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Shak.

7. To imbue; to tinge or taint. "Who by his tutor being seasoned with the love of the truth."

Fuller.

Season their younger years with prudent and pious principles. Jer. Taylor.

8. To copulate with; to impregnate. [R.]

Holland.

Season <Xpage=1299>

Sea"son (?) , v. i. 1. To become mature; to grow fit for use; to become adapted to a climate.

2. To become dry and hard, by the escape of the natural juices, or by being penetrated with other substance; as, timber seasons in the sun .

3. To give token; to savor. [Obs.]

Beau. & Fl.

Seasonable <Xpage=1299>

Sea"son*a*ble (?) , a. Occurring in good time, in due season, or in proper time for the purpose; suitable to the season; opportune; timely; as, a seasonable supply of rain .

Mercy is seasonable in the time of affliction. Ecclus. xxxv. 20.

-- Sea"son*a*ble*ness , n. -- Sea"son*a*bly , adv.

Seasonage <Xpage=1299>

Sea"son*age (?) , n. A seasoning. [Obs.]

outh.

Seasonal <Xpage=1299>

Sea"son*al (?) , a. Of or pertaining to the seasons.

<-- 2. Occurring or being used in a specific season; as, seasonal items for sale. -->

Seasonal dimorphism (Zo\'94l.) , the condition of having two distinct varieties which appear at different seasons, as certain species of butterflies in which the spring brood differs from the summer or autumnal brood.

Seasoner <Xpage=1299>

Sea"son*er (?) , n. One who, or that which, seasons, or gives a relish; a seasoning.

Seasoning <Xpage=1299>

Sea"son*ing , n. 1. The act or process by which anything is seasoned.

2. That which is added to any species of food, to give it a higher relish, as salt, spices, etc.; a condiment.

3. Hence, something added to enhance enjoyment or relieve dullness; as, wit is the seasoning of conversation .

Political speculations are of so dry and austere a nature, that they will not go down with the public without frequent seasonings . Addison.

Seasoning tub (Bakery) , a trough in which dough is set to rise.

Knight.

Seasonless <Xpage=1299>

Sea"son*less , a. Without succession of the seasons.

Sea spider <Xpage=1299>

Sea" spi"der (?) . (Zo\'94l.) (a) Any maioid crab; a spider crab. See Maioid , and Spider crab , under Spider . (b) Any pycnogonid.

Sea squirt <Xpage=1299>

Sea" squirt` (?) . (Zo\'94l.) An ascidian. See Illust . under Tunicata .

Sea star <Xpage=1299>

Sea" star` (?) . (Zo\'94l.) A starfish, or brittle star.

Sea surgeon <Xpage=1299>

Sea" sur"geon (?) . (Zo\'94l.) A surgeon fish.

Sea swallow <Xpage=1299>

Sea" swal"low (?) . 1. (Zo\'94l.) (a) The common tern. (b) The storm petrel. (c) The gannet.

2. (Her.) See Cornish chough , under Chough .

Seat <Xpage=1299>

Seat (?) , n. [OE. sete , Icel. s\'91ti ; akin to Sw. s\'84te , Dan. s\'91de , MHG. s&amac;ze , AS. set , setl , and E. sit . &root;154. See Sit , and cf. Settle , n. ] 1. The place or thing upon which one sits; hence; anything made to be sat in or upon, as a chair, bench, stool, saddle, or the like.

And Jesus . . . overthrew the tables of the money changers, and the seats of them that sold doves. Matt. xxi. 12.

2. The place occupied by anything, or where any person or thing is situated, resides, or abides; a site; an abode, a station; a post; a situation.

Where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat is. Rev. ii. 13.

He that builds a fair house upon an ill seat committeth himself to prison. Bacon.

A seat of plenty, content, and tranquillity. Macaulay.

3. That part of a thing on which a person sits; as, the seat of a chair or saddle; the seat of a pair of pantaloons .

4. A sitting; a right to sit; regular or appropriate place of sitting; as, a seat in a church; a seat for the season in the opera house .

5. Posture, or way of sitting, on horseback.

She had so good a seat and hand she might be trusted with any mount. G. Eliot.

6. (Mach.) A part or surface on which another part or surface rests; as, a valve seat .

Seat worm (Zo\'94l.) , the pinworm.

Seat <Xpage=1299>

Seat , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Seated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Seating .] 1. To place on a seat; to cause to sit down; as, to seat one's self .

The guests were no sooner seated but they entered into a warm debate. Arbuthnot.

2. To cause to occupy a post, site, situation, or the like; to station; to establish; to fix; to settle.

Thus high . . . is King Richard seated . Shak.

They had seated themselves in New Guiana. Sir W. Raleigh.

3. To assign a seat to, or the seats of; to give a sitting to; as, to seat a church, or persons in a church .

4. To fix; to set firm.

From their foundations, loosening to and fro, They plucked the seated hills. Milton.

5. To settle; to plant with inhabitants; as to seat a country. [Obs.]

W. Stith.

6. To put a seat or bottom in; as, to seat a chair .

Seat <Xpage=1299>

Seat , v. i. To rest; to lie down. [Obs.]

Spenser.

Sea tang <Xpage=1299>

Sea" tang` (?) . (Bot.) A kind of seaweed; tang; tangle.

To their nests of sedge and sea tang . Longfellow.

Sea term <Xpage=1299>

Sea" term` (?) . A term used specifically by seamen; a nautical word or phrase.

Sea thief <Xpage=1299>

Sea" thief` (?) . A pirate.

Drayton.

Sea thongs <Xpage=1299>

Sea" thongs` (?; 115) . (Bot.) A kind of blackish seaweed ( Himanthalia lorea ) found on the northern coasts of the Atlantic. It has a thonglike forking process rising from a top-shaped base.

Seating <Xpage=1299>

Seat"ing (?) , n. 1. The act of providong with a seat or seats; as, the seating of an audience .

2. The act of making seats; also, the material for making seats; as, cane seating .

Sea titling <Xpage=1299>

Sea" tit"ling (?) . (Zo\'94l.) The rock pipit.

Seatless <Xpage=1299>

Seat"less (?) , a. Having no seat.

Sea toad <Xpage=1299>

Sea" toad` (?) . (Zo\'94l.) (a) A sculpin. (b) A toadfish. (c) The angler.

Sea trout <Xpage=1299>

Sea" trout` (?) . (Zo\'94l.) (a) Any one of several species of true trouts which descend rivers and enter the sea after spawning, as the European bull trout and salmon trout, and the eastern American spotted trout. (b) The common squeteague, and the spotted squeteague. (c) A California fish of the family Chirid\'91 , especially Hexagrammus decagrammus ; -- called also spotted rock trout . See Rock trout , under Rock . (d) A California sci\'91noid fish ( Cynoscion nobilis ); -- called also white sea bass .

Sea trumpet <Xpage=1299>

Sea" trum"pet (?) . 1. (Bot.) A great blackish seaweed of the Southern Ocean, having a hollow and expanding stem and a pinnate frond, sometimes twenty feet long.

2. (Zo\'94l.) Any large marine univalve shell of the genus Triton. See Triton .

Sea turn <Xpage=1299>

Sea" turn` (?) . A breeze, gale, or mist from the sea.

Ham. Nav. Encyc.

Sea turtle <Xpage=1299>

Sea" tur"tle (?) . (Zo\'94l.) (a) Any one of several very large species of chelonians having the feet converted into paddles, as the green turtle, hawkbill, loggerhead, and leatherback. They inhabit all warm seas. (b) The sea pigeon, or guillemot.

Sea unicorn <Xpage=1299>

Sea" u"ni*corn (?) . (Zo\'94l.) The narwhal.

Sea urchin <Xpage=1299>

Sea" ur"chin (?) . (Zo\'94l.) Any one of numerous species of echinoderms of the order Echinoidea. When living they are covered with movable spines which are often long and sharp.

Seave <Xpage=1299>

Seave (?) , n. [Cf. Dan. siv , Sw. s\'84f , Icel. sef .] A rush. [Prov. Eng.]

Halliwell.

Seavy <Xpage=1299>

Seav`y , a. Overgrown with rushes. [Prov. Eng.]

Sea wall <Xpage=1299>

Sea" wall` (?) . [AS. s&ae;weall .] A wall, or embankment, to resist encroachments of the sea.

Sea-walled <Xpage=1299>

Sea"-walled` (?) , a. Surrounded, bounded, or protected by the sea, as if by a wall.

Shak.

Seawan, Seawant <Xpage=1299>

Sea"wan (?) , Sea"want (?) , n. The name used by the Algonquin Indians for the shell beads which passed among the Indians as money.

&hand; Seawan was of two kinds; wampum , white, and suckanhock , black or purple, -- the former having half the value of the latter. Many writers, however, use the terms seawan and wampum indiscriminately.

Bartlett.

Seawand <Xpage=1299>

Sea"wand` . (Bot.) See Sea girdles .

Seaward <Xpage=1299>

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.

Seaward <Xpage=1299>

Sea"ward , adv. Toward the sea.

Drayton.

Seaware <Xpage=1299>

Sea"ware` (?) , n. [Cf. AS. s\'d6w\'ber seaweed.] (Bot.) Seaweed; esp., coarse seaweed. See Ware , and Sea girdles .

Seaweed <Xpage=1299>

Sea"weed` (?) , n. 1. Popularly, any plant or plants growing in the sea.

2. (Bot.) Any marine plant of the class Alg\'91, as kelp, dulse, Fucus, Ulva, etc.

Sea whip <Xpage=1299>

Sea" whip` (?) . (Zo\'94l.) A gorgonian having a simple stem.

Sea widgeon <Xpage=1299>

Sea" wid"geon (?) . (Zo\'94l.) (a) The scaup duck. (b) The pintail duck.

Seawife <Xpage=1299>

Sea"wife` (?) , n. ; pl. Seawives (<?/) . (Zo\'94l.) A European wrasse ( Labrus vetula ).

Sea willow <Xpage=1299>

Sea" wil"low (?) . (Zo\'94l.) A gorgonian coral with long flexible branches.

Sea wing <Xpage=1299>

Sea" wing` (?) . (Zo\'94l.) A wing shell ( Avicula ).

Sea withwind <Xpage=1299>

Sea" with"wind` (?) . (Bot.) A kind of bindweed ( Convolvulus Soldanella ) growing on the seacoast of Europe.

Sea wolf <Xpage=1299>

Sea" wolf` (?) . (Zo\'94l.) (a) The wolf fish. (b) The European sea perch. (c) The sea elephant. (d) A sea lion.

Sea woodcock <Xpage=1299>

Sea" wood"cock` (?) . (Zo\'94l.) The bar-tailed godwit.

Sea wood louse <Xpage=1299>

Sea" wood louse` (?) . (Zo\'94l.) A sea slater.

Sea wormwood <Xpage=1299>

Sea" worm"wood` (?) . (Bot.) A European species of wormwood ( Artemisia maritima ) growing by the sea.

Seaworthiness <Xpage=1299>

Sea"wor`thi*ness (?) , n. The state or quality of being seaworthy, or able to resist the ordinary violence of wind and weather.

Kent.

Seaworthy <Xpage=1299>

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

Sea wrack <Xpage=1299>

Sea" wrack` (?) . (Bot.) See Wrack .

Sebaceous <Xpage=1299>

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 secretions of some plants, or the sebaceous humor of animals .

Sebaceous cyst (Med.) , a cyst formed by distention of a sebaceous gland, due to obstruction of its excretory duct. -- Sebaceous glands (Anat.) , small subcutaneous glands, usually connected with hair follicles. They secrete an oily semifluid matter, composed in great part of fat, which softens and lubricates the hair and skin.

Sebacic <Xpage=1299>

Se*bac"ic (?) , a. [L. sebum tallow: cf. F. s\'82bacique .] (Chem.) Of or pertaining to fat; derived from, or resembling, fat; specifically, designating an acid (formerly called also sebic , and pyroleic , acid), obtained by the distillation or saponification of certain oils (as castor oil) as a white crystalline substance.

Sebat <Xpage=1299>

Se"bat (?) , n. [Heb. sh\'cbb\'bet .] The eleventh month of the ancient Hebrew year, approximately corresponding with February.

W. Smith (Bibl. Dict. ).

Sebate <Xpage=1299>

Se"bate (s\'c7"b\ddt) , n. (Chem.) A salt of sebacic acid.

Sebesten <Xpage=1299>

Se*bes"ten (?) , n. [Ar. sebest\'ben the tree: cf. Sp. sebesten .] (Bot.) The mucilaginous drupaceous fruit of two East Indian trees ( Cordia Myxa , and C. latifolia ), sometimes used medicinally in pectoral diseases.

&hand; In the West Indies the name is given to the similar fruit of Cordia Sebestana .

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Sebic <Xpage=1300>

Se"bic (?) , a. See Sebacic . [Obs.]

Sebiferous <Xpage=1300>

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 .

Sebiparous <Xpage=1300>

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

Seborrhea <Xpage=1300>

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.

Secale <Xpage=1300>

Se*ca"le (?) , n. [L., a kind of grain.] (Bot.) A genus of cereal grasses including rye.

Secancy <Xpage=1300>

Se"can*cy (?) , n. [See Secant .] A cutting; an intersection; as, the point of secancy of one line by another . [R.]

Davies & Peck (Math. Dict. ).

Secant <Xpage=1300>

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

Secant <Xpage=1300>

Secant , n. [Cf. F. s\'82cante . 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 from the center of a circle through one end of a circular arc, and terminated by a tangent drawn from the other end; the number expressing the ratio line of this line to the radius of the circle. See Trigonometrical function , under Function .

Secco <Xpage=1300>

Sec"co (?) , a. [It.] Dry.

Secco painting , &or; Painting in secco , painting on dry plaster, as distinguished from fresco painting , which is on wet or fresh plaster.

Secede <Xpage=1300>

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, communion, or association; to separate one's self by a solemn act; to draw off; to retire; especially, to withdraw from a political or religious body.

Seceder <Xpage=1300>

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 year 1733, and formed the Secession Church, so called.

Secern <Xpage=1300>

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, and a sense of hunger and thirst. Sir W. Hamilton.

2. (Physiol.) To secrete; as, mucus secerned in the nose .

Arbuthnot.

Secernent <Xpage=1300>

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

Secernent <Xpage=1300>

Se*cern"ent , n. 1. That which promotes secretion.

2. (Anat.) A vessel in, or by means of, which the process of secretion takes place; a secreting vessel.

Secernment <Xpage=1300>

Se*cern"ment (?) , n. (Physiol.) The act or process of secreting.

Secess <Xpage=1300>

Se*cess" (?) , n. [L. secessus . See Secede .] Retirement; retreat; secession. [Obs.]

R. H. More.

Secession <Xpage=1300>

Se*ces"sion (?) , n. [L. secessio : cf. F. s\'82cession . See Secede .] 1. The act of seceding; separation from fellowship or association with others, as in a religious or political organization; withdrawal.

2. (U.S. Hist.) The withdrawal of a State from the national Union.

Secession Church (in Scotland). See Seceder .

Secessionism <Xpage=1300>

Se*ces"sion*ism (?) , n. The doctrine or policy of secession; the tenets of secession; the tenets of secessionists.

Secessionist <Xpage=1300>

Se*ces"sion*ist , n. 1. One who upholds secession.

2. (U.S. Hist.) One who holds to the belief that a State has the right to separate from the Union at its will.

Seche <Xpage=1300>

Seche (?) , v. t. & i. To seek. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Sechium <Xpage=1300>

Se"chi*um (?) , n. [NL.: cf. F. s\'82chion ; perhaps formed fr. Gr. <?/ cucumber.] (Bot.) The edible fruit of a West Indian plant ( Sechium edule ) of the Gourd family. It is soft, pear-shaped, and about four inches long, and contains a single large seed. The root of the plant resembles a yam, and is used for food.

Seck <Xpage=1300>

Seck (?) , a. [F. sec , properly, dry, L. siccua .] Barren; unprofitable. See Rent seck , under Rent .

Seckel <Xpage=1300>

Seck"el (?) , n. (Bot.) A small reddish brown sweet and juicy pear. It originated on a farm near Philadelphia, afterwards owned by a Mr. Seckel .