Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S - Page 3
Sacred (a.) Solemnly devoted, in a bad sense, as to evil, vengeance, curse, or the like; accursed; baleful. [Archaic]
But, to destruction sacred and devote. -- Milton.
Society of the Sacred Heart (R.C. Ch.), A religious order of women, founded in France in 1800, and approved in 1826.
It was introduced into America in 1817. The members of the order devote themselves to the higher branches of female education.
Sacred baboon. (Zool.) See Hamadryas.
Sacred bean (Bot.), A seed of the Oriental lotus ({Nelumbo speciosa or Nelumbium speciosum), a plant resembling a water lily; also, the plant itself. See Lotus.
Sacred beetle (Zool.) See Scarab.
Sacred canon. See Canon, n., 3.
Sacred fish (Zool.), Any one of numerous species of fresh-water African fishes of the family Mormyridae.
Several large species inhabit the Nile and were considered sacred by the ancient Egyptians; especially Mormyrus oxyrhynchus.
Sacred ibis. See Ibis.
Sacred monkey. (Zool.) Any Asiatic monkey of the genus Semnopithecus, regarded as sacred by the Hindoos; especially, the entellus. See Entellus.
Sacred monkey. (Zool.) The sacred baboon. See Hamadryas.
Sacred monkey. (Zool.) The bhunder, or rhesus monkey.
Sacred place (Civil Law), The place where a deceased person is buried.
Syn: Holy; divine; hallowed; consecrated; dedicated; devoted; religious; venerable; reverend. -- Sa"cred*ly, adv. -- Sa"cred*ness, n. Sacrific
Sacred (a.) Concerned with religion or religious purposes; "sacred texts"; "sacred rites"; "sacred music" [ant: profane, secular].
Sacred (a.) Worthy of respect or dedication; "saw motherhood as woman's sacred calling".
Sacred (a.) Made or declared or believed to be holy; devoted to a deity or some religious ceremony or use; "a consecrated church"; "the sacred mosque"; "sacred elephants"; "sacred bread and wine"; "sanctified wine" [syn: consecrated, sacred, sanctified].
Sacred (a.) Worthy of religious veneration; "the sacred name of Jesus"; "Jerusalem's hallowed soil" [syn: hallowed, sacred].
Sacred (a.) (Often followed by `to') Devoted exclusively to a single use or purpose or person; "a fund sacred to charity"; "a morning hour sacred to study"; "a private office sacred to the President".
SACRED, () Securely Available CREDential (RFC 3760)
Sacred (a.) Reserved for the exclusive use of something (an extension of the standardmeaning). Often means that anyone may look at the sacred object, but clobbering it will screw whatever it is sacred to. The comment ?Register 7 is sacred to the interrupt handler? appearing in a program would be interpreted by a hacker to mean that if any other part of the program changes the contents of register 7, dire consequences are likely to ensue.
Sacred. () Reserved for exclusive use by something. The term might mean only writable by whatever it is sacred to.
For example, "Register 7 is sacred to the interrupt handler" would mean that if any other code changed the contents of register 7, dire consequences would ensue. [{Jargon File] (2002-12-30)
Sacred. (a.) Dedicated to some religious purpose; having a divine character; inspiring solemn thoughts or emotions; as, the Dalai Lama of Thibet; the Moogum of M'bwango; the temple of Apes in Ceylon; the Cow in India; the Crocodile, the Cat and the Onion of ancient Egypt; the Mufti of Moosh; the hair of the dog that bit Noah, etc.
All things are either sacred or profane.
The former to ecclesiasts bring gain; The latter to the devil appertain. Dumbo Omohundro
Sacrific (a.) Alt. of Sacrifical
Sacrifical (a.) Employed in sacrifice. [R.] -- Johnson.
Sacrificable (a.) Capable of being offered in sacrifice. [R.] -- Sir T. Browne.
Sacrificant (n.) One who offers a sacrifice. [R.]
Sacrificator (n.) A sacrificer; one who offers a sacrifice. [R.] -- Sir T. Browne.
Sacrificatory (n.) Offering sacrifice. [R.] -- Sherwood.
Sacrifice (n.) 犧牲，供俸，祭品 The offering of anything to God, or to a god; consecratory rite.
Great pomp, and sacrifice, and praises loud, To Dagon. -- Milton.
Sacrifice (n.) Anything consecrated and offered to God, or to a divinity; an immolated victim, or an offering of any kind, laid upon an altar, or otherwise presented in the way of religious thanksgiving, atonement, or conciliation.
Moloch, horrid king, besmeared with blood Of human sacrifice. -- Milton.
My life, if thou preserv'st my life, Thy sacrifice shall be. -- Addison.
Sacrifice (n.) Destruction or surrender of anything for the sake of something else; devotion of some desirable object in behalf of a higher object, or to a claim deemed more pressing; hence, also, the thing so devoted or given up; as, the sacrifice of interest to pleasure, or of pleasure to interest.
Sacrifice (n.) A sale at a price less than the cost or the actual value. [Tradesmen's Cant]
Burnt sacrifice. See Burnt offering, under Burnt.
Sacrifice hit (Baseball), In batting, a hit of such a kind that the batter loses his chance of tallying, but enables one or more who are on bases to get home or gain a base.
Sacrificed (imp. & p. p.) of Sacrifice
Sacrificing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sacrifice
Sacrifice (v. t.) 犧牲，祭祀，賤賣 To make an offering of; to consecrate or present to a divinity by way of expiation or propitiation, or as a token acknowledgment or thanksgiving; to immolate on the altar of God, in order to atone for sin, to procure favor, or to express thankfulness; as, to sacrifice an ox or a sheep.
Oft sacrificing bullock, lamb, or kid. -- Milton.
Sacrifice (v. t.) Hence, to destroy, surrender, or suffer to be lost, for the sake of obtaining something; to give up in favor of a higher or more imperative object or duty; to devote, with loss or suffering.
Condemned to sacrifice his childish years To babbling ignorance, and to empty fears. -- Prior.
The Baronet had sacrificed a large sum . . . for the sake of . . . making this boy his heir. -- G. Eliot.
Sacrifice (v. t.) To destroy; to kill. -- Johnson.
Sacrifice (v. t.) To sell at a price less than the cost or the actual value. [Tradesmen's Cant]
Sacrifice (v. i.) 獻祭 To make offerings to God, or to a deity, of things consumed on the altar; to offer sacrifice.
O teacher, some great mischief hath befallen To that meek man, who well had sacrificed. -- Milton.
Sacrifice (n.) The act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc. [syn: {forfeit}, {forfeiture}, {sacrifice}].
Sacrifice (n.) Personnel that are sacrificed (e.g., surrendered or lost in order to gain an objective).
Sacrifice (n.) A loss entailed by giving up or selling something at less than its value; "he had to sell his car at a considerable sacrifice".
Sacrifice (n.) The act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity [syn: {sacrifice}, {ritual killing}].
Sacrifice (n.) (Baseball) An out that advances the base runners.
Sacrifice (v.) Endure the loss of; "He gave his life for his children"; "I gave two sons to the war" [syn: {sacrifice}, {give}].
Sacrifice (v.) Kill or destroy; "The animals were sacrificed after the experiment"; "The general had to sacrifice several soldiers to save the regiment".
Sacrifice (v.) Sell at a loss.
Sacrifice (v.) Make a sacrifice of; in religious rituals.
Sacrifice, () The offering up of sacrifices is to be regarded as a divine institution. It did not originate with man. God himself appointed it as the mode in which acceptable worship was to be offered to him by guilty man. The language and the idea of sacrifice pervade the whole Bible.
Sacrifices were offered in the ante-diluvian age. The Lord clothed Adam and Eve with the skins of animals, which in all probability had been offered in sacrifice (Gen. 3:21). Abel offered a sacrifice "of the firstlings of his flock" (4:4; Heb. 11:4). A distinction also was made between clean and unclean animals, which there is every reason to believe had reference to the offering up of sacrifices (Gen. 7:2, 8), because animals were not given to man as food till after the Flood.
The same practice is continued down through the patriarchal age (Gen. 8:20; 12:7; 13:4, 18; 15:9-11; 22:1-18, etc.). In the Mosaic period of Old Testament history definite laws were prescribed by God regarding the different kinds of sacrifices that were to be offered and the manner in which the offering was to be made. The offering of stated sacrifices became indeed a prominent and distinctive feature of the whole period (Ex. 12:3-27; Lev. 23:5-8; Num. 9:2-14). (See ALTAR.)
We learn from the Epistle to the Hebrews that sacrifices had in themselves no value or efficacy. They were only the "shadow of good things to come," and pointed the worshippers forward to the coming of the great High Priest, who, in the fullness of the time, "was offered once for all to bear the sin of many."
Sacrifices belonged to a temporary economy, to a system of types and emblems which served their purposes and have now passed away. The "one sacrifice for sins" hath "perfected for ever them that are sanctified."
Sacrifices were of two kinds: 1. Unbloody, such as (1) first-fruits and tithes; (2) meat and drink-offerings; and (3) incense. 2. Bloody, such as (1) burnt-offerings; (2) peace-offerings; and (3) sin and trespass offerings. (See OFFERINGS.)
Sacrificer (n.) One who sacrifices.
Sacrificer (n.) A religious person who offers up a sacrifice.
Sacrificial (a.) Of or pertaining to sacrifice or sacrifices; consisting in sacrifice; performing sacrifice. "Sacrificial rites." -- Jer. Taylor.
Sacrificial (a.) Used in or connected with a sacrifice; "sacrificial lamb".
Sacrilege (n.) The sin or crime of violating or profaning sacred things; the alienating to laymen, or to common purposes, what has been appropriated or consecrated to religious persons or uses.
And the hid treasures in her sacred tomb With sacrilege to dig. -- Spenser.
Families raised upon the ruins of churches, and enriched with the spoils of sacrilege. -- South.
Sacrilege (n.) An intentional injury to anything held sacred; disrespectful treatment of something sacred.
Sacrilege (n.) Blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character. Desecration of the Holy Sabbath. " [syn: {profanation}, {desecration}, {blasphemy}, {sacrilege}].
Sacrilegious (a.) 褻瀆神明的；該受天譴的 Violating sacred things; polluted with sacrilege; involving sacrilege; profane; impious.
Above the reach of sacrilegious hands. -- Pope. -- Sac`ri*le"gious*ly, adv. -- Sac`ri*le"gious*ness, n.
Sacrilegious (a.) Grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred; "blasphemous rites of a witches' Sabbath"; "profane utterances against the Church"; "it is sacrilegious to enter with shoes on" [syn: blasphemous, profane, sacrilegious].
Sacrilegist (n.) One guilty of sacrilege.
Sacring (a. & n.) from Sacre.
Sacring bell. See Sanctus bell, under Sanctus.
Sacrist (n.) （教堂的）聖具保管者 A sacristan; also, a person retained in a cathedral to copy out music for the choir, and take care of the books.
Sacristan (n.) （天主教）教堂聖器收藏室管理人；教堂看守人 An officer of the church who has the care of the utensils or movables, and of the church in general; a sexton.
Sacristan (n.) An officer of the church who is in charge of sacred objects [syn: sexton, sacristan].
Sacristies (n. pl. ) of Sacristy
Sacristy (n.) 教堂內祭衣及聖器收藏室 An apartment in a church where the sacred utensils, vestments, etc., are kept; a vestry.
Sacristy (n.) A room in a church where sacred vessels and vestments are kept or meetings are held [syn: vestry, sacristy].
Sacro- () (Anat.) A combining form denoting connection with, or relation to, the sacrum, as in sacro-coccygeal, sacro-iliac, sacrosciatic.
Sacrosanct (a.) 極神聖的；不可侵犯的 Sacred; inviolable. [R.] -- Dr. H. More.
Sacrosanct (a.) Must be kept sacred [syn: inviolable, inviolate, sacrosanct].
Sacrosciatic (a.) (Anat.) 【解剖學】骶骨和坐骨的 Of or pertaining to both the sacrum and the hip; as, the sacrosciatic foramina formed by the sacrosciatic ligaments which connect the sacrum and the hip bone.
Sacrospinalis (n.) 薦椎棘肌；薦棘肌；胝棘肌 A muscle that extends the length of the back and neck, that arises from the iliac crest, the sacrum, and the lumbar and two lower thoracic vertebrae, and that splits in the upper lumbar region into three divisions of which the lateral is made up of the three iliocostalis muscles, the intermediate is made up of the three longissimus muscles, and the medial is made up of the three spinalis muscles. -- called also Erector spinae.
Compare: Erector spinae
Erector spinae (n.) 豎棘肌；腰背肌；豎脊肌 A deep muscle of the back; it arises from a tendon attached to the crest along the centre of the sacrum (the part of the backbone at the level of the pelvis, formed of five vertebrae fused together). When it reaches the level of the small of the back, the erector divides into three columns, each of which has three parts. The muscle system extends the length of the back and functions to straighten the back and to rotate it to one side or the other.
Sacrovertebral (a.) [醫] 骶骨椎骨的 Of or pertaining to the sacrum and that part of the vertebral column immediately anterior to it; as, the sacrovertebral angle.
Sacra (n. pl. ) of Sacrum
Sacrum (n.) (Anat.) 【解】薦骨 That part of the vertebral column which is directly connected with, or forms a part of, the pelvis.
Note: It may consist of a single vertebra or of several more or less consolidated. In man it forms the dorsal, or posterior, wall of the pelvis, and consists of five united vertebrae, which diminish in size very rapidly to the posterior extremity, which bears the coccyx.
Sacrum (n.) Wedge-shaped bone consisting of five fused vertebrae forming the posterior part of the pelvis; its base connects with the lowest lumbar vertebra and its tip with the coccyx.
Sacs (n. pl.) (sing. Sac.) (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians, which, together with the Foxes, formerly occupied the region about Green Bay, Wisconsin. [Written also Sauks.]
Sad (v. t.) To make sorrowful; to sadden. [Obs.]
How it sadded the minister's spirits! -- H. Peters.
SAD (n.) Seasonal affective disorder. [Acron.]
Sad (a.) Sated; satisfied; weary; tired. [Obs.]
Yet of that art they can not waxen sad, For unto them it is a bitter sweet. -- Chaucer.
Sad (a.) Heavy; weighty; ponderous; close; hard. [Obs., except in a few phrases; as, sad bread.]
His hand, more sad than lump of lead. -- Spenser.
Chalky lands are naturally cold and sad. -- Mortimer.
Sad (a.) Dull; grave; dark; somber; -- said of colors. "Sad-colored clothes." -- Walton.
Woad, or wade, is used by the dyers to lay the foundation of all sad colors. -- Mortimer.
Sad (a.) Serious; grave; sober; steadfast; not light or frivolous. [Obs.] "Ripe and sad courage." -- Chaucer.
Lady Catharine, a sad and religious woman. -- Bacon.
Which treaty was wisely handled by sad and discrete counsel of both parties. -- Ld. Berners.
Sad (a.) Affected with grief or unhappiness; cast down with affliction; downcast; gloomy; mournful.
First were we sad, fearing you would not come; Now sadder, that you come so unprovided. -- Shak.
The angelic guards ascended, mute and sad. -- Milton.
Sad (a.) Afflictive; calamitous; causing sorrow; as, a sad accident; a sad misfortune.
Sad (a.) Hence, bad; naughty; troublesome; wicked.
[Colloq.] "Sad tipsy fellows, both of them." -- I. Taylor.
Note: Sad is sometimes used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, sad-colored, sad-eyed, sad-hearted, sad-looking, and the like.
Sad bread, Heavy bread. [Scot. & Local, U.S.] -- Bartlett.
Syn: Sorrowful; mournful; gloomy; dejected; depressed; cheerless; downcast; sedate; serious; grave; grievous; afflictive; calamitous.
Sad (a.) Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness; "feeling sad because his dog had died"; "Better by far that you should forget and smile / Than that you should remember and be sad"- Christina Rossetti [ant: glad].
Sad (a.) Of things that make you feel sad; "sad news"; "she doesn't like sad movies"; "it was a very sad story"; "When I am dead, my dearest, / Sing no sad songs for me" -- Christina Rossetti
Sad (a.) Bad; unfortunate; "my finances were in a deplorable state"; "a lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad shape"; "a sorry state of affairs" [syn: deplorable, distressing, lamentable, pitiful, sad, sorry].
SAD () Security Association Database (SA, IPSec)
SAD () Serial Analog Delay
Systems Analysis Definition
SAD (SAD) The analysis of the role of a proposed system and the identification of the requirements that it should meet. SAD is the starting point for system design. The term is most commonly used in the context of commercial programming, where software developers are often classed as either systems analysts or programmers. The systems analysts are responsible for identifying requirements (i.e. systems analysis) and producing a design. The programmers are then responsible for implementing it. (1996-03-07)
Sadda (n.) A work in the Persian tongue, being a summary of the Zend-Avesta, or sacred books.
Saddened (imp. & p. p.) of Sadden
Saddening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sadden
Sadden (v. t.) To make sad. Specifically:
Sadden (v. t.) To render heavy or cohesive. [Obs.]
Marl is binding, and saddening of land is the great prejudice it doth to clay lands. -- Mortimer.
Sadden (v. t.) To make dull- or sad-colored, as cloth.
Sadden (v. t.) To make grave or serious; to make melancholy or sorrowful.
Her gloomy presence saddens all the scene. -- Pope.
Sadden (v. i.) To become, or be made, sad. -- Tennyson.
Sadden (v.) Make unhappy; "The news of her death saddened me" [ant: gladden, joy].
Sadden (v.) Come to feel sad [ant: gladden].
Sadder (n.) Same as Sadda.
Saddle (n.) A seat for a rider, -- usually made of leather, padded to span comfortably a horse's back, furnished with stirrups for the rider's feet to rest in, and fastened in place with a girth; also, a seat for the rider on a bicycle or tricycle.
Saddle (n.) A padded part of a harness which is worn on a horse's back, being fastened in place with a girth. It serves various purposes, as to keep the breeching in place, carry guides for the reins, etc.
Saddle (n.) A piece of meat containing a part of the backbone of an animal with the ribs on each side; as, a saddle of mutton, of venison, etc.
Saddle (n.) (Naut.) A block of wood, usually fastened to some spar, and shaped to receive the end of another spar.
Saddle (n.) (Mach.) A part, as a flange, which is hollowed out to fit upon a convex surface and serve as a means of attachment or support.
Saddle (n.) (Zool.) The clitellus of an earthworm.
Saddle (n.) (Arch.) The threshold of a door, when a separate piece from the floor or landing; -- so called because it spans and covers the joint between two floors.
Saddle (n.) (Phys. Geog.) A ridge connected two higher elevations; a low point in the crest line of a ridge; a col.
Saddle (n.) (Mining) A formation of gold-bearing quartz occurring along the crest of an anticlinal fold, esp. in Australia.
Saddle bar (Arch.), One the small iron bars to which the lead panels of a glazed window are secured. -- Oxf. Gloss.
Saddle gall (Far.), A sore or gall upon a horse's back, made by the saddle.
Saddle girth, A band passing round the body of a horse to hold the saddle in its place.
Saddle horse, A horse suitable or trained for riding with a saddle.
Saddle joint, In sheet-metal roofing, a joint formed by bending up the edge of a sheet and folding it downward over the turned-up edge of the next sheet.
Saddle roof, (Arch.), A roof having two gables and one ridge; -- said of such a roof when used in places where a different form is more common; as, a tower surmounted by a saddle roof. Called also saddleback roof.
Saddle shell (Zool.), Any thin plicated bivalve shell of the genera Placuna and Anomia; -- so called from its shape. Called also saddle oyster.
Saddle (n.) A seat for the rider of a horse or camel.
Saddle (n.) A pass or ridge that slopes gently between two peaks (is shaped like a saddle) [syn: saddleback, saddle].
Saddle (n.) Cut of meat (especially mutton or lamb) consisting of part of the backbone and both loins.
Saddle (n.) A piece of leather across the instep of a shoe.
Saddle (n.) A seat for the rider of a bicycle [syn: bicycle seat, saddle].
Saddle (n.) Posterior part of the back of a domestic fowl
Saddle (v.) Put a saddle on; "saddle the horses" [ant: offsaddle, unsaddle].
Saddle (v.) Load or burden; encumber; "he saddled me with that heavy responsibility".
Saddle (v.) Impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to; "He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend" [syn: charge, saddle, burden].
Saddle (n.) (Seat) (C2) [ C ] 馬鞍；（腳踏車、機車等的）座墊，鞍座 A seat, often made of leather, used on a horse, bicycle, motorcycle, etc..
// He swung himself into the saddle and rode off.
See also Sidesaddle (n.) [ C ], (adv.) (on) （舊時的）女式馬鞍，偏座鞍；偏坐在馬鞍上，在偏座鞍上 A saddle used especially in the past by women, on which the rider sits with both legs on the same side of the horse.
// The Queen rode sidesaddle when she inspected the soldiers.
In the saddle 騎馬 Riding a horse.
In the saddle 掌握，控制 In charge or in control.
// The chairman is back in the saddle after his heart attack.
Saddle (n.) (Meat) [ C or U ] （動物的）脊肉 A large piece of meat taken from the middle of the back of an animal.
// Saddle of lamb.
Saddle (v.) [ T ] (C2) 給（馬）套上馬鞍 To put a saddle on a horse.
// She saddled (up) the horse for her friend.
Phrasal verb: Saddle sb with sth (Informal)
Saddle sb with sth (Informal) (-- phrasal verb with Saddle) (v.) [ T ] (C2) 使（某人）負擔，使（某人）承擔（重任或難題） To give someone a responsibility or problem that they do not want and that will cause them a lot of work or difficulty.
// The company is saddled with debt.
Saddled (imp. & p. p.) of Saddle
Saddling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Saddle
Saddle (v. t.) To put a saddle upon; to equip (a beast) for riding. "saddle my horse." -- Shak.
Abraham rose up early, . . . and saddled his ass. -- Gen. xxii. 3.
Saddle (v. t.) Hence: To fix as a charge or burden upon; to load; to encumber; as, to saddle a town with the expense of bridges and highways.
Saddleback (a.) Same as Saddle-backed.
Saddleback roof. (Arch.) See Saddle roof, under Saddle.
Saddleback (n.) Anything saddle-backed; esp., a hill or ridge having a concave outline at the top.
Saddleback (n.) (Zool.) The harp seal.
Saddleback (n.) (Zool.) The great blackbacked gull ({Larus marinus).
Saddleback (n.) (Zool.) The larva of a bombycid moth ({Empretia stimulea) which has a large, bright green, saddle-shaped patch of color on the back.
Saddleback (n.) A pass or ridge that slopes gently between two peaks (is shaped like a saddle) [syn: saddleback, saddle].
Saddleback (n.) A double sloping roof with a ridge and gables at each end [syn: gable roof, saddle roof, saddleback, saddleback roof].
Saddle-backed (a.) Having the outline of the upper part concave like the seat of a saddle.
Saddle-backed (a.) Having a low back and high neck, as a horse.
Saddlebags (n. pl.) Bags, usually of leather, united by straps or a band, formerly much used by horseback riders to carry small articles, one bag hanging on each side.
Saddlebow (n.) The bow or arch in the front part of a saddle, or the pieces which form the front.
Saddlebow (n.) Handgrip formed by the raised front part of a saddle [syn: pommel, saddlebow].
Saddlecloth (n.) A cloth under a saddle, and extending out behind; a housing.
Saddlecloth (n.) Stable gear consisting of a blanket placed under the saddle [syn: saddle blanket, saddlecloth, horse blanket]
Saddled (a.) (Zool.) Having a broad patch of color across the back, like a saddle; saddle-backed.
Saddled (a.) Having a saddle on or being mounted on a saddled animal; "saddled and spurred and ready to ride" [ant: unsaddled].
Saddled (a.) Subject to an imposed burden; "left me saddled with the bill"; "found himself saddled with more responsibility than power".
Saddler (n.) One who makes saddles.
Saddler (n.) (Zool.) A harp seal.
Saddler (n.) A maker and repairer and seller of equipment for horses.
Saddlery (n.) The materials for making saddles and harnesses; the articles usually offered for sale in a saddler's shop.
Saddlery (n.) The trade or employment of a saddler.
Saddlery (n.) Gear for a horse [syn: stable gear, saddlery, tack].
Saddlery (n.) Workshop where a saddler works.
Saddle-shaped (a.) Shaped like a saddle. Specifically:
Saddle-shaped (a.) (Bot.) Bent down at the sides so as to give the upper part a rounded form. -- Henslow.
Saddle-shaped (a.) (Geol.) Bent on each side of a mountain or ridge, without being broken at top; -- said of strata.
Saddle-shaped (a.) Shaped in the form of a horse's saddle.
Saddletree (n.) The frame of a saddle.
For saddletree scarce reached had he, His journey to begin. -- Cowper.
Sadducaic (a.) Pertaining to, or like, the Sadducees; as, Sadducaic reasonings.
Sadducee (n.) One of a sect among the ancient Jews, who denied the resurrection, a future state, and the existence of angels. -- Sad`du*ce"an, a. Sadduceeism
Sadducee (n.) A member of an ancient Jewish sect around the time of Jesus; opposed to the Pharisees.
Sadduceeism (n.) Alt. of Sadducism
Sadducism (n.) The tenets of the Sadducees.
Sadducized (imp. & p. p.) of Sadducize.
Sadducizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sadducize.
Sadducize (v. i.) To adopt the principles of the Sadducees. -- Atterbury.
Sadh (n.) A member of a monotheistic sect of Hindoos. Sadhs resemble the Quakers in many respects. -- Balfour (Cyc. of India).
Sadiron (n.) An iron for smoothing clothes; a flatiron.
Sadly (adv.) Wearily; heavily; firmly. [Obs.]
In go the spears full sadly in arest. -- Chaucer.
Sadly (adv.) Seriously; soberly; gravely. [Obs.]
To tell thee sadly, shepherd, without blame Or our neglect, we lost her as we came. -- Milton.
Sadly (adv.) Grievously; deeply; sorrowfully; miserably. "He sadly suffers in their grief." -- Dryden.
Sadly (adv.) In an unfortunate way; "sadly he died before he could see his grandchild" [syn: sadly, unhappily] [ant: happily].
Sadly (adv.) With sadness; in a sad manner; "`She died last night,' he said sadly".
Sadly (adv.) In an unfortunate or deplorable manner; "he was sadly neglected"; "it was woefully inadequate" [syn: deplorably, lamentably, sadly, woefully].
Sadness (n.) Heaviness; firmness. [Obs.]
Sadness (n.) Seriousness; gravity; discretion. [Obs.]
Her sadness and her benignity. -- Chaucer.
Sadness (n.) Quality of being sad, or unhappy; gloominess; sorrowfulness; dejection.
Dim sadness did not spare That time celestial visages. -- Milton.
Syn: Sorrow; heaviness; dejection. See Grief.
Sadness (n.) Emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being [syn: sadness, unhappiness] [ant: happiness].
Sadness (n.) The state of being sad; "she tired of his perpetual sadness" [syn: sadness, sorrow, sorrowfulness].
Sadness (n.) The quality of excessive mournfulness and uncheerfulness [syn: gloominess, lugubriousness, sadness].
Sadr (n.) (Bot.) A plant of the genus Ziziphus (Z. lotus); -- so called by the Arabs of Barbary, who use its berries for food. See Lotus (b).
Saengerfest (n.) A festival of singers; a German singing festival.
Safe (n.) A place for keeping things in safety. Specifically:
Safe (n.) A strong and fireproof receptacle (as a movable chest of steel, etc., or a closet or vault of brickwork) for containing money, valuable papers, or the like.
Safe (n.) A ventilated or refrigerated chest or closet for securing provisions from noxious animals or insects.
Safe (a.) Free from harm, injury, or risk; untouched or unthreatened by danger or injury; unharmed; unhurt; secure; whole; as, safe from disease; safe from storms; safe from foes. "And ye dwelled safe." -- 1 Sam. xii. 11.
They escaped all safe to land. -- Acts xxvii. 44.
Established in a safe, unenvied throne. -- Milton.