Chapter CCCXCVI: Prologue (47)

7. Among the Mormons, to confirm or set apart as a second or additional wife. [Utah, U.S.] If a man once married desires a second helpmate . . . she is sealed to him under the solemn sanction of the church. H. Stansbury.

SEAL Seal, v. i.

Defn: To affix one's seal, or a seal. [Obs.] I will seal unto this bond. Shak.

SEA LACES Sea" la"ces. (Bot.)

Defn: A kind of seaweed (Chorda Filum) having blackish cordlike fronds, often many feet long.

SEA LAMPREY Sea" lam"prey. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The common lamprey.

SEA LANGUAGE Sea" lan"guage.

Defn: The peculiar language or phraseology of seamen; sailor's cant.

SEA LARK Sea" lark`. (Zoöl.) (a) The rock pipit (Anthus obscurus). (b) Any one of several small sandpipers and plovers, as the ringed plover, the turnstone, the dunlin, and the sanderling.

SEA LAVENDER Sea" lav"en*der. (Bot.)

Defn: See Marsh rosemary, under Marsh.

SEA LAWYER Sea" law"yer. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The gray snapper. See under Snapper.

SEAL-BROWN Seal"-brown`, a.

Defn: Of a rich dark brown color, like the fur of the fur seal after it is dyed.

SEA LEGS Sea" legs`.

Defn: Legs able to maintain their possessor upright in stormy weather at sea, that is, ability stand or walk steadily on deck when a vessel is rolling or pitching in a rough sea. [Sailor's Cant] Totten.

SEA LEMON Sea" lem"on. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any one of several species of nudibranchiate mollusks of the genus Doris and allied genera, having a smooth, thick, convex yellow body.

SEA LEOPARD Sea" leop"ard. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any one of several species of spotted seals, especially Ogmorhinus leptonyx, and Leptonychotes Weddelli, of the Antarctic Ocean. The North Pacific sea leopard is the harbor seal.

SEALER Seal"er, n.

Defn: One who seals; especially, an officer whose duty it is to seal writs or instruments, to stamp weights and measures, or the like.

SEALER Sealer, n.

Defn: A mariner or a vessel engaged in the business of capturing seals.

SEA LETTER Sea" let"ter. (Mar. Law.)

Defn: The customary certificate of national character which neutral merchant vessels are bound to carry in time of war; a passport for a vessel and cargo.

SEA LETTUCE Sea" let"tuce. (Bot.)

Defn: The green papery fronds of several seaweeds of the genus Ulva, sometimes used as food.

SEA LEVEL Sea" lev"el.

Defn: The level of the surface of the sea; any surface on the same level with the sea.

SEALGH; SELCH Sealgh, Selch, n.. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A seal. [Scotch]

SEA LILY Sea" lil"y. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A crinoid.

SEALING WAX Seal"ing wax`.

Defn: A compound of the resinous materials, pigments, etc., used as a material for seals, as for letters, documents, etc.

SEA LION Sea" li"on. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any one of several large species of seals of the family Otariidæ native of the Pacific Ocean, especially the southern sea lion (Otaria jubata) of the South American coast; the northern sea lion (Eumetopias Stelleri) found from California to Japan; and the black, or California, sea lion (Zalophus Californianus), which is common on the rocks near San Francisco.

SEA LOACH Sea" loach". (Zoöl.)

Defn: The three-bearded rockling. See Rockling.

SEA LOUSE Sea" louse`. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any one of numerous species of isopod crustaceans of Cymothoa, Livoneca, and allied genera, mostly parasites on fishes.

SEALSKIN Seal"skin`, n.

Defn: The skin of a seal; the pelt of a seal prepared for use, esp. of the fur seal; also, a garment made of this material.

SEAM Seam, n. Etym: [See Saim.]

Defn: Grease; tallow; lard. [Obs. or prov. Eng.] Shak. Dryden.

SEAM Seam, n. Etym: [OE. seem, seam, AS. seám; akin to D. zoom, OHG. soum, G. saum, LG. soom, Icel. saumr, Sw. & Dan. söm, and E. sew. sq. root 156. See Sew to fasten with thread.]

1. The fold or line formed by sewing together two pieces of cloth or leather.

2. Hence, a line of junction; a joint; a suture, as on a ship, a floor, or other structure; the line of union, or joint, of two boards, planks, metal plates, etc. Precepts should be so finely wrought together . . . that no coarse seam may discover where they join. Addison.

3. (geol. & Mining)

Defn: A thin layer or stratum; a narrow vein between two thicker strata; as, a seam of coal.

4. A line or depression left by a cut or wound; a scar; a cicatrix. Seam blast, a blast by putting the powder into seams or cracks of rocks. -- Seam lace, a lace used by carriage makers to cover seams and edges; -- called also seaming lace. -- Seam presser. (Agric.) (a) A heavy roller to press down newly plowed furrows. (b) A tailor's sadiron for pressing seams. Knight. -- Seam set, a set for flattering the seams of metal sheets, leather work, etc.

SEAM Seam, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Seamed; p. pr. & vb. n. Seaming.]

1. To form a seam upon or of; to join by sewing together; to unite.

2. To mark with something resembling a seam; to line; to scar. Seamed o'Pope.

3. To make the appearance of a seam in, as in knitting a stocking; hence, to knit with a certain stitch, like that in such knitting.

SEAM Seam, v. i.

Defn: To become ridgy; to crack open. Later their lips began to parch and seam. L. Wallace.

SEAM Seam, n. Etym: [AS. seám, LL. sauma, L. sagma a packsaddle, fr. Gr. Sumpter.]

Defn: A denomination of weight or measure. Specifically: (a) The quantity of eight bushels of grain. "A seam of oats." P. Plowman. (b) The quantity of 120 pounds of glass. [Eng.]

SEA-MAID Sea"-maid`, n.

1. The mermaid.

2. A sea nymph.

SEA-MAIL Sea"-mail`, n. Etym: [Sea + (perhaps) Mall Mally, for Mary; hence, Prov. E. mally a hare.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A gull; the mew.

SEAMAN Sea"man, n.; pl. Seamen (.

Defn: A merman; the male of the mermaid. [R.] "Not to mention mermaids or seamen." Locke.

SEAMAN Sea"man, n.; pl. Seamen. Etym: [AS. sæman.]

Defn: One whose occupation is to assist in the management of ships at sea; a mariner; a sailor; -- applied both to officers and common mariners, but especially to the latter. Opposed to landman, or landsman. Able seaman, a sailor who is practically conversant with all the duties of common seamanship. -- ordinary seaman. See Ordinary.

SEAMANLIKE Sea"man*like`, a.

Defn: Having or showing the skill of a practical seaman.

SEAMANSHIP Sea"man*ship, n.

Defn: The skill of a good seaman; the art, or skill in the art, of working a ship.

SEA MANTIS Sea" man"tis. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A squilla.

SEA MARGE Sea" marge`.

Defn: Land which borders on the sea; the seashore. Shak. You are near the sea marge of a land teeming with life. J. Burroughs.

SEAMARK Sea"mark`, n.

Defn: Any elevated object on land which serves as a guide to mariners; a beacon; a landmark visible from the sea, as a hill, a tree, a steeple, or the like. Shak.

SEA MAT Sea" mat`. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any bryozoan of the genus Flustra or allied genera which form frondlike corals.

SEA MAW Sea" maw`. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The sea mew.

SEAMED Seamed, a. (Falconry)

Defn: Out of condition; not in good condition; -- said of a hawk.

SEA-MELL Sea"-mell`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The sea mew.

SEA MEW Sea" mew`. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A gull; the mew.

SEA MILE Sea" mile`.

Defn: A geographical mile. See Mile.

SEA MILKWORT Sea" milk"wort`. (Bot.)

Defn: A low, fleshy perennial herb (Glaux maritima) found along northern seashores.

SEAMING Seam"ing, n.

1. The act or process of forming a seam or joint.

2. (Fishing)

Defn: The cord or rope at the margin of a seine, to which the meshes of the net are attached. Seaming machine, a machine for uniting the edges of sheet-metal plates by bending them and pinching them together.

SEAMLESS Seam"less, a.

Defn: Without a seam. Christ's seamless coat, all of a piece. Jer. Taylor.

SEA MONK Sea" monk`. (Zoöl.)

Defn: See Monk seal, under Monk.

SEA MONSTER Sea" mon"ster. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any large sea animal.

SEA MOSS Sea" moss`. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any branched marine bryozoan resembling moss.

SEA MOUSE Sea" mouse`. (Zoöl.) (a) A dorsibranchiate annelid, belonging to Aphrodite and allied genera, having long, slender, hairlike setæ on the sides. (b) The dunlin.

SEAMSTER Seam"ster, n. Etym: [See Seamstress.]

Defn: One who sews well, or whose occupation is to sew. [Obs.]

SEAMSTRESS Seam"stress, n. Etym: [From older seamster, properly fem., AS. seámestre. See Seam.]

Defn: A woman whose occupation is sewing; a needlewoman.

SEAMSTRESSY Seam"stress*y, n.

Defn: The business of a seamstress.

SEA MUD Sea" mud`.

Defn: A rich slimy deposit in salt marshes and along the seashore, sometimes used as a manure; -- called also sea ooze.

SEAMY Seam"y, a.

Defn: Having a seam; containing seams, or showing them. "Many a seamy scar." Burns. Everything has its fair, as well as its seamy, side. Sir W. Scott.

SEAN Sean, n.

Defn: A seine. See Seine. [Prov. Eng.]

SEANCE Sé`ance", n. Etym: [F., fr. L. sedens, -entis, p.pr. of sedere to sit. See Sit.]

Defn: A session, as of some public body; especially, a meeting of spiritualists to receive spirit communication, so called.

SEA NEEDLE Sea" nee"dle. (Zoöl.)

Defn: See Garfish (a).

SEA NETTLE Sea" net`tle.

Defn: A jellyfish, or medusa.

SEANNACHIE Sean"na*chie, n. Etym: [Gael. seanachaidh.]

Defn: A bard among the Highlanders of Scotland, who preserved and repeated the traditions of the tribes; also, a genealogist. [Written also senachy.] [Scot.]

SEA ONION Sea" on"ion. (Bot.)

Defn: The officinal squill. See Squill.

SEA OOZE Sea" ooze`.

Defn: Same as Sea mud. Mortimer.

SEA ORANGE Sea" or"ange. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A large American holothurian (Lophothuria Fabricii) having a bright orange convex body covered with finely granulated scales. Its expanded tentacles are bright red.

SEA-ORB Sea"-orb`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A globefish.

SEA OTTER Sea" ot"ter. (Zoöl.)

Defn: An aquatic carnivore (Enhydris lutris, or marina) found in the North Pacific Ocean. Its fur is highly valued, especially by the Chinese. It is allied to the common otter, but is larger, with feet more decidedly webbed. Sea-otter's cabbage (Bot.), a gigantic kelp of the Pacific Ocean (Nereocystis Lutkeana). See Nereocystis.

SEA OWL Sea" owl`. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The lumpfish.

SEA PAD Sea" pad`. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The puffin.

SEA PARROT Sea" par"rot (se" par"rut). (Zoöl.)

Defn: The puffin.

SEA PARTRIDGE Sea" par"tridge. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The gilthead (Crenilabrus melops), a fish of the British coasts.

SEA PASS Sea" pass`.

Defn: A document carried by neutral merchant vessels in time of war, to show their nationality; a sea letter or passport. See Passport.

SEA PEACH Sea" peach`. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A beautiful American ascidian (Cynthia, or Halocynthia, pyriformis) having the size, form, velvety surface, and color of a ripe peach.

SEA PEAR Sea" pear`. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A pedunculated ascidian of the genus Boltonia.

SEA-PEN Sea"-pen", n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A pennatula.

SEA PERCH Sea" perch`. (Zoöl.) (a) The European bass (Roccus, or Labrax, lupus); -- called also sea dace. (b) The cunner. (c) The sea bass. (d) The name is applied also to other species of fishes.

SEA PHEASANT Sea" pheas"ant. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The pintail duck.

SEA PIE Sea" pie. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The oyster catcher, a limicoline bird of the genus Hæmatopus.

SEA PIE Sea" pie`.

Defn: A dish of crust or pastry and meat or fish, etc., cooked together in alternate layers, -- a common food of sailors; as, a three-decker sea pie.

SEAPIECE Sea"piece`, n.

Defn: A picture representing a scene at sea; a marine picture. Addison.

SEA PIET Sea" pi"et. (Zoöl.)

Defn: See 1st Sea pie.

SEA PIG Sea" pig`. (Zoöl.) (a) A porpoise or dolphin. (b) A dugong.

SEA PIGEON Sea" pi"geon.

Defn: The common guillemot.

SEA PIKE Sea" pike`. (Zoöl.) (a) The garfish. (b) A large serranoid food fish (Centropomus undecimalis) found on both coasts of America; -- called also robalo. (c) The merluce.

SEA PINCUSHION Sea" pin`cush`ion. (Zoöl.) (a) A sea purse. (b) A pentagonal starfish.

SEA PINK Sea" pink`. (Bot.)

Defn: See Thrift.

SEA PLOVER Sea" plov"er.

Defn: the black-bellied plover.

SEA POACHER; SEA POKER Sea" poach"er. Sea" pok"er. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The lyrie.

SEA POOL Sea" pool`.

Defn: A pool of salt water. Spenser.

SEA POPPY Sea" pop"py. (Bot.)

Defn: The horn poppy. See under Horn.

SEA PORCUPINE Sea" por"cu*pine. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any fish of the genus Diodon, and allied genera, whose body is covered with spines. See Illust. under Diodon.

SEA PORK Sea" pork`. (Zoöl.)

Defn: An American compound ascidian (Amoræcium stellatum) which forms large whitish masses resembling salt pork.

SEA PORT Sea" port`, n.

Defn: A port on the seashore, or one accessible for seagoing vessels. Also used adjectively; as, a seaport town.

SEAPOY Sea"poy, n.

Defn: See Sepoy.

SEA PUDDING Sea" pud"ding. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any large holothurian. [Prov. Eng.]

SEA PURSE Sea" purse`. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The horny egg case of a skate, and of certain sharks.

SEA PURSLANE Sea" purs"lane. (Bot.)

Defn: See under Purslane.

SEA PYE Sea" pye`. (Zoöl.)

Defn: See 1st Sea pie.

SEA PYOT Sea" py"ot. (Zoöl.)

Defn: See 1st Sea pie.

SEA QUAIL Sea" quail`. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The turnstone.

SEAQUAKE Sea"quake`, n.

Defn: A quaking of the sea.

SEAR; SERE Sear, Sere, a.

Defn: [OE. seer, AS. seár (assumed) fr. seárian to wither; akin to D. zoor dry, LG. soor, OHG. soren to to wither, Gr. sush) to dry, to wither, Zend hush to dry. sq. root152. Cf. Austere, Sorrel, a.] Dry; withered; no longer green; -- applied to leaves. Milton. I have lived long enough; my way of life Is fall'n into the sear, the yellow leaf. Shak.

SEAR Sear, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Seared; p. pr. & vb. n. Searing.] Etym: [OE.seeren, AS. seárian. See Sear, a.]

1. To wither; to dry up. Shak.

2. To burn (the surface of) to dryness and hardness; to cauterize; to expose to a degree of heat such as changes the color or the hardness and texture of the surface; to scorch; to make callous; as, to sear the skin or flesh. Also used figuratively. I'm seared with burning steel. Rowe. It was in vain that the amiable divine tried to give salutary pain to that seared conscience. Macaulay. The discipline of war, being a discipline in destruction of life, is a discipline in callousness. Whatever sympathies exist are seared. H. Spencer.

Note: Sear is allied to scorch in signification; but it is applied primarily to animal flesh, and has special reference to the effect of heat in marking the surface hard. Scorch is applied to flesh, cloth, or any other substance, and has no reference to the effect of hardness. To sear, to close by searing. "Cherish veins of good humor, and sear up those of ill." Sir W. Temple.

SEAR Sear, n. Etym: [F. serre a grasp, pressing, fr. L. sera. See Serry.]

Defn: The catch in a gunlock by which the hammer is held cocked or half cocked. Sear spring, the spring which causes the sear to catch in the notches by which the hammer is held.

SEA RAT Sea" rat`.

1. A pirate. [R.] Massinger.

2. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The chimæra.

SEA RAVEN Sea" ra"ven. (Zoöl.) (a) An American cottoid fish (Hemitripterus Americanus) allied to the sculpins, found on the northeren Atlantic coasts. (b) The cormorant.

SEARCE Searce, n. Etym: [See Sarse.]

Defn: A fine sieve. [Obs.]

SEARCE Searce, v. t.

Defn: To sift; to bolt. [Obs.] Mortimer.

SEARCER Sear"cer, n.

1. One who sifts or bolts. [Obs.]

2. A searce, or sieve. [Obs.] Holland.

SEARCH Search, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Searched; p. pr. & vb. n. Searching.] Etym: [OE. serchen, cerchen, OF. cerchier, F. chercher, L. circare to go about, fr. L. circum, circa, around. See Circle.]

1. To look over or through, for the purpose of finding something; to examine; to explore; as, to search the city. "Search the Scriptures." John v. 39. They are come to search the house. Shak. Search me, O God, and know my heart. Ps. cxxxix. 23.

2. To inquire after; to look for; to seek. I will both search my sheep, and seek them out. Ezek. xxxiv. 11. Enough is left besides to search and know. Milton.

3. To examine or explore by feeling with an instrument; to probe; as, to search a wound.

4. To examine; to try; to put to the test. To search out, to seek till found; to find by seeking; as, to search out truth.

Syn. -- To explore; examine; scrutinize; seek; investigate; pry into; inquire.

SEARCH Search, v. i.

Defn: To seek; to look for something; to make inquiry, exploration, or examination; to hunt. Once more search with me. Shak. It sufficeth that they have once with care sifted the matter, and searched into all the particulars. Locke.

SEARCH Search, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. cerche. See Search, v. t.]

Defn: The act of seeking or looking for something; quest; inquiry; pursuit for finding something; examination. Thus the orb he roamed With narrow search, and with inspection deep Considered every creature. Milton. Nor did my search of liberty begin Till my black hairs were changed upon my chin. Dryden. Right of search (Mar. Law), the right of the lawfully commissioned cruisers of belligerent nations to examine and search private merchant vessels on the high seas, for the enemy's property or for articles contraband of war. -- Search warrant (Law), a warrant legally issued, authorizing an examination or search of a house, or other place, for goods stolen, secreted, or concealed.

Syn. -- Scrutiny; examination; exploration; investigation; research; inquiry; quest; pursuit.

SEARCHABLE Search"a*ble, a.

Defn: Capable of being searched.

SEARCHABLENESS Search"a*ble*ness, n.

Defn: Quality of being searchable.

SEARCHER Search"er, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. cercheor inspector.]

Defn: One who, or that which, searhes or examines; a seeker; an inquirer; an examiner; a trier. Specifically: (a) Formerly, an officer in London appointed to examine the bodies of the dead, and report the cause of death. Graunt. (b) An officer of the customs whose business it is to search ships, merchandise, luggage, etc. (c) An inspector of leather. [Prov. Eng.] (d) (Gun.) An instrument for examining the bore of a cannon, to detect cavities. (e) An implement for sampling butter; a butter trier. (j) (Med.) An instrument for feeling after calculi in the bladder, etc.

SEARCHING Search"ing, a.

Defn: Exploring thoroughly; scrutinizing; penetrating; trying; as, a searching discourse; a searching eye. "Piercing, searching, biting, cold." Dickens. -- Search"ing*ly, adv. -- Search"ing*ness, n.

SEARCHLESS Search"less, a.

Defn: Impossible to be searched; inscrutable; impenetrable.

SEARCHLIGHT Search"light`, n. (a) An apparatus for projecting a powerful beam of light of approximately parallel rays, usually devised so that it can be swiveled about. (b) The beam of light projecting by this apparatus.

SEARCLOTH Sear"cloth`, n.

Defn: Cerecloth. Mortimer.

SEARCLOTH Sear"cloth, v. t.

Defn: To cover, as a sore, with cerecloth.

SEARED Seared, a.

Defn: Scorched; cauterized; hence, figuratively, insensible; not susceptible to moral influences. A seared conscience and a remorseless heart. Macaulay.

SEAREDNESS Sear"ed*ness, n.

Defn: The state of being seared or callous; insensibility. Bp. Hall.

SEA REED Sea" reed`. (Bot.)

Defn: The sea-sand reed. See under Reed.

SEA RISK Sea" risk.

Defn: Risk of injury, destruction, or loss by the sea, or while at sea.

SEA ROBBER Sea" rob"ber.

Defn: A pirate; a sea rover.

SEA ROBIN Sea" rob"in.

Defn: See under Robin, and Illustration in Appendix.

SEA ROCKET Sea" rock"et.(Bot.)

Defn: See under Rocket.

SEA ROOM Sea" room`. (Naut.)

Defn: Room or space at sea for a vessel to maneuver, drive, or scud, without peril of running ashore or aground. Totten.

SEA ROVER Sea" rov"er.

Defn: One that cruises or roves the sea for plunder; a sea robber; a pirate; also, a piratical vessel.

SEA-ROVING Sea"-rov"ing

Defn: , a. Cruising at random on the ocean.

SEA SALMON Sea" salm"on. (Zoöl.) (a) A young pollock. (b) The spotted squeteague. (c) See Sea bass (b).

SEA SALT Sea" salt`.

Defn: Common salt, obtained from sea water by evaporation.

SEA SANDPIPER Sea" sand"pi`per. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The purple sandpiper.

SEA SANDWORT Sea" sand"wort`. (Bot.)

Defn: See Sea chickweed.

SEA SAURIAN Sea" sau"ri*an, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any marine saurian; esp. (Paleon.) the large extinct species of Mosasaurus, Icthyosaurus, Plesiosaurus, and related genera.

SEASCAPE Sea"scape, n. Etym: [Cf. Landscape.]

Defn: A picture representing a scene at sea. [Jocose] Thackeray.

SEA SCORPION Sea" scor"pi*on. (Zoöl.) (a) A European sculpin (Cottus scorpius) having the head armed with short spines. (b) The scorpene.

SEA SCURF Sea" scurf`. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any bryozoan which forms rounded or irregular patches of coral on stones, seaweeds, etc.

SEA SERPENT Sea" ser`pent.

1. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any marine snake. See Sea snake.

2. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A large marine animal of unknown nature, often reported to have been seen at sea, but never yet captured.

Note: Many accounts of sea serpents are imaginary or fictitious; others are greatly exaggerated and distorted by incompetent observers; but a number have been given by competent and trustworthy persons, which indicate that several diverse animals have been called sea serpents. Among these are, apparently, several large snakelike fishes, as the oar fish, or ribbon fish (Regalecus), and huge conger eels. Other accounts probably refer to the giant squids (Architeuthis). Some of the best accounts seem to describe a marine saurian, like the fossil Mosasauri, which were large serpentlike creatures with paddles.

SEASHELL Sea"shell`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The shell of any marine mollusk.

SEASHORE Sea"shore`, n.

1. The coast of the sea; the land that lies adjacent to the sea or ocean.

2. (Law)

Defn: All the ground between the ordinary highwater and low-water marks.

SEASICK Sea"sick`, a.

Defn: Affected with seasickness.

SEASICKNESS Sea"sick`ness, n.

Defn: The peculiar sickness, characterized by nausea and prostration, which is caused by the pitching or rolling of a vessel.

SEASIDE Sea"side`, n.

Defn: The land bordering on, or adjacent to, the sea; the seashore. Also used adjectively.

SEA SLATER Sea" slat"er. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any isopod crustacean of the genus Ligia.

SEA SLUG Sea" slug`. (Zoöl.) (a) A holothurian. (b) A nudibranch mollusk.

SEA SNAIL Sea" snail`. (Zoöl.) (a) A small fish of the genus Liparis, having a ventral sucker. It lives among stones and seaweeds. (b) Any small creeping marine gastropod, as the species of Littorina, Natica, etc.

SEA SNAKE Sea" snake`. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any one of many species of venomous aquatic snakes of the family Hydrophidæ, having a flattened tail and living entirely in the sea, especially in the warmer parts of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. They feed upon fishes, and are mostly of moderate size, but some species become eight or ten feet long and four inches broad.

SEA SNIPE Sea" snipe`. (Zoöl.) (a) A sandpiper, as the knot and dunlin. (b) The bellows fish.

SEASON Sea"son, n. Etym: [OE. sesoun, F. saison, properly, the sowing time, fr. L. satio a sowing, a planting, fr. serere, satum, to sow, plant; akin to E. sow, v., to scatter, as seed.]

1. One of the divisions of the year, marked by alternations in the length of day and night, or by distinct conditions of temperature, moisture, etc., caused mainly by the relative position of the earth with respect to the sun. In the north temperate zone, four seasons, namely, spring, summer, autumn, and winter, are generally recognized. Some parts of the world have three seasons, -- the dry, the rainy, and the cold; other parts have but two, -- the dry and the rainy. The several seasons of the year in their beauty. Addison.

2. Hence, a period of time, especially as regards its fitness for anything contemplated or done; a suitable or convenient time; proper conjuncture; as, the season for planting; the season for rest. The season, prime for sweetest scents and airs. Milton.

3. A period of time not very long; a while; a time. Thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. Acts xiii. 11.

4. That which gives relish; seasoning. [Obs.] You lack the season of all natures, sleep. Shak. In season, in good time, or sufficiently early for the purpose. -- Out of season, beyond or out of the proper time of the usual or appointed time.

SEASON Sea"son, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Seasoned; p. pr. & vb. n. Seasoning.]

1. To render suitable or appropriate; to prepare; to fit. He is fit and seasoned for his passage. Shak.

2. To fit for any use by time or habit; to habituate; to accustom; to inure; to ripen; to mature; as, to season one to a climate.

3. Hence, to prepare by drying or hardening, or removal of natural juices; as, to season timber.

4. To fit for taste; to render palatable; to give zest or relish to; to spice; as, to season food.

5. Hence, to fit for enjoyment; to render agrecable. You season still with sports your serious hours. Dryden. The proper use of wit is to season conversation. Tillotson.

6. To qualify by admixture; to moderate; to temper. "When mercy seasons justice." 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 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 Sea"son*a*ble, a.

Defn: 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 Sea"son*age, n.

Defn: A seasoning. [Obs.] outh.

SEASONAL Sea"son*al, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to the seasons. Seasonal dimorphism (Zoöl.), 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 Sea"son*er, n.

Defn: One who, or that which, seasons, or gives a relish; a seasoning.

SEASONING 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 Sea"son*less, a.

Defn: Without succession of the seasons.

SEA SPIDER Sea" spi"der. (Zoöl.) (a) Any maioid crab; a spider crab. See Maioid, and Spider crab, under Spider. (b) Any pycnogonid.

SEA SQUIRT Sea" squirt`. (Zoöl.)

Defn: An ascidian. See Illust. under Tunicata.

SEA STAR Sea" star`. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A starfish, or brittle star.

SEA SURGEON Sea" sur"geon. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A surgeon fish.

SEA SWALLOW Sea" swal"low.

1. (Zoöl.) (a) The common tern. (b) The storm petrel. (c) The gannet.

2. (Her.)

Defn: See Cornish chough, under Chough.

SEAT Seat, n. Etym: [OE. sete, Icel. sæti; akin to Sw. säte, Dan. sæde, MHG. saze, AS. set, setl, and E. sit. sq. root154. 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.)

Defn: A part or surface on which another part or surface rests; as, a valve seat. Seat worm (Zoöl.), the pinworm.

SEAT 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 Seat, v. i.

Defn: To rest; to lie down. [Obs.] Spenser.

SEA TANG Sea" tang`. (Bot.)

Defn: A kind of seaweed; tang; tangle. To their nests of sedge and sea tang. Longfellow.

SEA TERM Sea" term`.

Defn: A term used specifically by seamen; a nautical word or phrase.

SEA THIEF Sea" thief`.

Defn: A pirate. Drayton.

SEA THONGS Sea" thongs`. (Bot.)

Defn: 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 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 Sea" tit"ling. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The rock pipit.

SEATLESS Seat"less, a.

Defn: Having no seat.

SEA TOAD Sea" toad`. (Zoöl.) (a) A sculpin. (b) A toadfish. (c) The angler.

SEA TROUT Sea" trout`. (Zoöl.) (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 Chiridæ, especially Hexagrammus decagrammus; -- called also spotted rock trout. See Rock trout, under Rock. (d) A California sciænoid fish (Cynoscion nobilis); -- called also white sea bass.

SEA TRUMPET Sea" trum"pet.

1. (Bot.)

Defn: A great blackish seaweed of the Southern Ocean, having a hollow and expanding stem and a pinnate frond, sometimes twenty feet long.

2. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any large marine univalve shell of the genus Triton. See Triton.

SEA TURN Sea" turn`.

Defn: A breeze, gale, or mist from the sea. Ham. Nav. Encyc.

SEA TURTLE Sea" tur"tle. (Zoöl.) (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 Sea" u"ni*corn. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The narwhal.

SEA URCHIN Sea" ur"chin. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any one of numerous species of echinoderms of the order Echinoidea.

Note: When living they are covered with movable spines which are often long and sharp.

SEAVE Seave, n. Etym: [Cf. Dan. siv, Sw. säf, Icel. sef.]

Defn: A rush. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

SEAVY Seav`y, a.

Defn: Overgrown with rushes. [Prov. Eng.]

SEA WALL Sea" wall`. Etym: [AS. sæweall.]

Defn: A wall, or embankment, to resist encroachments of the sea.

SEA-WALLED Sea"-walled`, a.

Defn: Surrounded, bounded, or protected by the sea, as if by a wall. Shak.

SEAWAN; SEAWANT Sea"wan, Sea"want, n.

Defn: The name used by the Algonquin Indians for the shell beads which passed among the Indians as money.

Note: 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 Sea"wand` . (Bot.)

Defn: See Sea girdles.

SEAWARD Sea"ward, a.

Defn: Directed or situated toward the sea. Donne. Two still clouds . . . sparkled on their seaward edges like a frosted fleece. G. W. Cable.

SEAWARD Sea"ward, adv.

Defn: Toward the sea. Drayton.

SEAWARE Sea"ware`, n. Etym: [Cf. AS. sæwar seaweed.] (Bot.)

Defn: Seaweed; esp., coarse seaweed. See Ware, and Sea girdles.

SEAWEED Sea"weed`, n.

1. Popularly, any plant or plants growing in the sea.

2. (Bot.)

Defn: Any marine plant of the class Algæ, as kelp, dulse, Fucus, Ulva, etc.

SEA WHIP Sea" whip`. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A gorgonian having a simple stem.

SEA WIDGEON Sea" wid"geon. (Zoöl.) (a) The scaup duck. (b) The pintail duck.

SEAWIFE Sea"wife`, n.; pl. Seawives (. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A European wrasse (Labrus vetula).

SEA WILLOW Sea" wil"low. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A gorgonian coral with long flexible branches.

SEA WING Sea" wing`. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A wing shell (Avicula).

SEA WITHWIND Sea" with"wind`.

Defn: (Bot.) A kind of bindweed (Convolvulus Soldanella) growing on the seacoast of Europe.

SEA WOLF Sea" wolf`. (Zoöl.) (a) The wolf fish. (b) The European sea perch. (c) The sea elephant. (d) A sea lion.

SEA WOODCOCK Sea" wood"cock`. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The bar-tailed godwit.

SEA WOOD LOUSE Sea" wood louse`. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A sea slater.

SEA WORMWOOD Sea" worm"wood`. (Bot.)

Defn: A European species of wormwood (Artemisia maritima) growing by the sea.

SEAWORTHINESS Sea"wor`thi*ness, n.

Defn: The state or quality of being seaworthy, or able to resist the ordinary violence of wind and weather. Kent.

SEAWORTHY Sea"wor`thy, a.

Defn: Fit for a voyage; worthy of being trusted to transport a cargo with safety; as, a seaworthy ship.

SEA WRACK Sea" wrack`. (Bot.)

Defn: See Wrack.

SEBACEOUS Se*ba"ceous, a. Etym: [NL. sebaceus, from L. sebum tallow, grease.] (Physiol.)

Defn: 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 Se*bac"ic, a. Etym: [L. sebum tallow: cf. F. sébacique.] (Chem.)

Defn: 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 Se"bat, n. Etym: [Heb. shèbat.]

Defn: The eleventh month of the ancient Hebrew year, approximately corresponding with February. W. Smith (Bibl. Dict. ).

SEBATE Se"bate (se"b\ddt), n. (Chem.)

Defn: A salt of sebacic acid.

SEBESTEN Se*bes"ten, n. Etym: [Ar. sebestan the tree: cf. Sp. sebesten.] (Bot.)

Defn: The mucilaginous drupaceous fruit of two East Indian trees (Cordia Myxa, and C. latifolia), sometimes used medicinally in pectoral diseases.

Note: In the West Indies the name is given to the similar fruit of Cordia Sebestana.

SEBIC Se"bic, a.

Defn: See Sebacic. [Obs.]

SEBIFEROUS Se*bif"er*ous, a. Etym: [L. sebum tallow + -ferous.]

1. (Bot.)

Defn: Producing vegetable tallow.

2. (Physiol.)

Defn: Producing fat; sebaceous; as, the sebiferous, or sebaceous, glands.

SEBIPAROUS Se*bip"a*rous, a. Etym: [L. sebum tallow + parere to bring forth.] (Physiol.)

Defn: Same as Sebiferous.

SEBORRHEA Seb"or*rhe*a, n. Etym: [NL., fr. L. sebum tallow + Gr. (Med.)

Defn: A morbidly increased discharge of sebaceous matter upon the skin; stearrhea.

SECALE Se*ca"le, n. Etym: [L., a kind of grain.] (Bot.)

Defn: A genus of cereal grasses including rye.

SECANCY Se"can*cy, n. Etym: [See Secant.]

Defn: A cutting; an intersection; as, the point of secancy of one line by another. [R.] Davies & Peck (Math. Dict. ).

SECANT Se"cant, a. Etym: [L. secans, -antis, p.pr. of secare to cut. See Section.]

Defn: Cutting; divivding into two parts; as, a secant line.

SECANT Secant, n. Etym: [Cf. F. sécante. See Secant, a.]

1. (Geom.)

Defn: A line that cuts another; especially, a straight line cutting a curve in two or more points.

2. (Trig.)

Defn: 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 Sec"co, a. Etym: [It.]

Defn: Dry. Secco painting, or Painting in secco, painting on dry plaster, as distinguished from fresco painting, which is on wet or fresh plaster.

SECEDE Se"cede", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Seceded; p. pr. & vb. n. Seceding.] Etym: [L. secedere, secessum; pref se- aside + cedere to go, move. See Cede.]

Defn: 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 Se*ced"er, n.

1. One who secedes.

2. (Eccl. Hist.)

Defn: 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 Se*cern", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Secerned; p. pr. & vb. n. Secerning.] Etym: [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.)

Defn: To secrete; as, mucus secerned in the nose. Arbuthnot.

SECERNENT Se*cern"ent, a. Etym: [L. secernens, p.pr.] (Physiol.)

Defn: Secreting; secretory.

SECERNENT Se*cern"ent, n.

1. That which promotes secretion.

2. (Anat.)

Defn: A vessel in, or by means of, which the process of secretion takes place; a secreting vessel.

SECERNMENT Se*cern"ment, n. (Physiol.)

Defn: The act or process of secreting.

SECESS Se*cess", n. Etym: [L. secessus. See Secede.]

Defn: Retirement; retreat; secession. [Obs.] R. H. More.

SECESSION Se*ces"sion, n. Etym: [L. secessio: cf. F. sécession. 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.)

Defn: The withdrawal of a State from the national Union. Secession Church (in Scotland). See Seceder.

SECESSIONISM Se*ces"sion*ism, n.

Defn: The doctrine or policy of secession; the tenets of secession; the tenets of secessionists.

SECESSIONIST Se*ces"sion*ist, n.

1. One who upholds secession.

2. (U.S. Hist.)

Defn: One who holds to the belief that a State has the right to separate from the Union at its will.

SECHE Seche, v. t. & i.

Defn: To seek. [Obs.] Chaucer.

SECHIUM Se"chi*um, n. Etym: [NL.: cf. F. séchion; perhaps formed fr. Gr. (Bot.)

Defn: 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 Seck, a. Etym: [F. sec, properly, dry, L. siccua.]

Defn: Barren; unprofitable. See Rent seck, under Rent.

SECKEL Seck"el, n. (Bot.)

Defn: A small reddish brown sweet and juicy pear. It originated on a farm near Philadelphia, afterwards owned by a Mr. Seckel.

SECLE Se"cle, n. Etym: [L. saeculum: cf. F. siècle. See Secular.]

Defn: A century. [Obs.] Hammond.

SECLUDE Se*clude, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Secluded; p. pr. & vb. n. Secluding.] Etym: [L. secludere, seclusum pref. se- aside + claudere to shut. See Close, v. t.]

1. To shut up apart from others; to withdraw into, or place in, solitude; to separate from society or intercourse with others. Let Eastern tyrants from the light of heaven Seclude their bosom slaves. Thomson.

2. To shut or keep out; to exclude. [Obs.] Evelyn. -- Se*clud"ed*ly, adv. -- Se*clud"ed*ness, n.

SECLUSION Se*clu"sion, n. Etym: [See Seclude.]

Defn: The act of secluding, or the state of being secluded; separation from society or connection; a withdrawing; privacy; as, to live in seclusion. O blest seclusion from a jarring world, which he, thus occupied, enjoys! Cowper.

Syn. -- Solitude; separation; withdrawment; retirement; privacy. See Solitude.

SECLUSIVE Se*clu"sive, a.

Defn: Tending to seclude; keeping in seclusion; secluding; sequestering.

SECOND Sec"ond, a. Etym: [F., fr. L. secundus second, properly, following, fr. sequi to follow. See Sue to follow, and cf. Secund.]

1. Immediately following the first; next to the first in order of place or time; hence, occuring again; another; other. And he slept and dreamed the second time. Gen. xli. 5.

2. Next to the first in value, power, excellence, dignity, or rank; secondary; subordinate; inferior. May the day when we become the second people upon earth . . . be the day of our utter extirpation. Landor.

3. Being of the same kind as another that has preceded; another, like a protype; as, a second Cato; a second Troy; a second deluge. A Daniel, still say I, a second Daniel! Shak. Second Adventist. See Adventist. -- Second cousin, the child of a cousin. -- Second-cut file. See under File. -- Second distance (Art), that part of a picture between the foreground and the background; -- called also middle ground, or middle distance. [R.] -- Second estate (Eng.), the House of Peers. -- Second girl, a female house-servant who does the lighter work, as chamber work or waiting on table. -- Second intention. See under Intention. -- Second story, Story floor, in America, the second range of rooms from the street level. This, in England, is called the first floor, the one beneath being the ground floor. -- Second thought or thoughts, consideration of a matter following a first impulse or impression; reconsideration. On second thoughts, gentlemen, I don't wish you had known him. Dickens.

SECOND Sec"ond, n.

1. One who, or that which, follows, or comes after; one next and inferior in place, time, rank, importance, excellence, or power. Man an angel's second, nor his second long. Young.

2. One who follows or attends another for his support and aid; a backer; an assistant; specifically, one who acts as another's aid in a duel. Being sure enough of seconds after the first onset. Sir H. Wotton.

3. Aid; assistance; help. [Obs.] Give second, and my love Is everlasting thine. J. Fletcher.

4. pl.

Defn: An article of merchandise of a grade inferior to the best; esp., a coarse or inferior kind of flour.

5. Etym: [F. seconde. See Second, a.]

Defn: The sixtieth part of a minute of time or of a minute of space, that is, the second regular subdivision of the degree; as, sound moves about 1,140 English feet in a second; five minutes and ten seconds north of this place.

6. In the duodecimal system of mensuration, the twelfth part of an inch or prime; a line. See Inch, and Prime, n., 8.

7. (Mus.) (a) The interval between any tone and the tone which is represented on the degree of the staff next above it. (b) The second part in a concerted piece; -- often popularly applied to the alto. Second hand, the hand which marks the seconds on the dial of a watch or a clock.

SECOND Sec"ond, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Seconded; p. pr. & vb. n. Seconding.] Etym: [Cf. F. seconder, L. secundare, from secundus. See Second, a.]

1. To follow in the next place; to succeed; to alternate. [R.] In the method of nature, a low valley is immediately seconded with an ambitious hill. Fuller. Sin is seconded with sin. South.

2. To follow or attend for the purpose of assisting; to support; to back; to act as the second of; to assist; to forward; to encourage. We have supplies to second our attempt. Shak. In human works though labored on with pain, A thousand movements scarce one purpose gain; In God's, one single can its end produce, Yet serves to second too some other use. Pope.

3. Specifically, to support, as a motion or proposal, by adding one's voice to that of the mover or proposer.

SECONDARILY Sec"ond*a*ri*ly, adv.

1. In a secondary manner or degree.

2. Secondly; in the second place. [Obs.] God hath set some in the church, first apostels, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers. 1 Cor. xii. 28.

SECONDARINESS Sec"ond*a*ri*ness, n.

Defn: The state of being secondary. Full of a girl's sweet sense of secondariness to the object of her love. Mrs. Oliphant.

SECONDARY Sec"ond*a*ry, a. Etym: [Cf. F. secondaire, L. secundaire. See Second, a.]

1. Suceeding next in order to the first; of second place, origin, rank, rank, etc.; not primary; subordinate; not of the first order or rate. Wheresoever there is normal right on the one hand, no secondary right can discharge it. L'Estrange. Two are the radical differences; the secondary differences are as four. Bacon.

2. Acting by deputation or delegated authority; as, the work of secondary hands.

3. (Chem.)

Defn: Possessing some quality, or having been subject to some operation (as substitution), in the second degree; as, a secondary salt, a secondary amine, etc. Cf. primary.

4. (Min.)

Defn: Subsequent in origin; -- said of minerals produced by alteertion or deposition subsequent to the formation of the original rocks mass; also of characters of minerals (as secondary cleavage, etc.) developed by pressure or other causes.

5. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Pertaining to the second joint of the wing of a bird.

6. (Med.)

Defn: Dependent or consequent upon another disease; as, Bright's disease is often secondary to scarlet fever. (b) Occuring in the second stage of a disease; as, the secondary symptoms of syphilis. Secondary accent. See the Note under Accent, n., 1. -- Secondary age. (Geol.) The Mesozoic age, or age before the Tertiary. See Mesozoic, and Note under Age, n., 8. -- Secondary alcohol (Chem.), any one of a series of alcohols which contain the radical CH.OH united with two hydrocarbon radicals. On oxidation the secondary alcohols form ketones. -- Secondary amputation (Surg.), an amputation for injury, performed after the constitutional effects of the injury have subsided. -- Secondary axis (Opt.), any line which passes through the optical center of a lens but not through the centers of curvature, or, in the case of a mirror, which passes through the center of curvature but not through the center of the mirror. -- Secondary battery. (Elec.) See under Battery, n., 4. -- Secondary circle (Geom. & Astron.), a great circle passes through the poles of another great circle and is therefore perpendicular to its plane. -- Secondary circuit, Secondary coil (Elec.), a circuit or coil in which a current is produced by the induction of a current in a neighboring circuit or coil called the primary circuit or coil. -- Secondary color, a color formed by mixing any two primary colors in equal proportions. -- Secondary coverts (Zoöl.), the longer coverts which overlie the basal part of the secondary quills of a bird. See Illust. under Bird. -- Secondary crystal (Min.), a crystal derived from one of the primary forms. -- Secondary current (Elec.), a momentary current induced in a closed circuit by a current of electricity passing through the same or a contiguous circuit at the beginning and also at the end of the passage of the primary current. -- Secondary evidence, that which is admitted upon failure to obtain the primary or best evidence. -- Secondary fever (Med.), a fever coming on in a disease after the subsidence of the fever with which the disease began, as the fever which attends the outbreak of the eruption in smallpox. -- Secondary hemorrhage (Med.), hemorrhage occuring from a wounded blood vessel at some considerable time after the original bleeding has ceased. -- Secondary planet. (Astron.) See the Note under Planet. -- Secondary qualities, those qualities of bodies which are not inseparable from them as such, but are dependent for their development and intensity on the organism of the percipient, such as color, taste, odor, etc. -- Secondary quills or remiges (Zoöl.), the quill feathers arising from the forearm of a bird and forming a row continuous with the primaries; -- called also secondaries. See Illust. of Bird. -- Secondary rocks or strata (Geol.), those lying between the Primary, or Paleozoic, and Tertiary (see Primary rocks, under Primary); -- later restricted to strata of the Mesozoic age, and at but little used. -- Secondary syphilis (Med.), the second stage of syphilis, including the period from the first development of constitutional symptoms to the time when the bones and the internal organs become involved. -- Secondary tint, any subdued tint, as gray. -- Secondary union (Surg.), the union of wounds after suppuration; union by the second intention.

Syn. -- Second; second-rate; subordinate; inferior.

SECONDARY Sec"ond*a*ry, n.; pl. Secondaries (.

1. One who occupies a subordinate, inferior, or auxiliary place; a delegate deputy; one who is second or next to the chief officer; as, the secondary, or undersheriff of the city of London. Old Escalus . . . is thy secondary. Shak.

2. (Astron.) (a) A secondary circle. (b) A satellite.

3. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A secondary quill.

SECOND-CLASS Sec"ond-class`, a.

Defn: Of the rank or degree below the best highest; inferior; second- rate; as, a second-class house; a second-class passage.

SECONDER Sec"ond*er, n.

Defn: One who seconds or supports what another attempts, affirms, moves, or proposes; as, the seconder of an enterprise or of a motion.

SECONDHAND Sec"ond*hand`, a.

1. Not original or primary; received from another. They have but a secondhand or implicit knowledge. Locke.

2. Not new; already or previously or used by another; as, a secondhand book, garment. At second hand. See Hand, n., 10.

SECONDLY Sec"ond*ly, adv.

Defn: In the second place.

SECONDO Se*con"do (; It.), n. Etym: [It.] (Mus.)

Defn: The second part in a concerted piece.

SECOND-RATE Sec"ond-rate`, a.

Defn: Of the second size, rank, quality, or value; as, a second-rate ship; second-rate cloth; a second-rate champion. Dryden.

SECOND-SIGHT Sec"ond-sight`, n.

Defn: The power of discerning what is not visible to the physical eye, or of foreseeing future events, esp. such as are of a disastrous kind; the capacity of a seer; prophetic vision. he was seized with a fit of second-sight. Addison. Nor less availed his optic sleight, And Scottish gift of second- sight. Trumbull.

SECOND-SIGHTED Sec"ond-sight`ed, a.

Defn: Having the power of second-sight. Addison.

SECRE Se"cre ( or ), a.

Defn: Secret; secretive; faithful to a secret. [Obs.] To be holden stable and secre. Chaucer.

SECRE Se"cre, n.

Defn: A secret. [Obs.] Chaucer.

SECRECY Se"cre*cy, n.; pl. Secrecies. Etym: [From Secret.]

1. The state or quality of being hidden; as, his movements were detected in spite of their secrecy. The Lady Anne, Whom the king hath in secrecy long married. Shak.

2. That which is concealed; a secret. [R.] Shak.

3. Seclusion; privacy; retirement. "The pensive secrecy of desert cell." Milton.

4. The quality of being secretive; fidelity to a secret; forbearance of disclosure or discovery. It is not with public as with private prayer; in this, rather secrecy is commanded than outward show. Hooker.

SECRELY Se"cre*ly, adv.

Defn: Secretly. [Obs.] Chaucer.

SECRENESS Se"cre*ness, n.

Defn: Secrecy; privacy. [Obs.] Chaucer.

SECRET Se"cret, a. Etym: [F. secret (cf. Sp.& Pg. secreto, It. secreto, segreto), fr. L. secretus, p.p. of secrernere to put apart, to separate. See Certain, and cf. Secrete, Secern.]

1. Hidden; concealed; as, secret treasure; secret plans; a secret vow. Shak. The secret things belong unto the Lord our God; but those things which are revealed belong unto us. Deut. xxix. 29.

2. Withdraw from general intercourse or notice; in retirement or secrecy; secluded. There, secret in her sapphire cell, He with the Naïs wont to dwell. Fenton.

3. Faithful to a secret; not inclined to divulge or betray confidence; secretive. [R.] Secret Romans, that have spoke the word, And will not palter. Shak.

4. Separate; distinct. [Obs.] They suppose two other divine hypostases superior thereunto, which were perfectly secret from matter. Cudworth.

Syn. -- Hidden; concealed; secluded; retired; unseen; unknown; private; obscure; recondite; latent; covert; clandestine; privy. See Hidden.

SECRET Se"cret, n. Etym: [F. secret (cf. Pr. secret, Sp. & Pg. secreto, It. secreto, segreto), from L. secretum. See Secret, a.]

1. Something studiously concealed; a thing kept from general knowledge; what is not revealed, or not to be revealed. To tell our secrets is often folly; to communicate those of others is treachery. Rambler.

2. A thing not discovered; what is unknown or unexplained; a mystery. All secrets of the deep, all nature's works. Milton

3. pl.

Defn: The parts which modesty and propriety require to be concealed; the genital organs. In secret, in a private place; in privacy or secrecy; in a state or place not seen; privately. Bread eaten in secret is pleasant. Prov. ix. 17.

SECRET Se"cret, v. t.

Defn: To keep secret. [Obs.] Bacon.

SECRETAGE Se"cret*age, n. Etym: [F.]

Defn: A process in which mercury, or some of its salts, is employed to impart the property of felting to certain kinds of furs. Ure.

SECRETARIAL Sec`re*ta"ri*al, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to a secretary; befitting a secretary. [R.] Secretarial, diplomatic, or other official training. Carlyle.

SECRETARIAT; SECRETARIATE Sec`re*ta"ri*at, Sec`re*ta"ri*ate, n. Etym: [F. secrétariat.]

Defn: The office of a secretary; the place where a secretary transacts business, keeps records, etc.

SECRETARY Sec"re*ta*ry, n.; pl. Secretaries. Etym: [F. secrétaire (cf. Pr. secretari, Sp. & Pg. secretario, It. secretario, segretario) LL. secretarius, originally, a confidant, one intrusted with secrets, from L. secretum a secret. See Secret, a. & n.]

1. One who keeps, or is intrusted with, secrets. [R.]