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SEGMENT Seg"ment, n. Etym: [L. segmentum, fr. secare to cut, cut off: cf. F. segment. See Saw a cutting instrument.]

1. One of the parts into which any body naturally separates or is divided; a part divided or cut off; a section; a portion; as, a segment of an orange; a segment of a compound or divided leaf.

2. (Geom.)

Defn: A part cut off from a figure by a line or plane; especially, that part of a circle contained between a chord and an arc of that circle, or so much of the circle as is cut off by the chord; as, the segment acb in the Illustration.

3. (Mach.) (a) A piece in the form of the sector of a circle, or part of a ring; as, the segment of a sectional fly wheel or flywheel rim. (b) A segment gear.

4. (Biol.) (a) One of the cells or division formed by segmentation, as in egg cleavage or in fissiparous cell formation. (b) One of the divisions, rings, or joints into which many animal bodies are divided; a somite; a metamere; a somatome. Segment gear, a piece for receiving or communicating reciprocating motion from or to a cogwheel, consisting of a sector of a circular gear, or ring, having cogs on the periphery, or face. -- Segment of a line, the part of a line contained between two points on it. -- Segment of a sphere, the part of a sphere cut off by a plane, or included between two parallel planes. -- Ventral segment. (Acoustics) See Loor, n., 5.

SEGMENT Seg"ment, v. i. (Biol.)

Defn: To divide or separate into parts in growth; to undergo segmentation, or cleavage, as in the segmentation of the ovum.

SEGMENTAL Seg*men"tal, a.

1. Relating to, or being, a segment.

2. (Anat. & Zoöl.) (a) Of or pertaining to the segments of animals; as, a segmental duct; segmental papillæ. (b) Of or pertaining to the segmental organs. Segmental duct (Anat.), the primitive duct of the embryonic excretory organs which gives rise to the Wolffian duct and ureter; the pronephric duct. -- Segmental organs. (a) (Anat.) The embryonic excretory organs of vertebrates, consisting primarily of the segmental tubes and segmental ducts. (b) (Zoöl.) The tubular excretory organs, a pair of which often occur in each of several segments in annelids. They serve as renal organs, and often, also, as oviducts and sperm ducts. See Illust. under Sipunculacea. -- Segmental tubes (Anat.), the tubes which primarily open into the segmental duct, some of which become the urinary tubules of the adult.

SEGMENTATION Seg`men*ta"tion, n.

Defn: The act or process of dividing into segments; specifically (Biol.), a self-division into segments as a result of growth; cell cleavage; cell multiplication; endogenous cell formation. Segmentation cavity (Biol.), the cavity formed by the arrangement of the cells in segmentation or cleavage of the ovum; the cavity of the blastosphere. In the gastrula stage, the segmentation cavity in which the mesoblast is formed lies between the entoblast and ectoblast. See Illust. of Invagination. -- Segmentation nucleus (Biol.), the body formed by fusion of the male and female pronucleus in an impregnated ovum. See the Note under Pronucleus. -- Segmentation of the ovum, or Egg cleavage (Biol.), the process by which the embryos of all the higher plants and animals are derived from the germ cell. In the simplest case, that of small ova destitute of food yolk, the ovum or egg divides into two similar halves or segments (blastomeres), each of these again divides into two, and so on, thus giving rise to a mass of cells (mulberry mass, or morula), all equal and similar, from the growth and development of which the future animal is to be formed. This constitutes regular segmentation. Quite frequently, however, the equality and regularity of cleavage is interfered with by the presence of food yolk, from which results unequal segmentation. See Holoblastic, Meroblastic, Alecithal, Centrolecithal, Ectolecithal, and Ovum. -- Segmentation sphere (Biol.), the blastosphere, or morula. See Morula.

SEGMENTED Seg"ment*ed, a.

Defn: Divided into segments or joints; articulated.

SEGNITUDE; SEGNITY Seg"ni*tude, Seg"ni*ty, n. Etym: [L. segnitas, fr. segnis slow, sluggish.]

Defn: Sluggishness; dullness; inactivity. [Obs.]

SEGNO Se"gno, n. Etym: [It. See Sign.] (Mus.)

Defn: A sign. See Al segno, and Dal segno.

SEGO Se"go, n. (Bot.)

Defn: A liliaceous plant (Calochortus Nuttallii) of Western North America, and its edible bulb; -- so called by the Ute Indians and the Mormons.

SEGREGATE Seg"re*gate, a. Etym: [L. segregatus, p. p. of segregare to separate; pref. se- aside + grex, gregis, a flock or herd. See Gregarious.]

1. Separate; select.

2. (Bot.)

Defn: Separated from others of the same kind.

SEGREGATE Seg"re*gate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Segregated; p. pr. & vb. n. Segregating.]

Defn: To separate from others; to set apart. They are still segregated, Christians from Christians, under odious designations. I. Taylor.

SEGREGATE Seg"re*gate, v. i. (Geol.)

Defn: To separate from a mass, and collect together about centers or along lines of fracture, as in the process of crystallization or solidification.

SEGREGATION Seg`re*ga"tion, n. Etym: [L. segregatio: cf. F. ségrégation.]

1. The act of segregating, or the state of being segregated; separation from others; a parting.

2. (Geol.)

Defn: Separation from a mass, and gathering about centers or into cavities at hand through cohesive attraction or the crystallizing process.

SEICHES Seiches, n. pl. Etym: [F.] (Geol.)

Defn: Local oscillations in level observed in the case of some lakes, as Lake Geneva.

SEID Seid, n. Etym: [Ar seyid prince.]

Defn: A descendant of Mohammed through his daughter Fatima and nephew Ali.

SEIDLITZ Seid"litz, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to Seidlitz, a village in Bohemia. [Written also Sedlitz.] Seidlitz powders, effervescing salts, consisting of two separate powders, one of which contains forty grains of sodium bicarbonate mixed with two drachms of RochellRochelle powders. -- Seidlitz water, a natural water from Seidlitz, containing magnesium, sodium, calcium, and potassium sulphates, with calcium carbonate and a little magnesium chloride. It is used as an aperient.

SEIGH Seigh,

Defn: obs. imp. sing. of See. Saw. Chaucer.

SEIGNEURIAL Seign*eu"ri*al, a. Etym: [F., fr. seigneur. See Seignior.]

1. Of or pertaining to the lord of a manor; manorial. Sir W. Temple.

2. Vested with large powers; independent.

SEIGNIOR Seign"ior, n. Etym: [OF. seignor, F. seigneur, cf. It. signore, Sp. señor from an objective case of L. senier elder. See Senior.]

1. A lord; the lord of a manor.

2. A title of honor or of address in the South of Europe, corresponding to Sir or Mr. in English. Grand Seignior, the sultan of Turkey.

SEIGNIORAGE Seign"ior*age, n. Etym: [F. seigneuriage, OF. seignorage.]

1. Something claimed or taken by virtue of sovereign prerogative; specifically, a charge or toll deducted from bullion brought to a mint to be coined; the difference between the cost of a mass of bullion and the value as money of the pieces coined from it. If government, however, throws the expense of coinage, as is reasonable, upon the holders, by making a charge to cover the expense (which is done by giving back rather less in coin than has been received in bullion, and is called "levying a seigniorage"), the coin will rise to the extent of the seigniorage above the value of the bullion. J. S. Mill.

2. A share of the receipts of a business taken in payment for the use of a right, as a copyright or a patent.

SEIGNIORAL Seign"ior*al, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to a seignior; seigneurial. "Kingly or seignioral patronage." Burke.

SEIGNIORALTY Seign"ior*al*ty, n.

Defn: The territory or authority of a seignior, or lord. Milman.

SEIGNIORIAL Seign*io"ri*al, a.

Defn: Same as Seigneurial.

SEIGNIORIZE Seign"ior*ize, v. t.

Defn: To lord it over. [Obs.] As proud as he that seigniorizeth hell. Fairfax.

SEIGNIORY Seign"ior*y, n.; pl. -ies. Etym: [OE. seignorie, OF. seigneurie, F. seigneurie; cf. It. signoria.]

1. The power or authority of a lord; dominion. O'Neal never had any seigniory over that country but what by encroachment he got upon the English. Spenser.

2. The territory over which a lord holds jurisdiction; a manor. [Written also seigneury, and seignory.]

SEINE Seine, n. Etym: [F. seine, or AS. segene, bsagena, Gr. (Fishing.)

Defn: A large net, one edge of which is provided with sinkers, and the other with floats. It hangs vertically in the water, and when its ends are brought together or drawn ashore incloses the fish. Seine boat, a boat specially constructed to carry and pay out a seine.

SEINER Sein"er, n.

Defn: One who fishes with a seine.

SEINING Sein"ing, n.

Defn: Fishing with a seine.

SEINT Seint, n. Etym: [See Cincture.]

Defn: A girdle. [Obs.] "Girt with a seint of silk." Chaucer.

SEINT Seint, n.

Defn: A saint. [Obs.] Chaucer.

SEINTUARY Sein"tu*a*ry, n.

Defn: Sanctuary. [Obs.]

SEIRFISH Seir"fish`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Same as Seerfish.

SEIROSPORE Sei"ro*spore, n. Etym: [Gr. spore.] (Bot.)

Defn: One of several spores arranged in a chain as in certain algæ of the genus Callithamnion.

SEISE Seise, v. t.

Defn: See Seize. Spenser.

Note: This is the common spelling in the law phrase to be seised of (an estate).

SEISIN Sei"sin, n.

Defn: See Seizin. Spenser.

SEISMIC; SEISMAL Seis"mic, Seis"mal, a. Etym: [Gr.

Defn: Of or pertaining to an earthquake; caused by an earthquake. Seismic vertical, the point upon the earth's surface vertically over the center of effort or focal point whence the earthquake's impulse proceeds, or the vertical line connecting these two points.

SEISMOGRAM Seis"mo*gram, n. [Gr. earthquake + -gram.] (Physics)

Defn: The trace or record of an earth tremor, made by means of a seismograph.

SEISMOGRAPH Seis"mo*graph, n. Etym: [Gr. -graph.] (Physics)

Defn: An apparatus for registering the shocks and undulatory motions of earthquakes.

SEISMOGRAPHIC Seis`mo*graph"ic, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to a seismograph; indicated by a seismograph.

SEISMOGRAPHY Seis*mog"ra*phy, n.

1. A writing about, or a description of, earthquakes.

2. The art of registering the shocks and undulatory movements of earthquakes.

SEISMOLOGICAL Seis`mo*log"ic*al, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to seismology. -- Seis`mo*log"ic*al*ly, adv.

SEISMOLOGY Seis*mol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. -logy.]

Defn: The science of earthquakes.

SEISMOMETER Seis*mom"e*ter, n. Etym: [Gr. -meter.] (Physics)

Defn: An instrument for measuring the direction, duration, and force of earthquakes and like concussions.

SEISMOMETRIC Seis`mo*met"ric, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to seismometry, or seismometer; as, seismometric instruments; seismometric measurements.

SEISMOMETRY Seis*mom"e*try, n.

Defn: The mensuration of such phenomena of earthquakes as can be expressed in numbers, or by their relation to the coördinates of space.

SEISMOSCOPE Seis"mo*scope, n. Etym: [Gr. -scope.] (Physics)

Defn: A seismometer.

SEITY Se"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. se one's self.]

Defn: Something peculiar to one's self. [R.] Tatler.

SEIZABLE Seiz"a*ble, a.

Defn: That may be seized.

SEIZE Seize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Seized; p. pr. & vb. n. Seizing.] Etym: [OE. seisen, saisen, OF. seisir, saisir, F. saisir, of Teutonic origin, and akin to E. set. The meaning is properly, to set, put, place, hence, to put in possession of. See Set, v. t.]

1. To fall or rush upon suddenly and lay hold of; to gripe or grasp suddenly; to reach and grasp. For by no means the high bank he could seize. Spenser. Seek you to seize and gripe into your hands The royalties and rights of banished Hereford Shak.

2. To take possession of by force. At last they seize The scepter, and regard not David's sons. Milton.

3. To invade suddenly; to take sudden hold of; to come upon suddenly; as, a fever seizes a patient. Hope and deubt alternate seize her seul. Pope.

4. (law)

Defn: To take possession of by virtue of a warrant or other legal authority; as, the sheriff seized the debtor's goods.

5. To fasten; to fix. [Obs.] As when a bear hath seized her cruel claws Upon the carcass of some beast too weak. Spenser.

6. To grap with the mind; to comprehend fully and distinctly; as, to seize an idea.

7. (Naut.)

Defn: To bind or fasten together with a lashing of small stuff, as yarn or marline; as, to seize ropes.

Note: This word, by writers on law, is commonly written seise, in the phrase to be seised of (an estate), as also, in composition, disseise, disseisin. To be seized of, to have possession, or right of possession; as, A B was seized and possessed of the manor of Dale. "Whom age might see seized of what youth made prize." Chapman. -- To seize on or upon, to fall on and grasp; to take hold on; to take possession of suddenly and forcibly.

Syn. -- To catch; grasp; clutch; snatch; apprehend; arrest; take; capture.

SEIZER Seiz"er, n.

Defn: One who, or that which, seizes.

SEIZIN Sei"zin, n. Etym: [F. saisine. See Seize.]

1. (Law)

Defn: Possession; possession of an estate of froehold. It may be either in deed or in law; the former when there is actual possession, the latter when there is a right to such possession by construction of law. In some of the United States seizin means merely ownership. Burrill.

2. The act of taking possession. [Obs.]

3. The thing possessed; property. Sir M. Halle.

Note: Commonly spelt by writers on law seisin. Livery of seizin. (Eng. Law) See Note under Livery, 1.

SEIZING Seiz"ing, n.

1. The act of taking or grasping suddenly.

2. (Naut.) (a) The operation of fastening together or lashing. (b) The cord or lashing used for such fastening.

SEIZOR Sei"zor, n. (Law)

Defn: One who seizes, or takes possession.

SEIZURE Sei"zure, n.

1. The act of seizing, or the state of being seized; sudden and violent grasp or gripe; a taking into possession; as, the seizure of a thief, a property, a throne, etc.

2. Retention within one's grasp or power; hold; possession; ownership. Make o'er thy honor by a deed of trust, And give me seizure of the mighty wealth. Dryden.

3. That which is seized, or taken possession of; a thing laid hold of, or possessed.

SEJANT; SEJEANT Se"jant, Se"jeant, a. Etym: [F. séant, p. pr. of seoir to sit, L. sedere.] (Her.)

Defn: Sitting, as a lion or other beast. Sejant rampant, sitting with the forefeet lifted up. Wright.

SEJEIN Se*jein", v. t. Etym: [L. sejungere; pref. se- aside + jungere to join. See Join.]

Defn: To separate. [Obs.]

SEJUNCTION Se*junc"tion, n. Etym: [L. sejunctio. See Sejoin.]

Defn: The act of disjoining, or the state of being disjoined. [Obs.] Bp. Pearson.

SEJUNGIBLE Se*jun"gi*ble, a. Etym: [See Sejoin.]

Defn: Capable of being disjoined. [Obs.] Bp. Pearson.

SEKE Seke, a.

Defn: Sick. [Obs.] Chaucer.

SEKE Seke, v. t. & i.

Defn: To seek. [Obs.] Chaucer.

SEKES Se"kes, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Arch.)

Defn: A place in a pagan temple in which the images of the deities were inclosed.

SELACHIAN Se*la"chi*an, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: One of the Selachii. See Illustration in Appendix.

SELACHII Se*la"chi*i, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: An order of elasmobranchs including the sharks and rays; the Plagiostomi. Called also Selacha, Selache, and Selachoidei.

SELACHOIDEI Sel`a*choi"de*i, n. pl. Etym: [NL. See Selachii, and -oid.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: Same as Selachii.

SELACHOSTOMI Sel`a*chos"to*mi, n. pl. Etym: [NL. See Selachii, and Stoma.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A division of ganoid fishes which includes the paddlefish, in which the mouth is armed with small teeth.

SELAGINELLA Sel`a*gi*nel"la, n. Etym: [NL., fr. L. selago, -inis, a kind of plant.] (Bot.)

Defn: A genus of cryptogamous plants resembling Lycopodia, but producing two kinds of spores; also, any plant of this genus. Many species are cultivated in conservatories.

SELAH Se"lah, n. Etym: [Heb. selah.] (Script.)

Defn: A word of doubtful meaning, occuring frequently in the Psalms; by some, supposed to signify silence or a pause in the musical performance of the song. Beyond the fact that Selach is a musical term, we know absolutely nothing about it. Dr. W. Smith (Bib. Dict.)

SELCOUTH Sel"couth, n. Etym: [AS. selc, seldc; seld rare + c known. See Uncouth.]

Defn: Rarely known; unusual; strange. [Obs.] [She] wondered much at his so selcouth case. Spenser.

SELD Seld, a. Etym: [See Seldom.]

Defn: Rare; uncommon; unusual. [Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser.

SELD Seld, adv.

Defn: Rarely; seldom. [Obs.] Chaucer.

SELDEN Sel"den, adv.

Defn: Seldom. [Obs.] Chaucer.

SELDOM Sel"dom, adv. [Usually, compar. More seldom (; superl. Most seldom (; but sometimes also, Seldomer (, Seldomest.] Etym: [AS. seldan, seldon, seldum, fr. seld rare; akin to OFries. sielden, D. zelden, G. selten, OHG. seltan, Icel. sjaldan, Dan. sielden, Sw. sällan, Goth. sildaleiks marvelous.]

Defn: Rarely; not often; not frequently. Wisdom and youth are seldom joined in one. Hooker.

SELDOM Sel"dom, a.

Defn: Rare; infrequent. [Archaic.] "A suppressed and seldom anger." Jer. Taylor.

SELDOMNESS Sel"dom*ness, n.

Defn: Rareness. Hooker.

SELDSEEN Seld"seen`, a. Etym: [AS. seldsiene.]

Defn: Seldom seen. [Obs.] Drayton.

SELDSHEWN Seld"shewn`, a. Etym: [Seld + shown.]

Defn: Rarely shown or exhibited. [Obs.] Shak.

SELECT Se*lect", a. Etym: [L. selectus, p. p. of seligere to select; pref. se- aside + levere to gather. See Legend.]

Defn: Taken from a number by preferance; picked out as more valuable or exellent than others; of special value or exellence; nicely chosen; selected; choice. A few select spirits had separated from the crowd, and formed a fit audience round a far greater teacher. Macaulay.

SELECT Se*lect", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Selected; p. pr. & vb. n. Selecting.]

Defn: To choose and take from a number; to take by preference from among others; to pick out; to cull; as, to select the best authors for perusal. "One peculiar nation to select." Milton. The pious chief . . . A hundred youths from all his train selects. Dryden.

SELECTEDLY Se*lect"ed*ly, adv.

Defn: With care and selection. [R.]

SELECTION Se*lec"tion, n. Etym: [L. selectio: cf. F. sélection.] .

Defn: The act of selecting, or the state of being selected; choice, by preference.

2. That which is selected; a collection of things chosen; as, a choice selection of books. Natural selection. (Biol.) See under Natural.

SELECTIVE Se*lect"ive, a.

Defn: Selecting; tending to select. This selective providence of the Almighty. Bp. Hall.

SELECTMAN Se*lect"man, n.; pl. Selectmen (.

Defn: One of a board of town officers chosen annually in the New England States to transact the general public business of the town, and have a kind of executive authority. The number is usually from three to seven in each town. The system of delegated town action was then, perhaps, the same which was defined in an "order made in 1635 by the inhabitants of Charlestown at a full meeting for the government of the town, by selectmen;" the name presently extended throughout New England to municipal governors. Palfrey.

SELECTNESS Se*lect"ness, n.

Defn: The quality or state of being select.

SELECTOR Se*lect"or, n. Etym: [L.]

Defn: One who selects.

SELENATE Sel"e*nate, n. (Chem.)

Defn: A salt of selenic acid; -- formerly called also seleniate.

SELENHYDRIC Sel`en*hy"dric, a. (Chem.)

Defn: Of, pertaining to, or designating, hydrogen selenide, H2Se, regarded as an acid analogous to sulphydric acid.

SELENIC Se*len"ic, a. Etym: [Cf. F. sélénique.] (Chem.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to selenium; derived from, or containing, selenium; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a higher valence as contrasted with selenious compounds.

SELENIDE Sel"e*nide, n. (Chem.)

Defn: A binary compound of selenium, or a compound regarded as binary; as, ethyl selenide.

SELENIFEROUS Sel`e*nif"er*ous, a. Etym: [Selenium + -ferous. ]

Defn: Containing, or impregnated with, selenium; as, seleniferous pyrites.

SELENIO- Se*le"ni*o- (. (Chem.)

Defn: A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting the presence of selenium or its compounds; as, selenio-phosphate, a phosphate having selenium in place of all, or a part, of the oxygen.

SELENIOUS Se*le"ni*ous, a. Etym: [Cf. F. sélénieux.] (Chem.)

Defn: Of, pertaining to, or containing, selenium; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a lower valence as contrasted with selenic compounds.

SELENITE Sel"e*nite, n. (Chem.)

Defn: A salt of selenious acid.

SELENITE Sel"e*nite, n. Etym: [L. selenites, Gr. (Min.)

Defn: A variety of gypsum, occuring in transparent crystals or crystalline masses.

SELENITIC; SELENITICAL Sel`e*nit"ic, Sel`e*nit"ic*al, a. (Min.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to selenite; resembling or containing selenite.

SELENIUM Se*le"ni*um, n. Etym: [NL., from Gr. tellurium (from L. tellus the earth), being, as it were, a companion to it.] (Chem.)

Defn: A nonmetallic element of the sulphur group, and analogous to sulphur in its compounds. It is found in small quantities with sulphur and some sulphur ores, and obtained in the free state as a dark reddish powder or crystalline mass, or as a dark metallic- looking substance. It exhibits under the action of light a remarkable variation in electric conductivity, and is used in certain electric apparatus. Symbol Se. Atomic weight 78.9.

SELENIURET Sel`e*ni"u*ret, n. (CHem.)

Defn: A selenide. [Obs.]

SELENIURETED Sel`e*ni"u*ret`ed, a. (Chem.)

Defn: Combined with selenium as in a selenide; as, seleniureted hydrogen. [Written also seleniuretted.] [Obsoles.]

SELENOCENTRIC Se*le`no*cen"tric, a. Etym: [Gr. centric.] (Astron.)

Defn: As seen or estimated from the center of the moon; with the moon central.

SELENOGRAPH Se*le"no*graph

Defn: , n. A picture or delineation of the moon's surface, or of any part of it.

SELENOGRAPHER Sel`e*nog"ra*pher, n.

Defn: One skilled in selenography. Wright.

SELENOGRAPHIC; SELENOGRAPHICAL Sel`e*no*graph"ic, Sel`e*no*graph"i*cal, a. Etym: [Cf. F. sélénographique.]

Defn: Of or pertaining to selenography.

SELENOGRAPHIST Sel`e*nog"ra*phist, n.

Defn: A selenographer.

SELENOGRAPHY Sel`e*nog"ra*phy, n. Etym: [Gr. -graphy.]

Defn: The science that treats of the physical features of the moon; - - corresponding to physical geography in respect to the earth. "Accurate selenography, or description of the moon." Sir T. Browne.

SELENOLOGY Sel`e*nol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr.-logy.]

Defn: That branch of astronomy which treats of the moon. -- Sel`e*no*log"i*cal, a.

SELENONIUM Sel`e*no"ni*um, n. Etym: [Selenium + sulphonium.] (Chem.)

Defn: A hypothetical radical of selenium, analogous to sulphonium. [R.]

SELF Self, a. Etym: [AS. self, seolf, sylf; akin to OS. self, OFries. self, D. zelf, G. selb, selber, selbst, Dan. selv. Sw. sjelf, Icel. sjalfr, Goth. silba. Cf. Selavage.]

Defn: Same; particular; very; identical. [Obs., except in the compound selfsame.] "On these self hills." Sir. W. Raleigh. To shoot another arrow that self way Which you did shoot the first. Shak. At that self moment enters Palamon. Dryden.

SELF Self, n.; pl. Selves (.

1. The individual as the object of his own reflective consciousness; the man viewed by his own cognition as the subject of all his mental phenomena, the agent in his own activities, the subject of his own feelings, and the possessor of capacities and character; a person as a distinct individual; a being regarded as having personality. "Those who liked their real selves." Addison. A man's self may be the worst fellow to converse with in the world. Pope. The self, the I, is recognized in every act of intelligence as the subject to which that act belongs. It is I that perceive, I that imagine, I that remember, I that attend, I that compare, I that feel, I that will, I that am conscious. Sir W. Hamilton.

2. Hence, personal interest, or love of private interest; selfishness; as, self is his whole aim.

3. Personification; embodiment. [Poetic.] She was beauty's self. Thomson.

Note: Self is united to certain personal pronouns and pronominal adjectives to express emphasis or distinction. Thus, for emphasis; I myself will write; I will examine for myself; thou thyself shalt go; thou shalt see for thyself; you yourself shall write; you shall see for yourself; he himself shall write; he shall examine for himself; she herself shall write; she shall examine for herself; the child itself shall be carried; it shall be present itself. It is also used reflexively; as, I abhor myself; thou enrichest thyself; he loves himself; she admires herself; it pleases itself; we walue ourselves; ye hurry yourselves; they see themselves. Himself, herself, themselves, are used in the nominative case, as well as in the objective. "Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples." John iv. 2.

Note: Self is used in the formation of innumerable compounds, usually of obvious signification, in most of which it denotes either the agent or the object of the action expressed by the word with which it is joined, or the person in behalf of whom it is performed, or the person or thing to, for, or towards whom or which a quality, attribute, or feeling expressed by the following word belongs, is directed, or is exerted, or from which it proceeds; or it denotes the subject of, or object affected by, such action, quality, attribute, feeling, or the like; as, self-abandoning, self-abnegation, self- abhorring, self-absorbed, self-accusing, self-adjusting, self- balanced, self-boasting, self-canceled, self-combating, self- commendation, self-condemned, self-conflict, self-conquest, self- constituted, self-consumed, self-contempt, self-controlled, self- deceiving, self-denying, self-destroyed, self-disclosure, self- display, self-dominion, self-doomed, self-elected, self-evolved, self-exalting, self-excusing, self-exile, self-fed, self-fulfillment, self-governed, self-harming, self-helpless, self-humiliation, self- idolized, self-inflicted, self-improvement, self-instruction, self- invited, self-judging, self-justification, self-loathing, self- loving, self-maintenance, self-mastered, self-nourishment, self- perfect, self-perpetuation, self-pleasing, self-praising, self- preserving, self-questioned, self-relying, self-restraining, self- revelation, self-ruined, self-satisfaction, self-support, self- sustained, self-sustaining, self-tormenting, self-troubling, self- trust, self-tuition, self-upbraiding, self-valuing, self-worshiping, and many others.

SELF-ABASED Self`-a*based", a.

Defn: Humbled by consciousness of inferiority, unworthiness, guilt, or shame.

SELF-ABASEMENT Self`-a*base"ment, n.

1. Degradation of one's self by one's own act.

2. Humiliation or abasement proceeding from consciousness of inferiority, guilt, or shame.

SELF-ABASING Self`-a*bas"ing, a.

Defn: Lowering or humbling one's self.

SELF-ABHORRENCE Self`-ab*hor"rence, n.

Defn: Abhorrence of one's self.

SELF-ABNEGATION Self`-ab`ne*ga"tion, n.

Defn: Self-denial; self-renunciation; self-sacrifice.

SELF-ABUSE Self`-abuse", n.

1. The abuse of one's own self, powers, or faculties.

2. Self-deception; delusion. [Obs.] Shak.

3. Masturbation; onanism; self-pollution.

SELF-ACCUSED Self"-ac*cused", a.

Defn: Accused by one's self or by one's conscience. "Die self- accused." Cowper.

SELF-ACTING Self`-act"ing, a.

Defn: Acting of or by one's self or by itself; -- said especially of a machine or mechanism which is made to perform of or for itself what is usually done by human agency; automatic; as, a self-acting feed apparatus; a self-acting mule; a self-acting press.

SELF-ACTION Self`-ac"tion, n.

Defn: Action by, or originating in, one's self or itself.

SELF-ACTIVE Self`-ac"tive, a.

Defn: Acting of one's self or of itself; acting without depending on other agents.

SELF-ACTIVITY Self`-ac*tiv"i*ty, n.

Defn: The quality or state of being self-active; self-action.

SELF-ADJUSTING Self`-ad*just"ing, a. (Mach.)

Defn: Capable of assuming a desired position or condition with relation to other parts, under varying circumstances, without requiring to be adjusted by hand; -- said of a piece in machinery. Self-adjusting bearing (Shafting), a bearing which is supported in such a manner that it may tip to accomodate flexure or displacement of the shaft.

SELF-ADMIRATION Self`-ad`mi*ra"tion, n.

Defn: Admiration of one's self.

SELF-AFFAIRS Self`-af*fairs", n. pl.

Defn: One's own affairs; one's private business. [Obs.] Shak.

SELF-AFFRIGHTED Self`-af*fright"ed, a.

Defn: Frightened at or by one's self. Shak.

SELF-AGGRANDIZEMENT Self`-ag*gran"dize*ment, n.

Defn: The aggrandizement of one's self.

SELF-ANNIHILATED Self`-an*ni"hi*la`ted, a.

Defn: Annihilated by one's self.

SELF-ANNIHILATION Self`-an*ni`hi*la"tion, n.

Defn: Annihilation by one's own acts; annihilation of one's desires. Addison.

SELF-APPLAUSE Self`-ap*plause", n.

Defn: Applause of one's self.

SELF-APPLYING Self`-ap*ply"ing, a.

Defn: Applying to or by one's self.

SELF-APPROVING Self`-ap*prov"ing, a.

Defn: Approving one's own action or character by one's own judgment. One self-approving hour whole years outweighs Of stupid starers and of loud huzzas. Pope.

SELF-ASSERTING Self`-as*sert"ing, a.

Defn: asserting one's self, or one's own rights or claims; hence, putting one's self forward in a confident or assuming manner.

SELF-ASSERTION Self`-as*ser"tion, n.

Defn: The act of asserting one's self, or one's own rights or claims; the quality of being self-asserting.

SELF-ASSERTIVE Self`-as*sert"ive, a.

Defn: Disposed to self-assertion; self-asserting.

SELF-ASSUMED Self`-as*sumed`, a.

Defn: Assumed by one's own act, or without authority.

SELF-ASSURED Self`-as*sured`, a.

Defn: Assured by or of one's self; self-reliant; complacent.

SELF-BANISHED Self`-ban"ished, a.

Defn: Exiled voluntarily.

SELF-BEGOTTEN Self"-be*got"ten, a.

Defn: Begotten by one's self, or one's own powers.

SELF-BINDER Self`-bind"er, n.

Defn: A reaping machine containing mechanism for binding the grain into sheaves.

SELF-BORN Self"-born`, a.

Defn: Born or produced by one's self.

SELF-CENTERED; SELF-CENTRED Self`-cen"tered, Self`-cen"tred, a.

Defn: Centered in itself, or in one's self. There hangs the ball of earth and water mixt, Self-centered and unmoved. Dryden.

SELF-CENTERING; SELF-CENTRING Self`-cen"ter*ing, Self`-cen"tring a.

Defn: Centering in one's self.

SELF-CENTRATION Self`-cen*tra"tion, n.

Defn: The quality or state of being self-centered.

SELF-CHARITY Self`-char"i*ty, n.

Defn: Self-love. [Obs.] Shak.

SELF-COLOR Self"-col`or, n.

Defn: A color not mixed or variegated.

SELF-COLORED Self`-col"ored, a.

Defn: Being of a single color; -- applied to flowers, animals, and textile fabrics.

SELF-COMMAND Self`-com*mand", n.

Defn: Control over one's own feelings, temper, etc.; self-control.

SELF-COMMUNE Self`-com*mune", n.

Defn: Self-communion. [R.]

SELF-COMMUNICATIVE Self`-com*mu"ni*ca*tive, a.

Defn: Imparting or communicating by its own powers.

SELF-COMMUNION Self`-com*mun"ion, n.

Defn: Communion with one's self; thoughts about one's self.

SELF-COMPLACENCY Self`-com*pla"cen*cy, n.

Defn: The quality of being self-complacent. J. Foster.

SELF-COMPLACENT Self`-com*pla"cent, a.

Defn: Satisfied with one's own character, capacity, and doings; self- satisfied.

SELF-CONCEIT Self`-con*ceit", n.

Defn: Conceit of one's self; an overweening opinion of one's powers or endowments.

Syn. -- See Egotism.

SELF-CONCEITED Self`-con*ceit"ed, a.

Defn: Having an overweening opinion of one's own powers, attainments; vain; conceited. -- Self`-con*ceit"ed*ness, n.

SELF-CONCERN Self`-con*cern", n.

Defn: Concern for one's self.

SELF-CONDEMNATION Self`-con`dem*na"tion, n.

Defn: Condemnation of one's self by one's own judgment.

SELF-CONFIDENCE Self`-con"fi*dence, n.

Defn: The quality or state of being self-confident; self-reliance. A feeling of self-confidence which supported and sustained him. Beaconsfield.

SELF-CONFIDENT Self`-con"fi*dent, a.

Defn: Confident of one's own strength or powers; relying on one's judgment or ability; self-reliant. -- Self`-con"fi*dent*ly, adv.

SELF-CONJUGATE Self`-con"ju*gate, a. (Geom.)

Defn: Having the two things that are conjugate parts of the same figure; as, self-conjugate triangles.

SELF-CONSCIOUS Self`-con"scious, a.

1. Conscious of one's acts or state as belonging to, or originating in, one's self. "My self-conscious worth." Dryden.

2. Conscious of one's self as an object of the observation of others; as, the speaker was too self-conscious.

SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS Self`-con"scious*ness, n.

Defn: The quality or state of being self-conscious.

SELF-CONSIDERING Self`-con*sid"er*ing, a.

Defn: Considering in one's own mind; deliberating. Pope.

SELF-CONSISTENCY Self`-con*sist"en*cy, n.

Defn: The quality or state of being self-consistent.

SELF-CONSISTENT Self`-con*sist"ent, a.

Defn: Consistent with one's self or with itself; not deviation from the ordinary standard by which the conduct is guided; logically consistent throughout; having each part consistent with the rest.

SELF-CONSUMING Self`-con*sum"ing, a.

Defn: Consuming one's self or itself.

SELF-CONTAINED Self`-con*tained", a.

1. Having self-control; reserved; uncommunicative; wholly engrossed in one's self.

2. (Mach.)

Defn: Having all the essential working parts connected by a bedplate or framework, or contained in a case, etc., so that mutual relations of the parts do not depend upon fastening outside of the machine itself. Self-contained steam engine. (a) A steam engine having both bearings for the crank shaft attached to the frame of the engine. (b) A steam engine and boiler combined and fastened together; a portable steam engine.

SELF-CONTRADICTION Self`-con`tra*dic"tion, n.

Defn: The act of contradicting one's self or itself; repugnancy in conceptions or in terms; a proposition consisting of two members, one of which contradicts the other; as, to be and not to be at the same time is a self-contradiction.

SELF-CONTRADICTORY Self`-con`tra*dict"o*ry, a.

Defn: Contradicting one's self or itself.

SELF-CONTROL Self`-con*trol", n.

Defn: Control of one's self; restraint exercised over one's self; self-command.

SELF-CONVICTED Self`-con*vict"ed, a.

Defn: Convicted by one's own consciousness, knowledge, avowal, or acts.

SELF-CONVICTION Self`-con*vic"tion, n.

Defn: The act of convicting one's self, or the state of being self- convicted.

SELF-CREATED Self`-cre*at"ed, a.

Defn: Created by one's self; not formed or constituted by another.

SELF-CULTURE Self`-cul"ture, n.

Defn: Culture, training, or education of one's self by one's own efforts.

SELF-DECEIT Self`-de*ceit", n.

Defn: The act of deceiving one's self, or the state of being self- deceived; self-deception.

SELF-DECEIVED Self`-de*ceived", a.

Defn: Deceived or misled respecting one's self by one's own mistake or error.

SELF-DECEPTION Self`-de*cep"tion, n.

Defn: Self-deceit.

SELF-DEFENCE Self`-de*fence", n.

Defn: See Self-defense.

SELF-DEFENSE Self`-de*fense", n.

Defn: The act of defending one's own person, property, or reputation. In self-defense (Law), in protection of self, -- it being permitted in law to a party on whom a grave wrong is attempted to resist the wrong, even at the peril of the life of the assailiant. Wharton.

SELF-DEFENSIVE Self`-de*fen"sive, a.

Defn: Defending, or tending to defend, one's own person, property, or reputation.

SELF-DEGRADATION Self`-deg`ra*da"tion, n.

Defn: The act of degrading one's self, or the state of being so degraded.

SELF-DELATION Self`-de*la"tion, n.

Defn: Accusation of one's self. [R.] Milman.

SELF-DELUSION Self`-de*lu"sion, n.

Defn: The act of deluding one's self, or the state of being thus deluded.

SELF-DENIAL Self`-de*ni"al, n.

Defn: The denial of one's self; forbearing to gratify one's own desires; self-sacrifice.

SELF-DENYING Self`-de*ny"ing, a.

Defn: Refusing to gratify one's self; self-sacrificing. -- Self`-de*ny"ing*ly, adv.

SELF-DEPENDENT Self`-de*pend"ent, a.

Defn: Dependent on one's self; self-depending; self-reliant.

SELF-DEPENDING Self`-de*pend"ing, a.

Defn: Depending on one's self.

SELF-DEPRAVED Self`-de*praved", a.

Defn: Corrupted or depraved by one's self. Milton.

SELF-DESTROYER Self`-de*stroy"er, n.

Defn: One who destroys himself; a suicide.

SELF-DESTRUCTION Self`-de*struc"tion, n.

Defn: The destruction of one's self; self-murder; suicide. Milton.

SELF-DESTRUCTIVE Self`-de*struc"tive, a.

Defn: Destroying, or tending to destroy, one's self or itself; rucidal.

SELF-DETERMINATION Self`-de*ter`mi*na"tion, n.

Defn: Determination by one's self; or, determination of one's acts or states without the necessitating force of motives; -- applied to the voluntary or activity.

SELF-DETERMINING Self`-de*ter"min*ing, a.

Defn: Capable of self-determination; as, the self-determining power of will.

SELF-DEVISED Self`-de*vised", a.

Defn: Devised by one's self.

SELF-DEVOTED Self`-de*vot"ed, a.

Defn: Devoted in person, or by one's own will. Hawthorne.

SELF-DEVOTEMENT Self`-de*vote"ment, n.

Defn: Self-devotion. [R.]

SELF-DEVOTION Self`-de*vo"tion, n.

Defn: The act of devoting one's self, or the state of being self- devoted; willingness to sacrifice one's own advantage or happiness for the sake of others; self-sacrifice.

SELF-DEVOURING Self`-de*vour"ing, a.

Defn: Devouring one's self or itself. Danham.

SELF-DIFFUSIVE Self`-dif*fu"sive, a.

Defn: Having power to diffuse itself; diffusing itself. Norris.

SELF-DISCIPLINE Self`-dis"ci*pline, n.

Defn: Correction or government of one's self for the sake of improvement.

SELF-DISTRUST Self`-dis*trust", n.

Defn: Want of confidence in one' self; diffidence.

SELF-EDUCATED Self`-ed"u*ca`ted, a.

Defn: Educated by one's own efforts, without instruction, or without pecuniary assistance from others.

SELF-ELECTIVE Self`-e*lect"ive, a.

Defn: Having the right of electing one's self, or, as a body, of electing its own members.

SELF-ENJOYMENT Self`-en*joy"ment, n.

Defn: Enjoyment of one's self; self-satisfaction.

SELF-ESTEEM Self`-es*teem", n.

Defn: The holding a good opinion of one's self; self-complacency.

SELF-ESTIMATION Self`-es`ti*ma"tion, n.

Defn: The act of estimating one's self; self-esteem.

SELF-EVIDENCE Self`-ev"i*dence, n.

Defn: The quality or state of being self-evident. Locke.

SELF-EVIDENT Self`-ev"i*dent, a.

Defn: Evident without proof or reasoning; producing certainty or conviction upon a bare presentation to the mind; as, a self-evident proposition or truth. -- Self`-ev"i*dent*ly, adv.

SELF-EVOLUTION Self`-ev`o*lu"tion, n.

Defn: Evolution of one's self; development by inherent quality or power.

SELF-EXALTATION Self`-ex`al*ta"tion, n.

Defn: The act of exalting one's self, or the state of being so exalted.

SELF-EXAMINANT Self`-ex*am"i*nant, n.

Defn: One who examines himself; one given to self-examination. The humiliated self-examinant feels that there is evil in our nature as well as good. Coleridge.

SELF-EXAMINATION Self`-ex*am`i*na"tion, n.

Defn: An examination into one's own state, conduct, and motives, particularly in regard to religious feelings and duties.

SELF-EXCITE Self`-ex*cite", v. t. (Elec.)

Defn: To energize or excite (the field magnets of a dynamo) by induction from the residual magnetism of its cores, leading all or a part of the current thus produced through the field-magnet coils.

SELF-EXISTENCE Self`-ex*ist"ence, n.

Defn: Inherent existence; existence possessed by virtue of a being's own nature, and independent of any other being or cause; -- an attribute peculiar to God. Blackmore.

SELF-EXISTENT Self`-ex*ist"ent, a.

Defn: Existing of or by himself,independent of any other being or cause; -- as, God is the only self-existent being.

SELF-EXPLAINING self`-ex*plain"ing, a.

Defn: Explaining itself; capable of being understood without explanation.

SELF-EXPOSURE Self`-ex*po"sure, n.

Defn: The act of exposing one's self; the state of being so exposed.

SELF-FERTILIZATION Self`-fer`ti*li*za"tion, n. (Bot.)

Defn: The fertilization of a flower by pollen from the same flower and without outer aid; autogamy.

SELF-FERTILIZED Self`-fer"ti*lized, a. (Bot.)

Defn: Fertilized by pollen from the same flower.

SELF-GLORIOUS Self`-glo"ri*ous, a.

Defn: Springing from vainglory or vanity; vain; boastful. Dryden.

SELF-GOVERNMENT Self`-gov"ern*ment, n.

1. The act of governing one's self, or the state of being governed by one's self; self-control; self-command.

2. Hence, government of a community, state, or nation by the joint action of the mass of people constituting such a civil body; also, the state of being so governed; democratic government; democracy. It is to self-government, the great principle of popular representation and administration, -- the system that lets in all to participate in the councels that are to assign the good or evil to all, -- that we may owe what we are and what we hope to be. D. Webster.

SELF-GRATULATION Self`-grat`u*la"tion, n.

Defn: Gratulation of one's self.

SELF-HARDENING Self`-hard"en*ing, a. (Metal.)

Defn: Designating, or pert. to, any of various steels that harden when heated to above a red heat and cooled in air, usually in a blast of cold air with moderate rapidity, without quenching. Such steels are alloys of iron and carbon with manganese, tungsten and manganese, chromium, molybdenum and manganese, etc. They are chiefly used as high-speed steels. -- Self`-hard"en*ed, a.

SELF-HEAL Self`-heal", n. (Bot.)

Defn: A blue-flowered labiate plant (Brunella vulgaris); the healall.

SELF-HEALING Self`-heal"ing, a.

Defn: Having the power or property of healing itself.

SELF-HELP Self`-help", n.

Defn: The act of aiding one's self, without depending on the aid of others.

SELF-HOMICIDE Self`-hom"i*cide, n.

Defn: The act of killing one's self; suicide. Hakewill.

SELFHOOD Self"hood, n.

Defn: Existence as a separate self, or independent person; conscious personality; individuality. Bib. Sacra.

SELF-IGNORANCE Self`-ig"no*rance, n.

Defn: Ignorance of one's own character, powers, and limitations.

SELF-IGNORANT Self`-ig"no*rant, a.

Defn: Ignorant of one's self.

SELF-IMPARTING Self`-im*part"ing, a.

Defn: Imparting by one's own, or by its own, powers and will. Norris.

SELF-IMPORTANCE Self`-im*por"tance, n.

Defn: An exaggerated estimate of one's own importance or merit, esp. as manifested by the conduct or manners; self-conceit.

SELF-IMPORTANT Self`-im*por"tant, a.

Defn: Having or manifesting an exaggerated idea of one's own importance or merit.

SELF-IMPOSED Self`-im*posed", a.

Defn: Voluntarily taken on one's self; as, self-imposed tasks.

SELF-IMPOSTURE Self`-im*pos"ture, n.

Defn: Imposture practiced on one's self; self-deceit. South.

SELF-INDIGNATION Self`-in`dig*na"tion, n.

Defn: Indignation at one's own character or actions. Baxter.

SELF-INDUCTION Self`-in*duc"tion, n. (Elec.)

Defn: Induction in a circuit due to the action of one portion of a current upon an adjacent portion during periods of varying current strength. The nature of the induction is such as to oppose the action which produces it.

SELF-INDULGENCE Self`-in*dul"gence, n.

Defn: Indulgence of one's appetites, desires, or inclinations; -- the opposite of self-restraint, and self-denial.

SELF-INDULGENT Self`-in*dul"gent, a.

Defn: Indulging one's appetites, desires, etc., freely.

SELF-INTEREST Self`-in"ter*est, n.

Defn: Private interest; the interest or advantage of one's self.

SELF-INTERESTED Self`-in"ter*est*ed, a.

Defn: Particularly concerned for one's own interest or happiness.

SELF-INVOLUTION Self`-in`vo*lu"tion, n.

Defn: Involution in one's self; hence, abstraction of thought; reverie.

SELFISH Self"ish, a.

1. Caring supremely or unduly for one's self; regarding one's own comfort, advantage, etc., in disregard, or at the expense, of those of others. They judge of things according to their own private appetites and selfish passions. Cudworth. In that throng of selfish hearts untrue. Keble.

2. (Ethics)

Defn: Believing or teaching that the chief motives of human action are derived from love of self. Hobbes and the selfish school of philosophers. Fleming.

SELFISHLY Self"ish*ly, adv.

Defn: In a selfish manner; with regard to private interest only or chiefly.

SELFISHNESS Self"ish*ness, n.

Defn: The quality or state of being selfish; exclusive regard to one's own interest or happiness; that supreme self-love or self- preference which leads a person to direct his purposes to the advancement of his own interest, power, or happiness, without regarding those of others. Selfishness,- a vice utterly at variance with the happiness of him who harbors it, and, as such, condemned by self-love. Sir J. Mackintosh.

Syn. -- See Self-love.

SELFISM Self"ism, n.

Defn: Concentration of one's interests on one's self; self-love; selfishness. Emerson.

SELFIST Self"ist, n.

Defn: A selfish person. [R.] I. Taylor.

SELF-JUSTIFIER Self`-jus"ti*fi`er, n.

Defn: One who excuses or justifies himself. J. M. Mason.

SELF-KINDLED Self`-kin"dled, a.

Defn: Kindled of itself, or without extraneous aid or power. Dryden.

SELF-KNOWING Self`-know"ing, a.

1. Knowing one's self, or one's own character, powers, and limitations.

2. Knowing of itself, without help from another.

SELF-KNOWLEDGE Self`-knowl"edge, n.

Defn: Knowledge of one's self, or of one's own character, powers, limitations, etc.

SELFLESS Self"less, a.

Defn: Having no regard to self; unselfish. Lo now, what hearts have men! they never mount As high as woman in her selfless mood. Tennyson.

SELFLESSNESS Self"less*ness, n.

Defn: Quality or state of being selfless.

SELF-LIFE Self"-life`, n.

Defn: Life for one's self; living solely or chiefly for one's own pleasure or good.

SELF-LOVE Self`-love`, n.

Defn: The love of one's self; desire of personal happiness; tendency to seek one's own benefit or advantage. Shak. Self-love, the spring of motion, acts the soul. Pope.

Syn. -- Selfishness. -- Self-love, Selfishness. The term self-love is used in a twofold sense: 1. It denotes that longing for good or for well-being which actuates the breasts of all, entering into and characterizing every special desire. In this sense it has no moral quality, being, from the nature of the case, neither good nor evil. 2. It is applied to a voluntary regard for the gratification of special desires. In this sense it is morally good or bad according as these desires are conformed to duty or opposed to it. Selfishness is always voluntary and always wrong, being that regard to our own interests, gratification, etc., which is sought or indulged at the expense, and to the injury, of others. "So long as self-love does not degenerate into selfishness, it is quite compatible with true benevolence." Fleming. "Not only is the phrase self-love used as synonymous with the desire of happiness, but it is often confounded with the word selfishness, which certainly, in strict propriety, denotes a very different disposition of mind." Slewart.

SELF-LUMINOUS Self`-lu"mi*nous, a.

Defn: Possessing in itself the property of emitting light. Sir D. Brewster.

SELF-MADE Self"-made`, a.

Defn: Made by one's self. Self-made man, a man who has risen from poverty or obscurity by means of his own talentss or energies.

SELF-METTLE Self"-met`tle, n

Defn: Inborn mettle or courage; one's own temper. [Obs.] Shak.

SELF-MOTION Self`-mo"tion, n.

Defn: Motion given by inherent power, without external impulse; spontaneus or voluntary motion. Matter is not induced with self-motion. Cheyne.

SELF-MOVED Self`-moved", a.

Defn: Moved by inherent power., without the aid of external impulse.

SELF-MOVING Self`-mov"ing, a.

Defn: Moving by inherent power, without the aid of external impulse.

SELF-MURDER Self`-mur"der, a.

Defn: Suicide.

SELF-MURDERER Self`-mur"der*er, n.

Defn: A suicide.

SELF-NEGLECTING Self`-neg*lect"ing, n.

Defn: A neglecting of one's self, or of one's own interests. Self-love, my liege, is not so vile a sin As self-neglecting. Shak.

SELFNESS Self"ness, n.

Defn: Selfishness. [Obs.] Sir. P. Sidney.

SELF-ONE Self`-one", a.

Defn: Secret. [Obs.] Marston.

SELF-OPINION Self`-o*pin"ion, n.

Defn: Opinion, especially high opinion, of one's self; an overweening estimate of one's self or of one's own opinion. Collier.

SELF-OPINIONED Self`-o*pin"ioned, a.

Defn: Having a high opinion of one's self; opinionated; conceited. South.

SELF-ORIGINATING Self`-o*rig"i*na`ting, a.

Defn: Beginning wwith, or springing from, one's self.

SELF-PARTIALITY Self`-par`ti*al"i*ty, n.

Defn: That partiality to himself by which a man overrates his own worth when compared with others. Kames.

SELF-PERPLEXED Self`-per*plexed", a.

Defn: Perplexed by doubts originating in one's own mind.

SELF-POSITED Self`-pos"it*ed, a.

Defn: Disposed or arranged by an action originating in one's self or in itself. These molecular blocks of salt are self-posited. Tyndall.

SELF-POSITING Self`-pos"it*ing, a.

Defn: The act of disposing or arranging one's self or itself. The self-positing of the molecules. R. Watts.

SELF-POSSESSED Self"-pos*sessed", a.

Defn: Composed or tranquill in mind, manner, etc.; undisturbed.

SELF-POSSESSION Self`-pos*ses"sion, n.

Defn: The possession of one's powers; calmness; self-command; presence of mind; composure.

SELF-PRAISE Self"-praise`, n.

Defn: Praise of one's self.

SELF-PRESERVATION Self`-pres`er*va"tion, n.

Defn: The preservation of one's self from destruction or injury.

SELF-PROPAGATING Self`-prop"a*ga`ting, a.

Defn: Propagating by one's self or by itself.

SELF-REGISTERING Self`-reg"is*ter*ing, a.

Defn: Registering itself; -- said of any instrument so contrived as to record its own indications of phenomena, whether continuously or at stated times, as at the maxima and minima of variations; as, a self-registering anemometer or barometer.

SELF-REGULATED Self`-reg"u*la`ted, a.

Defn: Regulated by one's self or by itself.

SELF-REGULATIVE Self`-reg"u*la*tive, a.

Defn: Tending or serving to regulate one's self or itself. Whewell.

SELF-RELIANCE Self`-re*li"ance, n.

Defn: Reliance on one's own powers or judgment; self-trust.

SELF-RELIANT Self`-re*li"ant, a.

Defn: Reliant upon one's self; trusting to one's own powers or judgment.

SELF-RENUNCIATION Self`-re*nun`ci*a"tion, n.

Defn: The act of renouncing, or setting aside, one's own wishes, claims, etc.; self-sacrifice.

SELF-REPELLENCY Self`-re*pel"len*cy, n.

Defn: The quality or state of being self-repelling.

SELF-REPELLING Self`-re*pel"ling, ( a.

Defn: Made up of parts, as molecules or atoms, which mutually repel each other; as, gases are self-repelling.

SELF-REPETITION Self`-rep`e*ti"tion, n.

Defn: Repetition of one's self or of one's acts; the saying or doing what one has already said or done.

SELF-REPROACH Self`-re*proach", n.

Defn: The act of reproaching one's self; censure by one's own conscience.

SELF-REPROACHED Self`-re*proached", a.

Defn: Reproached by one's own conscience or judgment.

SELF-REPROACHING Self`-re*proach"ing, a.

Defn: Reproaching one's self. -- Self`-re*proach"ing*ly, adv.

SELF-REPROOF Self`-re*proof", n.

Defn: The act of reproving one's self; censure of one's conduct by one's own judgment.

SELF-REPROVED Self`-re*proved", a.

Defn: Reproved by one's own conscience or one's own sense of guilt.

SELF-REPROVING Self`-re*prov"ing, a.

Defn: Reproving one's self; reproving by consciousness of guilt.

SELF-REPROVINGLY Self`-re*prov"ing*ly, adv.

Defn: In a self-reproving way.

SELF-REPUGNANT Self`-re*pug"nant, a.

Defn: Self-contradictory; inconsistent. Brougham.

SELF-REPULSIVE Self`-re*pul"sive, a.

Defn: Self-repelling.

SELF-RESPECT Self`-re*spect", n.

Defn: Respect for one's self; regard for one's character; laudable self-esteem.

SELF-RESTRAINED Self`-re*strained", a.

Defn: Restrained by one's self or itself; restrained by one's own power or will.

SELF-RESTRAINT Self`-re*straint", n.

Defn: Restraint over one's self; self-control; self-command.

SELF-REVERENCE Self`-rev"er*ence, n.

Defn: A reverent respect for one's self. Tennyson.

SELF-RIGHTEOUS Self`-right"eous, a.

Defn: Righteous in one's own esteem; pharisaic.

SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS Self`-right"eous*ness, n.

Defn: The quality or state of being self-righteous; pharisaism.

SELF-SACRIFICE Self`-sac"ri*fice, n.

Defn: The act of sacrificing one's self, or one's interest, for others; self-devotion.

SELF-SACRIFICING Self`-sac"ri*fi`cing, a.

Defn: Yielding up one's own interest, ffeelings, etc; sacrificing one's self.

SELFSAME Self"same, a. Etym: [Self, a. + same.]

Defn: Precisely the same; the very same; identical. His servant was healed in the selfsame hour. Matt. viii. 13.

SELF-SATISFACTION Self`-sat`is*fac"tion, n.

Defn: The quality or state of being self-satisfied.

SELF-SATISFIED Self`-sat"is*fied, a.

Defn: Satisfied with one's self or one's actions; self-complacent.

SELF-SATISFYING Self`-sat"is*fy`ing, a.

Defn: Giving satisfaction to one's self.

SELF-SEEKER Self"-seek`er, n.

Defn: One who seeks only his own interest, advantage, or pleasure.

SELF-SEEKING Self"-seek`ing, a.

Defn: Seeking one's own interest or happiness; selfish. Arbuthnot.

SELF-SEEKING Self"-seek`ing, n.

Defn: The act or habit of seeking one's own interest or happiness; selfishness.

SELF-SLAUGHTER Self`-slaugh"ter, n.

Defn: Suicide. Shak.

SELF-STARTER Self`-start"er, n.

Defn: A mechanism (usually one operated by electricity, compressed air, a spring, or an explosive gas), attached to an internal- combustion engine, as on an automobile, and used as a means of starting the engine without cranking it by hand.

SELF-SUFFICIENCY Self`-suf*fi"cien*cy, n.

Defn: The quality or state of being self-sufficient.

SELF-SUFFICIENT Self`-suf*fi"cient, a.

1. Sufficient for one's self without external aid or coöperation. Neglect of friends can never be proved rational till we prove the person using it omnipotent and self-sufficient, and such as can never need any mortal assistance. South.

2. Having an overweening confidence in one's own abilities or worth; hence, haughty; overbearing. "A rash and self-sufficient manner." I. Watts.

SELF-SUFFICING Self`-suf*fi"cing, a.

Defn: Sufficing for one's self or for itself, without needing external aid; self-sufficient. -- Self`-suf*fi"cing*ness, n. J. C. Shairp.

SELF-SUSPENDED Self`-sus*pend"ed, a.

Defn: Suspended by one's self or by itself; balanced. Southey.

SELF-SUSPICIOUS Self`-sus*pi"cious, a.

Defn: Suspicious or distrustful of one's self. Baxter.

SELF-TAUGHT Self"-taught`, a.

Defn: Taught by one's own efforts.

SELF-TORMENTOR Self`-tor*ment"or, n.

Defn: One who torments himself.

SELF-TORTURE Self`-tor"ture, n.

Defn: The act of inflicting pain on one's self; pain inflicted on one's self.

SELF-TRUST Self"-trust`, n.

Defn: Faith in one's self; self-reliance.

SELF-UNED Self`-uned", a. Etym: [E. self + L. unus one.]

Defn: One with itself; separate from others. [Obs.] Sylvester.

SELF-VIEW Self"-view`, n.

Defn: A view if one's self; specifically, carefulness or regard for one's own interests

SELF-WILL Self`-will", n. Etym: [AS. selfwill.]

Defn: One's own will, esp. when opposed to that of others; obstinacy.

SELF-WILLED Self`-willed", a.

Defn: Governed by one's own will; not yielding to the wishes of others; obstinate.

SELF-WILLEDNESS Self`-willed"ness, n.

Defn: Obstinacy. Sir W. Scott.

SELF-WORSHIP Self"-wor`ship, n.

Defn: The idolizing of one's self; immoderate self-conceit.

SELF-WRONG Self"-wrong`, n.

Defn: Wrong done by a person himself. Shak.

SELION Sel"ion, n. Etym: [OF. seillon a measure of land, F. sillon a ridge, furrow, LL. selio a measure of land.]

Defn: A short piece of land in arable ridges and furrows, of uncertain quantity; also, a ridge of land lying between two furrows. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

SELJUKIAN Sel*juk"i*an, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to Seljuk, a Tartar chief who embraced Mohammedanism, and began the subjection of Western Asia to that faith and rule; of or pertaining to the dynasty founded by him, or the empire maintained by his descendants from the 10th to the 13th century. J. H. Newman.

SELJUKIAN; SELJUCKIAN Sel*juk"i*an, Sel*juck"i*an, n.

Defn: A member of the family of Seljuk; an adherent of that family, or subject of its government; (pl.) the dynasty of Turkish sultans sprung from Seljuk.

SELL Sell, n.

Defn: Self. [Obs. or Scot.] B. Jonson.

SELL Sell, n.

Defn: A sill. [Obs.] Chaucer.

SELL Sell, n.

Defn: A cell; a house. [Obs.] Chaucer.

SELL Sell, n. Etym: [F. selle, L. sella, akin to sedere to sit. See Sit.]

1. A saddle for a horse. [Obs.] He left his lofty steed with golden self. Spenser.

2. A throne or lofty seat. [Obs.] Fairfax.

SELL Sell, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sold; p. pr. & vb. n. Selling.] Etym: [OE. sellen, sillen, AS. sellan, syllan, to give, to deliver; akin to OS. sellian, OFries. sella, OHG. sellen, Icel. selja to hand over, to sell, Sw. sälja to sell, Dan. s, Goth. saljan to offer a sacrifice; all from a noun akin to E. sale. Cf. Sale.]

1. To transfer to another for an equivalent; to give up for a valuable consideration; to dispose of in return for something, especially for money. If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor. Matt. xix. 21. I am changed; I'll go sell all my land. Shak.

Note: Sell is corellative to buy, as one party buys what the other sells. It is distinguished usually from exchange or barter, in which one commodity is given for another; whereas in selling the consideration is usually money, or its representative in current notes.

2. To make a matter of bargain and sale of; to accept a price or reward for, as for a breach of duty, trust, or the like; to betray. You would have sold your king to slaughter. Shak.

3. To impose upon; to trick; to deceive; to make a fool of; to cheat. [Slang] Dickens. To sell one's life dearly, to cause much loss to those who take one's life, as by killing a number of one's assailants. -- To sell (anything) out, to dispose of it wholly or entirely; as, he had sold out his corn, or his interest in a business.

SELL Sell, v. i.

1. To practice selling commodities. I will buy with you, sell with you; . . . but I will not eat with you. Shak.

2. To be sold; as, corn sells at a good price. To sell out, to sell one's whole stockk in trade or one's entire interest in a property or a business.

SELL Sell, n.

Defn: An imposition; a cheat; a hoax. [Colloq.]

SELLANDERS; SELLENDERS Sel"lan*ders, Sel"len*ders, n. pl. (Far.)

Defn: See Sallenders.

SELLER Sell"er, n.

Defn: One who sells. Chaucer.

SELTERS WATER Sel"ters wa"ter.

Defn: A mineral water from Sellers, in the district of Nassan, Germany, containing much free carbonic acid.

SELTZER WATER Selt"zer wa"ter.

Defn: See Selters water.

SELTZO-GENE Selt"zo-gene, n. Etym: [Seltzer water + the root of Gr.

Defn: A gazogene.

SELVAGE; SELVEDGE Sel"vage, Sel"vedge, n. Etym: [Self + edge, i. e., its own proper edge; cf. OD. selfegge.]

1. The edge of cloth which is woven in such a manner as to prevent raveling.

2. The edge plate of a lock, through which the bolt passes. Knight.

3. (Mining.)

Defn: A layer of clay or decomposed rock along the wall of a vein. See Gouge, n., 4. Raymond.

SELVAGED; SELVEDGED Sel"vaged, Sel"vedged, a.

Defn: Having a selvage.

SELVAGEE Sel`va*gee", n. (Naut.)

Defn: A skein or hank of rope yarns wound round with yarns or marline, -- used for stoppers, straps, etc.

SELVE Selve, a.

Defn: Self; same. [Obs.] Chaucer.

SELVES Selves, n.,

Defn: pl. of Self.

SELY Se"ly, a.

Defn: Silly. [Obs.] Chaucer. Wyclif.

SEMAEOSTOMATA Se*mæ`o*stom"a*ta, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A division of Discophora having large free mouth lobes. It includes Aurelia, and Pelagia. Called also Semeostoma. See Illustr. under Discophora, and Medusa.

SEMAPHORE Sem"a*phore, n. Etym: [Gr. sémaphore.]

Defn: A signal telegraph; an apparatus for giving signals by the disposition of lanterns, flags, oscillating arms, etc.

SEMAPHORIC; SEMAPHORICAL Sem`a*phor"ic, Sem`a*phor"ic*al a. Etym: [Cf. F. sémaphorique.]

Defn: Of or pertaining to a semaphore, or semaphores; telegraphic.

SEMAPHORICALLY Sem`a*phor"ic*al*ly, adv.

Defn: By means a semaphore.

SEMAPHORIST Se*maph"o*rist, n.

Defn: One who manages or operates a semaphore.

SEMASIOLOGY Se*ma`si*ol"o*gy, n. [Gr. signification + -logy.] (Philol.)

Defn: The science of meanings or sense development (of words); the explanation of the development and changes of the meanings of words. --Se*ma`si*o*log"ic*al (#), a.

SEMATIC Se*mat"ic, a. [Gr. , , sign, token.]

Defn: Significant; ominous; serving as a warning of danger; --applied esp. to the warning colors or forms of certain animals.

SEMATOLOGY Sem`a*tol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. -logy.]

Defn: The doctrine of signs as the expression of thought or reasoning; the science of indicating thought by signs. Smart.

SEMATROPE Sem"a*trope, n. Etym: [Gr.

Defn: An instrument for signaling by reflecting the rays of the sun in different directions. Knight.