about 4 cents.
Sět, v. a. [imp. t. & pp. set] to place; to fix ; to
plant; to frame; to regulate.

[hairs.

Sět, v. n. to go down, as the sun; to be fixed.
Sět, p. a. regular; not lax; firm; stiff.
Sět, n. a complete suit or assortment; a game.
Se-ta ceous, (se-ta'shus) a. bristly; set with
Set-off, n. in law, a counterbalance.
Selton, (se'tn) n. a rowel; an issue.
Set-tee', n. a large, long seat with a back.
Set'ter, n. one who sets; a kind of dog.
Sět'ting, n. the apparent fall of the sun, &c.
Sět'ting-dog, n. a dog taught to find game.
Sět'tle, n. a seat; a bench with a seat.
Sět'tle, v. a. to fix ; to establish; to determine.
Sět'tle, v. n. to subside; to sink'; to take rest.
Sět/tled-ness, (sět/tld-něs) n. a settled state.
Sět/tle-měnt, n. the act of settling; adjust-
ment; establishment; a jointure; subsidence;
a colony; a district inhabited.

Shab by, a. mean; paltry; ragged; slovenly.
Shackle, v. a. to chain; to fetter; to bind.
Shackles, (shak'klz) n. pl. fetters; gyves.
Shăd, n. a well known fish.
Shad dock, n. a kind of orange.
Shade, n. an interception of light; obscurity;
a screen; a shelter; color; shadow; a ghost.
Shade, v. a. to cover from light or heat.
Shad'er, n. whoever or whatever obscures.
Sha'di-ness, n. the state of being shady.
Shadow, (shad'dō) n. a faint representation;
a shade; a shelter; a ghost; a spirit.
Shadow, v. a. to cloud; to darken; to represent.
Shadow-ing, n. gradation of light or color.
Shadow-y, (shad do-e) a. full of shade; dark.
Sha'dy, a. secure from light or heat; cool.
Shafifle, v. n. to walk lamely; to hobble.
Shaft, n. an arrow; deep pit; spire; handle.
Shag, n. rough, woolly hair; a kind of cloth.
Shag, a. hairy; shaggy.

Shag, v. a. to make shaggy or rough.

Shagged, or Shaggy, a. rugged; hairy; rough.
Shag ged-ness, n. the state of being shagged.
Sha-green', n. a fish-skin or leather made of it.
Shake, v. a. [imp. t. shook; pp. shaken] to agi-

tate; to make to totter; to depress. [ble.
Shake, v. n. to be agitated; to totter; to trem-
Shake, n. a concussion; a vibratory motion.
Shaker, n. the person or thing that shakes.
Shak'ing, n. a vibratory motion; concussion.

mien, sïr; môve, nör, sốn; bûll, bür, rûle.-Ç, G, ç, §, soft ; Q, G, £, §, hard. § as z ; x as gz ;—this.

Shall, v. auxiliary and defective. It is used to Shaver, n. one who shaves; a sharper.

Shår er, n. one who shares; a partaker. Shel'drake, n. a kind of wild duck.
Shark, n. a voracious sea-fish; a sharper. Shelf, n.; pl. shelves; a board fixed against a
Shark, v. n. & a. to cheat; to pick up slyly. supporter; a sand-bank in the sea or a rock.
Sharp, a. keen; piercing; acute; quick; sour. Shelf y, a. full of shelves, rocks, or banks.
Sharp, n. a sharp or acute sound."
Shell, n. the hard covering of any thing.
Sharp, v. a. to make keen; to render quick. Shell, v. a. & n. to strip off or cast the shell.
Shär pen, (shär'pn) v. a. to make sharp; to Shell fish, n. a fish invested with a shell.
Shär pen, (shär pn) v. n. to grow sharp. [edge. Shell/work, (shel/würk) ". work made of shells.
Sharp/er, n. a tricking fellow; a cheat. [fully. Shell'y, a. abounding with shells.
Sharply, ad. severely; keenly; acutely; pain-Shelter, n. a cover; protection; security.
Sharp'ness, n. keenness; severity; ingenuity.
Sharp-set, a. hungry; ravenous; eager.
Sharp-sight-ed, (sharp-si-ted) a. seeing quick.
Sharp-wit-ted, a. having an acute mind.
Shas'ter, n. a Hindoo sacred book.
Shat'ter, v. a. to break into pieces; to impair.
Shatter, v. n. to be broken into fragments.
Shat'ter-brained, (snat'ter-brand) a. giddy.
Shat'ters, n. pl. fragments; pieces.
Shat'ter-y, a. not compact; loose of texture.
Shave, v. a. [imp. t. shaved; pp. shaved, or
shaven] to pare off with a razor; to cut; to
fleece; to oppress by extortion.