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Seasoning, sé'zn-ing. s. that which is added to || Sedentariness, séd'dén-tâ-ré-nés. s. inactivity

any thing to give it a relish

Seat, sete. s. a chair; tribunal; mansion
Seat, sete. v. a. to place on seats
Seaward, sé'wård. ad. towards the sea
Secant, sé'kânt. s. a geometrical line

Secede, sé-sééd'. v. a. to withdraw from fel-
lowship
[ing from
Secession, se-sesh'in. s. the act of withdraw-
Seclude, sé-klude'. v. a. to confine from, to
exclude

Second, sek'kund. a. next to the first
Second, sek'kund. s. one who accompanies an-
other in a duel, to direct or defend him;
the sixtieth part of a minute
Second, sek'kund. v. a. to support, to assist;
to follow in the next place
Secondary, sẻk’kun-da-rẻ. a. not primary

Sedentary, sêd'dén-tâ-rẻ. a. passed in sitting still; inactive

Sedge, sedje. s. a narrow flag

Sedgy, sêd'jè. a. overgrown with narrow flags
Sediment, sêd'é-mênt. s. that which settles at
the bottom
[tion
Sedition, sè-dish'un. s. a tumult, an insurrec-
Seditious, sé-dish'us. a. factious with tumult
Seditiousness, sé-dish'ůs-nês. s. disposition to
sedition
[tempt

duction

Seduce, sé-dise'. v. a. to draw aside, to
Seducement, sé-dùsé ́ment. s. practice of se
[a corruptor
Seducer, sé-du'sur. s. one who draws aside;
Seduction, sé-duk'shin. s. the act of seducing
Sedulity, sé-dd'lè té. s. industry
Sedulous, sêd'u-lus. a. assiduous

dustry

Secondary, sek'kun-dâ-rẻ. s. a delegate, a de-Sedulousness, séd'dů-lûs-nés. s. assiduity, in
puty
Secondly, sek'kund-le. ad. in the second place | See, see. s. the diocess of a bishop
Secondrate, sek'kund-rate. s. the second or-See, seẻ. v. a. to perceive by the eye

der in dignity or value

Secrecy, sé kré-se. s. privacy; close silence
Secret, e'krit. a. not revealed; private ;
faithful to a secret intrusted
Secret, sé'krit. s. a thing unknown
Secretariship, sek'krè-ta-re-ship. s. the office
of a secretary
[for another
Secretary, sek'kré-tâ-rẻ. s. one who writes
Secrete, sé-kréte'. v. a. to hide; to separate
Secretion, sé-kré'shin. s. separation of the
animal juices; the fluid secreted

See, sèè. int. lo! look

Seed, seed. s. the organized particle produced
by plants and animals, from which new
plants and animals are generated; progeny
Seed, seed. v. n. to grow to perfect maturity
so as to shed the seed

Seedtime, sèèd'time. s. the season of sowing
Seedling, seed'ling. s. a young plant
Seedsman, seedz'mân. s. a sower, he that
deals in seeds

Seedy, seed'è. a. abounding with seed

Becretitious, sek-ré-tish'us. a. parted by ani-Seeing, seeing. s. sight, vision mal secretion

Secretly, sé'krit-lè. ad privately

Sect, sekt. s. a body of men united in some

tenets

Sectary, sek'ta-rẻ. s. one who joins with those distinguished by some particular whims Sectator, sek-ta'tur. s. a follower, a disciple Section, sek'shun. s. the act of cutting; a part divided from the rest; a distinct part of a writing or book

Sector, sek'tür. s. a mathematical instrument Secular, sek'ku-lår. a. not spiritual, relating to affairs of the present world

Secularize, sek'ku-lä-rize. v. a. to convert to

common use

Secundine, sek'kin-dine. s. the membrane in which the embryo is wrapped

Secure, sé-kure'. a. free from fear, easy

Seeing, séé'ing. ad. since, it being so that
Seek, seek. v. a. pret. sought; part. pass.

sought. to look for; to solicit

Seeker, séék'ür. s. one who seeks, an inquirer
Seel, sèèl. v. a. to close the eyes
Seem, séèm. v. n. to appear; to have sem-

blauce

Seeming, sèèming. s. appearance
Seemingly, sèèm'ing-lè. ad. in show
Seemliness, séèm'lè-nês. s. comeliness
Seem, séèm'lé. a. decent, fit
Seen, seen. a. skilled, versed
Seer, séér. s. a prophet

Seesaw, se'saw. s. a reciprocating motion
Seesaw, se'såw. v. n. to move with a recip-
rocating motion

Seeth, seeth. v. a. to boil

Segment, seg'ment. s. a piece cut off

Secure, sé-kure'. v. a. to make certain; to Segregrate, ség'gre-gate. v. a. to set apart

make fast.

Securely, sé-kure'lè. ad. safely

Security, sé-ku're-tè. s. freedom from fear;
confidence; protection

Sedan, sé-dan', s. a kind of portable chair
Bedate, sé-date'. a. calm, serene
Sedately, sé-date'lé. ad. calmly
Bedateness, sé-date'rês. s. calmness

Segregation, ség-gré-ga'shun. s. separation [large powers

from others

Seigneurial, se-nure-ål. a. invested with
Seignior, seue'yir. s. a lord

Seigniory, sene'yor-re. s. a lordship
Seine, sene. s. a net used in fishing

Seize, sèze. v. a. to take possession of, to
grasp to lay hold of

Seizin, szin. s. the act of taking possession ;||Senile, se'nile. a belonging to old age, con

the things possessed

Seizure, se zhure. s. the action of seizing;
the thing seized
Seldom, sel'dům. ad. rarely

Select, sé-lékt'. v. a. to choose in preference
Select, sé-lêkt'. a. nicely chosen, choice
Selection, sé-lek'shun. s. the act of choosing
Self, self. pron. plur. selves. one's own per-

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Selves, selvz. the plur. of self
Semblance, sêm'blanse. s. likeness, similitude
Semble, sêm'bl. v. n. to represent
Semiannular, sem-mè ân'nů-lår. a. half round
Semibrief, sem'mé-brêf. s. a note in musick
Semicircle, sêm'me-ser-kl. s. a half circle
Semicircular, sem-mé-sér'ku-lâr. a. half round
Semicolon, sem-mé-ko'lón. s. half a colon,
a point made thus [;]
Semidiameter, sem-me-dl-âmề-tur. s. Lalf a

diameter

Semifluid, sem-me-fluid. a. imperfectly fluid
Semilunar, sem-mé-là'når. a. resembling in

form a half moon

Semimetal, sem'me-mêt-tl. s. imperfect metal Seminal, sêm'è-nål. a. belonging to seed; radical

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[corporeal pleasures Sensualist, sen'shu-al-ist. s. one devoted to Sensuality, sen-shu-ál'è-te. s. addiction to corporeal pleasures [sensual pleasures Sensualize, sen'shu-a-lize. v. a. to sink to Sensually, słushủ-al-lẻ. ad. in a sensual man

ner

Sent, sent. the part. pass. of send Sentence, sên'tense. s. determination; a short paragraph [judgment on any one Sentence, sen'tênse. v. a. to pass the last Sententious, sen-ten'shus. a. short and energetick [ing brevity Seminary, sem'è-nâ-rẻ. s. the "ground where Sententiously, sen-tên'shus-lè. ad. with strikany thing is sown to be afterwards trans-Sentient, sen'she-ênt. a. having perception planted; place of education Sentiment, sên'tè-ment. s. thought; a striking Seminifick, sem-e-nif'îk. a. productive of seed sentence in a composition Semipellucid, sem-mè-pél-lu'sîd. a. half clear, Sentinel, sen'tè-nél. imperfectly transparent [perfectly clear Sentry, sen'trẻ. Semiperspicuous, sem-me-per-spik'ů-us. a. imSemiquaver, sem'mẻ-kwa-ver. s. a note containing half the quantity of the quaver Semivowel, sem'mé-vod-fl. s. a

consonant

s. a watch; guard Separable, sep'pår-a-bl. a. possible to be dis joined from something

Separate, sep'pår-åte. v. a. to disunite, to disjoin

which has an imperfect sound of its own Separate, sep'par-ât. a. divided from Sempiternal, sem-pé-têr'nål. a. eternal Separately, sép'par-at-lé. ad. singly, dis Sempiternity, sem-pè-têr'nè-tè. s. future duratinctly [divoros tion without end [by her needle Separation, sep-pár-a'shun. a. disjunction; Sempstress, sêm'stres s. a woman who lives Sept, sept. s. a clan, a race, a generation Seuary, sen'na-ré. a. belonging to the num.-September, sep-têm'bår. s. the ninth month

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Send, send. v. a. to despatch; to emit; to
Senescence, se-nes'sense. s. decay by time
Seneschal, sen'nes-kal.e. a sort of steward

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Septilateral, sép-tè-lât'ter-âl. a. having seven | Serve, serv. v. a. to attend at command; to sides

Septuagesimal, sep-tshù-â-jês'sẻ-mál. a. con-
sisting of seventy

Septuagint, sep'tsh-a-jint. s. the old Greek
version of the Old Testament, supposed the
work of seventy-two interpreters
Septuple, sep'tu-pl. a. seven times as much
Sepulchral, se-pal'krål. a. relating to burial
Sepulchre, sep pul-kur. s. a grave, a tomb
Sepulchre, sé-pul'kur. v. a. to bury, to entomb
Sepulture, sep pul-ture. s. interment, burial
Sequacious, sé-kwa'shus. a. following; pliant
Sequacity, se-kwas'è-tè. s. ductility, toughness
Sequel, sé'kwel. s. conclusion

Sequence, sekwense. s. order of succession
Sequent, sé'kwent. a. following
Sequester, sé-kwês'tur. v. a. to put aside, to
deprive of possessions

supply with any thing; to promote
Service, ser'vis. s. office of a servant ; profes-
sion of respect; obedience; military duty;
use; advantage; course, order of dishes
Serviceable, sér'vis-a-bl. a. active; useful
Serviceableness, sér'vis-à-bl-nês. s. activity;
usefulness

Servile, servil. a. slavish, mean
Servilely, ser'vil-lé. ad. meanly
Servility, ser vil'è-té. s. slavishness
Servitor, ser've-tur. s. attendant; one of the
lowest order in the university

Servitude, sér'vè-túde. s. slavery, dependence.

state of a servant Sess, sês. s. rate, tax

Session, sêsh'un. s. the act of sitting; an assembly of magistrates or senators

Set, set. v. a. pret. set. part. pass. set. tɔ
place; to fix; to adjust, to plant; to em-,
barrass

Sequestrable, sé-kwes'trå-bl. a. capable of
separation
Sequestration, sek-wês-tra'shun. 8. separa-Set, sêt. part. a. regular, not lax
tion; deprivation of profits

Seraglio, se-ral'yo. s. a house of women kept
for debauchery

Seraph, sér'râf. s. one of the orders of angels
Seraphical, se-raťˇfè-kål.
a. angelical
Seraphic, sé-raf'fik.

Seraphim, sér'ra-fim. s. angels of one of the
Sere, sère. a. dry, withered [heavenly orders
Serenade, ser-e-nåde'. s. musick with which
ladies are entertained by their lovers in the
night
[nocturnal musick
Serenade, sêr-e-nåde'. v. a. to entertain with
Serene, sé-rène'. a. calm, placid

Serenely, sé-réne'lè. ad. calmly, quietly
Serenity, sê-rên'né-tè. s. calmness

Serge, serdjes. a kind of cloth

Set, sêt. s. a number of things suited to each
other

Setaceous, se-ta'shus. a. bristly
Seton, se'tn. s. an issue in the neck
Settee, set-tée'. s. a long seat with a back
Setter, sêt'tur. s. one who sets; a dog
Settle, set'tl. s. a bench

Settle, set'tl. v. a. to fix; to establish; to
determine; to compose

Settle, set'tl. v. n. to subside; to lose motion or fermentation; to establish a domestick state; to make a jointure for a wife Settlement; set'tl-ment. s. a jointure granted to a wife; subsidence; act of quitting a roving for a domestick life; a colony, a place where a colony is established

Sergeant, sár'jant. s. a petty officer in the ar-Seven, sev'vn. a. four and three
my; a lawyer of the highest rank under
judge

a Sevenfold, sev'vn-fold. a. repeated seven

Series, sé'ré-éz. s. sequence; succession
Serious, se re-us. a. grave, solemn
Seriously, sé're-is-lè. ad. gravely, solemnly
Seriousness, sé'ré-us-nés. 8. gravity, solem-
nity

Sermon, ser'mun. s. a yous discourse

times

Sevennight, sen'nft. s. a week

Seventeen, sev'vn-tèèn. a. seven and ten
Seventh, sev'vnth. a. the ordinal of seven
Seventhly, sev'vnth-lè. ad. in the seventh
place

Seventy, sev'vn-tè. a. seven times ten Sermonize, ser'mun-ize. v. n. to preach or Sever, sev'vůr. v. a. to part by violence; to

give instruction in a formal manner Serous, sé'rus. a. thin, watery

Serpent, serpent. s. an animal that moves by undulation without legs

disunite

Several, sev'ir-il. a. distinct; divers, many Severally, sev'ûr-ål-é. ad. distinctly [serpent Severe, sé-vère'. a. sharp; cruel; rigid Serpentine, ser pén-tine. a. winding like a Severely, sé-vère'le, ad. painfully, afflictively Serpiginous, sér-pîd'jè-nus. a. diseased with Severity, sè-vér'ê-tè. s. cruel treatment; ri

a serpigo

[tetter

Serpigo, sér-plgo, or ser-pè'gò. s. a kind of
Serrate, ser'rate.
Serrated, ser'rå-têd. (
like the edge of a saw

a. formed with jags

gour

[a needle

Sew, so. v. a. to join by threads drawn with
Sewer, so'ur. s. he or she that uses a needle
Sewer, shore. s. a passage for foul or useless

water

Servant, ser-vant. s. one who attends another Sex, seks. s. the property by which any ani.

and acts at his command

mal is male or female

Sexagenary, seks-åd'jễn-âr-é. a. aged sixty ||Shamelessly, shame'lés-lè. ad. impudently, au

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Sextile, sêke'til. a. at the distance of sixty
degrees

Sexton, ks'tun. s. an officer of the church
Sextuple, seks'tu-pl. a. sixfold

Shabbily, shab'bé-lè. ad. meanly, despicably
Shabbiness, shab'bé-nês. s. meanness
Shabby, shab'be. a. mean, paltry
Shackle, shak'kl. v. a. to chain, to fetter
Shackles, shak'klz. s. fetters, chains
Shade, shade. B. obscurity; screen; umbrage,
shelter; a colour; a spirit

Shade, shade. v. a. to cover from the light or
heat; to shelter

Shadiness, sha'dé-nês. s. umbrageousness
Shadow, shad'do. s. shade; dark part of a
picture; faint representation; type
Shadow, shad'do. v. a. to cloud; to screen;
to represent typically
Shady, sha'de. a. full of shade

daciously, without shame

Shank, shangk. s. that part of the leg which
reaches from the ancle to the knee

Shape, shape. v. a. to form, to mould
Shape, shape. s. form; make; idea
Shapeless, shape'lés. a. wanting regularity

of form

Shapeliness, shape'le-nes. s. proportion of form
Shapely, shape'lè. a. well formed
Shard, shård. s. a fragment of an earthen
vessel; a plant; a sort of fish
Share, share. v. a. to divide; to cut
Share shåre. s. part, dividend

Sharer, sha'rur, s. one who divides; one whe
participates
[greedy artful fellow
Shark, shark. s. a voracious sea-fish; a
Sharp, sharp. a. keen, piercing; inventive,

quick; shrill; sarcastick; hungry; pain
ful; vigilant; piercing

Sharpen, shår'pn. v. a. to make keen; to edge, to point

Sharper, sharp'ur. s. a petty thief Sharply, sharp'lè. ad. severely; keenly; acutely Lingenuity Sharpness, sharp'nês. s. keenness; sourness; Sharp-set, sharp-set'. a. eager, vehemently desirous [sight Sharp-sighted, sharp-sl'têd. a. having quick Shaft, shaft. s. an arrow; a deep perpendicu-Shatter, shât'tur. v. a. to break into many

lar pit; the spire of a church

[cloth

pieces; to dissipate

Shag, shag. s. rough woolly hair; a kind of Shave, shave. v. a. pret. shaved; part. pass.

Shagged, shagged.a. hairy; rough, rugged
Shaggy, shag'ge.

Shagreen, sha-green'. s. the skin of a kind of
fish; or skin made rough in imitation of it
Shake, shake. v. a. pret. shook; part. pass.||
thaken, or shook. to put into a vibrating
motion; to make to totter or tremble; to
make afraid

Shake, bake. v. n. to tremble; to be in terror
Shake, shake. s. concussion; motion given
and received

Shalloon, shal-188n'. s. a slight woollen stuff
Shallop, shal'lip. s. a small boat

Shallow, shal'lo. a. not deep; futile, silly
Shallow, shal'lo. s. a shelf, a shoal
Shallowness, shal'lò-nês. s. want of depth;
want of thought

Sham, sham. v. n. to trick, to cheat
Sham, sham. s. fraud, trick, imposture
Sham, sham. a. false, counterfeit
Shambles, sham'blz. s. a butchery
Shambling, sham'bl-ing. a. moving awkward-
ly and irregularly

Shame, shame. s. disgrace, ignominy
Shame, shame. v. a. to disgrace
Shamefaced, shame'fåste. a. modest, bashful
Shameful, shame'fil. a. disgraceful
Shamefully, shame'ful-è. ad. disgracefully
Shameless, shame'lês. a. impudent

shaved or shaven. to pare off with a razor; to cut in thin slices [art of shaving Shaver, sha'vůr. s. a man that practises the Shaving, sha'ving. s. a thin slice pared of from any body

She, shéé. pron. the female pronoun demon
strative; the woman before mentioned
Sheaf, shefe. s. a bundle of stalks of cor
bound together

Shear, shère. v. a. pret. shore or sheared
part. pass. shorn. to clip or cut
Shears, sherz. s. an instrument to cut, con
sisting of two blades moving on a pin
Sheath, sheth. s. the scabbard of a weapon
Sheath, sheth. v. a. to enclose in a sheath
Sheathe,

Shed, shed. v. a. to effuse, to spill

Shed, shed. s. a slight temporary covering
Sheen, sheen. s. brightness, splendour
Sheep, sheep. s. the animal that bears wool
Sheepcot, sheep'kôt. s. a little enclosure for
sheep
[sheep are enclosed
Sheepfold, sheep'fold. s. the place where
Sheepish, sheep'ish. a. bashful; diffident
Sheepishness, sheep'ish-nés. s. bashfulness
Sheepshearing, sheep'shèèr-ing. s. the time of
shearing sheep
[look

Sheep's-eye, sheeps-l'. s. a modest diffident
Sheepwalk, sheep'wawk. s. pasture for sheep

Sheer, shere. a. pure, clear
Sheet, sheet. s. linen of a bed; sail; as much
paper as is made in one body; any thing
expanded
Shekel, shek'kl. s. a Jewish coin, in value
about two shillings and sixpence
Shelf, shelf. s a board fixed against a support-Shive, shive. s. a slice, a thick splinter

Shipwreck, ship'rek. v. a. to destroy by
dashing on rocks or shallows
Shipwright, ship'rite. s. a builder of ships
Shire, shère. s. a county

er, so that any thing may be placed upon
it; a sand bank in the sea, a rock under
shallow water

[man

Shirt, shurt. s. the under linen garment of a
Shirtless, shirt'less. a. wanting a shirt

Shiver, shiv'ur. v. n. to quake, to tremble Shiver, shiv'ůr. s. one fragment of many into which any thing is broken

Shell, shel. s. the hard covering of any thing, Shoal, shole, s. a crowd, a sand bank
the external crust

Shell, shel. v. a. to take out of the shell
Shell-fish, shel'fish. s. fish invested with a hard

covering

Shoal, shole. a. shallow, obstructed wit banks

Shoaly, sho'lè. a. full of shoals

Shock, shok. s. concussion, external violence;
offence; a pile of sheaves of corn
Shock, shok. v. a. to shake by violence; to
offend, to disgust

Shelly, shel'le. a. abounding with shells
Shelter, shel'tur. s. a cover from any external
injury or violence; security
Shelter, shel'tur. v. a. to defend, to protect
Shelving, shelving. a. sloping, inclining
Shepherd, shep'púrd. s. one who tends
sheep
[tends sheep
Shepherdess, shap'pår-dês. s. a woman that
Sherbet, sher-bet'. s. the juice of lemons or
oranges mixed with water and sugar
Sheru, sherd. s. the fragment of broken
earthenware
Sheriff, sherif. s. an officer to whom is in-Shook, shook. the pret. of shake

Shod, shod. the pret. and part. pass. of to shoe
Shoe, shoỏ. s. the cover of the foot
Shoe, shoỏ, v. a. pret. I shod;

part. pass.

shod. to fit the foot with a shoe
Shoeboy, shoo'boè. s. a boy that cleans shoes
Shoemaker, shỏỏ'må-kůr. s. one who makes
shoes

Shog, shog. s. violent concussion
Shone, shon. the pret. of shine

shotten. to discharge from a bow or gun; to let off; to emit

trusted in each county the execution of thShoot, shổỏi. v. a. pret. shot; part. shot or laws [jurisdiction of a sheriff Sherifalty, shar'if-ål-té. s. the office or Sherry, sher'ré. s. a kind of Spanish wine Shew. See show

Shield, shééld. s. a buckler; defence
Shield, shééld. v. a. to defend, to protect
Shift, shift. v. a. to change, to alter; to
transfer

live

Shift, shift. s. expedient; last resource; arti-
fice; evasion; a woman's linen
Shifter, shift år. s. a man of artifice
Shiftless, shift'les. a. wanting means to act or
[twelve pence
Shilling, shil'ling. s. a silver coin, value
Shily, shllé. ad. not frankly
Shin, shin. s. the forepart of the leg
Shine, shine. V. n. pret. I shone, I have
shone; sometimes I shined, I have shined.
to glitter; to be splendid; to be propi-

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Shoot, shoot. v. n. to germinate, to feel a
quick pain
[main stock
Shoot, shoot. s. a branch issuing from the
Shooter, shoot år. s. one that shoots
Shop, shop. s. a place for sale or work
Shopboard, shop'bord. s. bench on which any
work is done

Shopkeeper, shop'kéép-ůr. s. a trader who
sells in a shop
[a shop
Shopman, shop'man. s. one who serves in
Shore, shore. s. the coast of the sea; the bank
of a river; a buttress

Shore, shore. v. a. to prop, to support
Shoreless, shore'lés. a. having no coast
Shorn, shorne. the part. pass. of shear
Short, short. a. nót long; defective; scanty;
brittle

Short, short. ad. not long
[tract
Shorten, shor'tn. v. a. to make short, to con-
Shorthand, short'hånd. s. a method of wri
ting in compendious characters
Shortly, short'le. ad. quickly, briefly
Shortness, short'nés. s. the quality of being
[see far

short

Shortsighted, short-si'ted. a. unable to Shot, shot. the pret. and part. pass. of shoot Shot, shot. s. the flight of a shot; the small pellets for the charge of a gun; a sun charged, a reckoning

Shotten, shot'tn. a. having ejected the spawn

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