Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S - Page 42
Segnity (n.) Sluggishness; dullness; inactivity. [Obs.]
Segno (n.) (Mus.) 【音】記號 A sign. See Al segno, and Dal segno.
Segno (n.) (Music) A notation written at the beginning or end of a passage that is to be repeated.
Sego (n.) (Bot.) 美洲西部的百合花的一種（全名為sego lily） A liliaceous plant ({Calochortus Nuttallii) of Western North America, and its edible bulb; -- so called by the Ute Indians and the Mormons.
Segregate (a.) 分離的，被隔離的 Separate; select.
Segregate (a.) (Bot.) Separated from others of the same kind.
Segregated (imp. & p. p.) of Segregate
Segregating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Segregate
Segregate (v. t.) 使分離，使隔離 To separate from others; to set apart.
They are still segregated, Christians from Christians, under odious designations. -- I. Taylor.
Segregate (v. i.) (Geol.) 分離，隔離，分凝 To separate from a mass, and collect together about centers or along lines of fracture, as in the process of crystallization or solidification.
Segregate (n.) Someone who is or has been segregated.
Segregate (v.) Separate by race or religion; practice a policy of racial segregation; "This neighborhood is segregated"; "We don't segregate in this county" [ant: {desegregate}, {integrate}, {mix}].
Segregate (v.) Divide from the main body or mass and collect; "Many towns segregated into new counties"; "Experiments show clearly that genes segregate".
Segregate (v.) Separate or isolate (one thing) from another and place in a group apart from others; "the sun segregates the carbon"; "large mining claims are segregated into smaller claims".
Segregation (n.) 種族隔離 The act of segregating, or the state of being segregated; separation from others; a parting.
Segregation (n.) (Geol.) Separation from a mass, and gathering about centers or into cavities at hand through cohesive attraction or the crystallizing process.
Segregation (n.) (Genetics) The separation of paired alleles during meiosis so that members of each pair of alleles appear in different gametes.
Segregation (n.) A social system that provides separate facilities for minority groups [syn: {segregation}, {separatism}].
Segregation (n.) The act of segregating or sequestering; "sequestration of the jury" [syn: {segregation}, {sequestration}] [ant: {desegregation}, {integrating}, {integration}].
Compare: Racial segregation
Racial segregation (n.) 種族隔離，指在日常生活中，按照不同種族將人群分割開來，使得各種族不能同時使用公共空間或者服務。種族隔離可能是法律規定的，也可能是無法律規定但事實存 在的。不論種族隔離是平等隔離，還是不平等隔離，實質上均是一種種族歧視行為。在種族隔離制度下，人民所能擁有的權利是依照其種族背景來劃分。[1]
Is the separation of humans into racial or other ethnic groupsin daily life. It may apply to activities such as eating in a restaurant, drinking from a water fountain, using a public toilet, attending school, going to the movies, riding on a bus, or in the rental or purchase of a home [1] or of hotel rooms. Segregation is defined by the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance as "the act by which a (natural or legal) person separates other persons on the basis of one of the enumerated grounds without an objective and reasonable justification, in conformity with the proposed definition of discrimination. As a result, the voluntary act of separating oneself from other people on the basis of one of the enumerated grounds does not constitute segregation". [2] According to the UN Forum on Minority Issues, "The creation and development of classes and schools providing education in minority languages should not be considered impermissible segregation, if the assignment to such classes and schools is of a voluntary nature". [3]
Racial segregation is generally outlawed, but may exist de facto through social norms, even when there is no strong individual preference for it, as suggested by Thomas Schelling's models of segregation and subsequent work. [4] Segregation may be maintained by means ranging from discrimination in hiring and in the rental and sale of housing to certain races to vigilante violence (such as lynchings). Generally, a situation that arises when members of different races mutually prefer to associate and do business with members of their own race would usually be described as separation or de facto separation of the races rather than segregation. In the United States, segregation was mandated by law in some states and came with anti-miscegenation laws (prohibitions against interracial marriage). [5] Segregation, however, often allowed close contact in hierarchical situations, such as allowing a person of one race to work as a servant for a member of another race. Segregation can involve spatial separation of the races, and mandatory use of different institutions, such as schools and hospitals by people of different races.
Segregationist (n.) 種族隔離主義者 A person who believes in or practices segregation especially of races.
Segregationist (n.) One who favors, encourages, or practices segregation, especially racial segregation.
Segregationist (n.) A segregationist is someone who thinks people of different races should be kept apart.
Segregationist (n.) A person who favours, advocates, or practises racial segregation.
Segregationist (n.) A person who favors or practices segregation, esp. racial segregation.
Segregationist (a.) Of, like, or favoring segregation or segregationists.
Segue (n.) 【音】繼續 The act of changing smoothly from one state or situation to another.
Segue (v. i.) (v.) 【音】不間斷地連續（到下個樂章）；（按照前面指示的方式）繼續演奏 Proceed without interruption; in music or talk; "He segued into another discourse".
Seiches (n. pl.) [F.] (Geol.) Local oscillations in level observed in the case of some lakes, as Lake Geneva.
Seid (n.) A descendant of Mohammed through his daughter Fatima and nephew Ali.
Seidlitz (a.) Bohemia 地方的鄉村 Of or pertaining to Seidlitz, a village in Bohemia. [Written also Sedlitz.]
Seidlitz powders, 塞得利次沸騰散（緩瀉劑） Effervescing salts, consisting of two separate powders, one of which contains forty grains of sodium bicarbonate mixed with two drachms of Rochell? salt (tartrate of potassium and sodium) and the other contains thirty-five grains of tartaric acid. The powders are mixed in water, and drunk while effervescing, as a mild cathartic; -- so called from the resemblance to the natural water of Seidlitz. Called also Rochelle 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 () obs. imp. sing. of See. Saw.
Seigneurial (a.) Of or pertaining to the lord of a manor; manorial. -- Sir W. Temple.
Seigneurial (a.) Vested with large powers; independent.
Seignior (n.) （封建制度的）君主，藩主，領主 A lord; the lord of a manor.
Seignior (n.) A title of honor or of address in the South of Europe, corresponding to Sir or Mr. in English.
Seigniorage (n.) 君權；硬幣鑄造利差；君主的特權；貨幣鑄造稅；特許捐 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.
Seigniorage (n.) 君主的特權；貨幣鑄造稅；特許捐 A share of the receipts of a business taken in payment for the use of a right, as a copyright or a patent.
Seignioral (a.) 領主的；君主的 Of or pertaining to a seignior; seigneurial. "Kingly or seignioral patronage." -- Burke.
Seignioralty (n.) The territory or authority of a seignior, or lord. -- Milman.
Seignioralty [in British English] (n.) A less common name for seigneury.
Compare: Seigneury
Seigneury (n.) 君主權；領主權；領地 Seigniory (also Seigneury) (pl. Seigniories) A feudal lordship; the position, authority, or domain of a feudal lord.
‘He succeeded to the seigniory.’
Seigniorial (a.) 領主的；君主的 Same as Seigneurial.
Seigneurial (a.) Of, relating to, or befitting a seigneur.
Compare: Seigneur
Seigneur (n.) 封建領主；莊園主；爵爺 (Also seignior) A feudal lord; the lord of a manor.
‘The knightly class soon ceased to be purely professional soldiers and became landed proprietors in their own right, acting as seigneurs or lords of the manor.’
Seigniorize (v. t.) To lord it over. [Obs.]
As proud as he that seigniorizeth hell. -- Fairfax.
Seigniorize (v. i.) [Obs.] To preside, hold sway.
-ies (n. pl. ) of Seigniory
Seigniory (n.) 君權；領主權；領地；領主團體；（十七至十九世紀中葉法屬加拿大領主的）莊園；（中世紀義大利共和國的）市政議會 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.
Compare: Dominion
Dominion (n.) 統治，管轄；統治權 [U] [（+over）]； 領地，領土 [C]；（常大寫）（英聯邦的）自治領 Sovereignty or control.
‘Man's attempt to establish dominion over nature.’
Dominion (n.) (Usually Dominions) The territory of a sovereign or government.
‘The Angevin dominions.’
Dominion (n.) (Dominion) (Historical) Each of the self-governing territories of the British Commonwealth.
‘Great Britain, together with her Dominions and Colonies.’
Dominion
(n.) (Dominions) Another term for domination (sense 2).
Seigniory (n.) The territory over which a lord holds jurisdiction;
a manor. [Written also seigneury, and seignory.]
Seigniory (n.) The estate of a seigneur [syn: seigneury, seigniory, signory].
Seigniory (n.) The position and authority of a feudal lord [syn: seigniory, seigneury, feudal lordship].
Seigniory, () Eng. law. The rights of a lord as such, in lands. Swinb. 174.
Seine (n.) （捕魚用的）圍網 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.
Seine (n.) A French river that flows through the heart of Paris and then northward into the English Channel [syn: Seine, Seine River].
Seine (n.) A large fishnet that hangs vertically, with floats at the top and weights at the bottom.
Seine (v.) (v. t.) 用圍網捕撈 (v. i.) 用圍網捕魚 Fish with a seine; catch fish with a seine.
Seine (n.) A kind of net for effecting an involuntary change of environment. For fish it is made strong and coarse, but women are more easily taken with a singularly delicate fabric weighted with small, cut stones.
The devil casting a seine of lace, (With precious stones 'twas weighted) Drew it into the landing place And its contents calculated.
All souls of women were in that sack -- A draft miraculous, precious!
But ere he could throw it across his back They'd all escaped through the meshes. Baruch de Loppis
Seiner (n.) One who fishes with a seine.
Seining (n.) Fishing with a seine.
Seint (n.) A girdle.
Seint (n.) A saint.
Seintuary (n.) Sanctuary.
Seirfish (n.) Same as Seerfish.
Seirospore (n.) One of several spores arranged in a chain as in certain algae of the genus Callithamnion.
Seise (v. t.) See Seize.
Seisin (n.) See Seizin.
Seism (n.) 地震 An earthquake.
Seism (n.) Shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity [syn: {earthquake}, {quake}, {temblor}, {seism}].
Seismic (a.) Alt. of Seismal
Seismal (a.) Of or pertaining to an earthquake; caused by an earthquake.
Seismograph (n.) An apparatus for registering the shocks and undulatory motions of earthquakes.
Seismographic (a.) Of or pertaining to a seismograph; indicated by a seismograph.
Seismography (n.) A writing about, or a description of, earthquakes.
Seismography (n.) The art of registering the shocks and undulatory movements of earthquakes.
Seismological (a.) Of or pertaining to seismology.
Seismology (n.) The science of earthquakes.
Seismometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the direction, duration, and force of earthquakes and like concussions.
Seismometric (a.) Of or pertaining to seismometry, or seismometer; as, seismometric instruments; seismometric measurements.
Seismometry (n.) The mensuration of such phenomena of earthquakes as can be expressed in numbers, or by their relation to the coordinates of space.
Seismoscope (n.) A seismometer.
Seity (n.) Something peculiar to one's self.
Seizable (a.) That may be seized.
Seized (imp. & p. p.) of Seize
Seizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Seize
Seize (v. t.) 抓住；捉住；奪取；攻佔；逮捕；擄獲 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.
Seize (v. t.) To take possession of by force.
At last they seize The scepter, and regard not David's sons. -- Milton.
Seize (v. t.) 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.
Seize (v. t.) (law) To take possession of by virtue of a warrant or other legal authority; as, the sheriff seized the debtor's goods.
Seize (v. t.) To fasten; to fix. [Obs.]
As when a bear hath seized her cruel claws Upon the carcass of some beast too weak. -- Spenser.
Seize (v. t.) To grap with the mind; to comprehend fully and distinctly; as, to seize an idea.
Seize (v. t.) (Naut.) 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 To seize 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.
Seize (v.) Take hold of; grab; "The sales clerk quickly seized the money on the counter"; "She clutched her purse"; "The mother seized her child by the arm"; "Birds of prey often seize small mammals" [syn: seize, prehend, clutch].
Seize (v.) Take or capture by force; "The terrorists seized the politicians"; "The rebels threaten to seize civilian hostages".
Seize (v.) Take possession of by force, as after an invasion; "the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants"; "The army seized the town"; "The militia captured the castle" [syn: appropriate, capture, seize, conquer].
Seize (v.) Take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority; "The FBI seized the drugs"; "The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment"; "The police confiscated the stolen artwork" [syn: impound, attach, sequester, confiscate, seize].
Seize (v.) Seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession; "He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town"; "he usurped my rights"; "She seized control of the throne after her husband died" [syn: assume, usurp, seize, take over, arrogate].
Seize (v.) Hook by a pull on the line; "strike a fish"
Seize (v.) Affect; "Fear seized the prisoners"; "The pat with unbearable pains"; "He was seized with a dreadful disease" [syn: seize, clutch, get hold of].
Seize (v.) Capture the attention or imagination of; "This story will grab you"; "The movie seized my imagination" [syn: grab, seize].
Seizer (n.) 扣押者；佔有者；捕捉獵物之獵犬 One who, or that which, seizes.
Seizer (n.) A kidnapper who drugs men and takes them for compulsory service aboard a ship [syn: shanghaier, seizer].
Seizin (n.) (Law) 【律】（世襲領地等之）依法佔有；依法佔有之財產 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.
Seizin (n.) The act of taking possession. [Obs.]
Seizin (n.) 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 (n.) 抓；奪；捆綁 The act of taking or grasping suddenly.
Seizing (n.) (Naut.) The operation of fastening together or lashing.
Seizing (n.) (Naut.) The cord or lashing used for such fastening.
Seizing (n.) Small stuff that is used for lashing two or more ropes Together.
Seizing (n.) The act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles) [syn: grasping, taking hold, seizing, prehension].
Seizor (n.) (Law) 【律】（世襲領地等之）佔有者 One who seizes, or takes possession.
Seizure (n.) 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.
Seizure (n.) 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.
Seizure (n.) That which is seized, or taken possession of; a thing laid hold of, or possessed.
Seizure (n.) A sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease; "he suffered an epileptic seizure" [syn: seizure, ictus, raptus].
Seizure (n.) The act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property [syn: capture, gaining control, seizure].
Seizure (n.) The act of taking of a person by force [syn: capture, seizure].
Seizure (n.) The taking possession of something by legal process.
Seizure, () practice. The act of taking possession of the property of a person condemned by the judgment of a competent tribunal, to pay a certain sum of money, by a sheriff, constable, or other officer, lawfully authorized thereto, by virtue of an execution, for the purpose of having such property sold according to law to satisfy the judgment. By seizure is also meant the taking possession of goods for a violation of a public law; as the taking possession of a ship for attempting an illicit trade. 2 Cranch, 18 7; 6 Cowen, 404; 4 Wheat. 100; 1 Gallis. 75; 2 Wash. C. C. 127, 567.
Seizure, () The seizure is complete as soon as the goods are within the power of the officer. 3 Rawle's Rep. 401; 16 Johns. Rep. 287; 2 Nott & McCord, 392; 2 Rawle's Rep. 142; Wats. on Sher. 172; Com. Dig. Execution, C 5.
Seizure, () The taking of part of the goods in a house, however, by virtue of a fieri facias in the name of the whole, is a good seizure of all. 8 East, R. 474. As the seizure must be made by virtue of an execution, it is evident that it cannot be made after the return day. 2 Caine's Rep. 243; 4 John. R. 450. Vide Door; House; Search Warrant.
Sejant (a.) Alt. of Sejeant
Sejeant (a.) Sitting, as a lion or other beast.
Sejein (v. t.) To separate.
Sejunction (n.) The act of disjoining, or the state of being disjoined.
Sejungible (a.) Capable of being disjoined.
Seke (a.) Sick.
Seke (v. t. & i.) To seek.
Sekes (n.) A place in a pagan temple in which the images of the deities were inclosed.
Selachian (n.) One of the Selachii. See Illustration in Appendix.
Selachii (n. pl.) 軟骨鯊目 An order of elasmobranchs including the sharks and rays; the Plagiostomi. Called also Selacha, Selache, and Selachoidei.
Selachoidei (n. pl.) Same as Selachii.
Selachostomi (n. pl.) A division of ganoid fishes which includes the paddlefish, in which the mouth is armed with small teeth.
Selaginella (n.) 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 (n.) 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.
Selcouth (n.) Rarely known; unusual; strange.
Seld (a.) Rare; uncommon; unusual.
Seld (adv.) Rarely; seldom.
Selden (adv.) Seldom. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Seldom (a.) 不常有的，很少的，難得的 Rare; infrequent. [Archaic.] "A suppressed and seldom anger." -- Jer. Taylor.
Seldom (adv.) 不常，很少；難得 Rarely; not often; not frequently.
Wisdom and youth are seldom joined in one. -- Hooker.
Seldom (adv.) Not often; "we rarely met" [syn: rarely, seldom] [ant: frequently, oft, often, oftentimes, ofttimes].
Seldomness (n.) 很少；不常 Rareness. -- Hooker.
Seldseen (a.) Seldom seen. [Obs.] -- Drayton.
Seldshewn (a.) Rarely shown or exhibited. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Select (a.) 當選的；挑選的；挑剔的；特別的 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.
Selected (imp. & p. p.) of
Select
Selecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Select
Select (v. t.) 選擇，挑選，選拔 [（+for/ from）] [O2] 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.
Select (a.) Of superior grade; "choice wines"; "prime beef"; "prize carnations"; "quality paper"; "select peaches" [syn: choice, prime(a), prize, quality, select].
Select (a.) Selected or chosen for special qualifications; "the blue- ribbon event of the season" [syn: blue-ribbon(a), select].
Select (v.) (v. i.) 作出選擇，挑選 Pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives; "Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her" [syn: choose, take, select, pick out].
Select (n.) [P] 被挑選出來的人（或物）；優等品；精萃 One that is select -- often used in plural.
Selectedly (adv.) 選擇地 With care and selection. [R.]