salt () Sulphate of magnesia having cathartic qualities; -- originally prepared by boiling down the mineral waters at Epsom, England, -- whence the name; afterwards prepared from sea water; but now from certain minerals, as from siliceous hydrate of magnesia.

Saadh () See Sadh.

Saan () Same as Bushmen.

Sabadilla () A Mexican liliaceous plant (Schoenocaulon officinale); also, its seeds, which contain the alkaloid veratrine. It was formerly used in medicine as an emetic and purgative.

Sabaean () Same as Sabian.

Sabaeanism () Same as Sabianism.

Sabaeism () Alt. of Sabaism

Sabaism () See Sabianism.

Sabal () A genus of palm trees including the palmetto of the Southern United States.

Sabaoth () Armies; hosts.

Sabaoth () Incorrectly, the Sabbath.

Sabbat () In mediaeval demonology, the nocturnal assembly in which demons and sorcerers were thought to celebrate their orgies.

Sabbatarian () One who regards and keeps the seventh day of the week as holy, agreeably to the letter of the fourth commandment in the Decalogue.

Sabbatarian () A strict observer of the Sabbath.

Sabbatarian () Of or pertaining to the Sabbath, or the tenets of Sabbatarians.

Sabbatarianism () The tenets of Sabbatarians.

Sabbath () A season or day of rest; one day in seven appointed for rest or worship, the observance of which was enjoined upon the Jews in the Decalogue, and has been continued by the Christian church with a transference of the day observed from the last to the first day of the week, which is called also Lord's Day.

Sabbath () The seventh year, observed among the Israelites as one of rest and festival.

Sabbath () Fig.: A time of rest or repose; intermission of pain, effort, sorrow, or the like.

Sabbathless () Without Sabbath, or intermission of labor; hence, without respite or rest.

Sabbatic () Alt. of Sabbatical

Sabbatical () Of or pertaining to the Sabbath; resembling the Sabbath; enjoying or bringing an intermission of labor.

Sabbatism () Intermission of labor, as upon the Sabbath; rest.

Sabbaton () A round-toed, armed covering for the feet, worn during a part of the sixteenth century in both military and civil dress.

Sabean () Same as Sabian.

Sabeism () Same as Sabianism.

Sabella () A genus of tubicolous annelids having a circle of plumose gills around the head.

Sabellian () Pertaining to the doctrines or tenets of Sabellius. See Sabellian, n.

Sabellian () A follower of Sabellius, a presbyter of Ptolemais in the third century, who maintained that there is but one person in the Godhead, and that the Son and Holy Spirit are only different powers, operations, or offices of the one God the Father.

Sabellianism () The doctrines or tenets of Sabellius. See Sabellian, n.

Sabelloid () Like, or related to, the genus Sabella.

Saber () Alt. of Sabre

Sabre () A sword with a broad and heavy blade, thick at the back, and usually more or less curved like a scimiter; a cavalry sword.

Sabered () of Sabre

Sabred () of Sabre

Sabering () of Sabre

Sabring () of Sabre

Saber () Alt. of Sabre

Sabre () To strike, cut, or kill with a saber; to cut down, as with a saber.

Saberbill () Alt. of Sabrebill

Sabrebill () The curlew.

Sabian () Of or pertaining to Saba in Arabia, celebrated for producing aromatic plants.

Sabian () Relating to the religion of Saba, or to the worship of the heavenly bodies.

Sabian () An adherent of the Sabian religion; a worshiper of the heavenly bodies.

Sabianism () The doctrine of the Sabians; the Sabian religion; that species of idolatry which consists in worshiping the sun, moon, and stars; heliolatry.

Sabicu () The very hard wood of a leguminous West Indian tree (Lysiloma Sabicu), valued for shipbuilding.

Sabine () Of or pertaining to the ancient Sabines, a people of Italy.

Sabine () One of the Sabine people.

Sabine () See Savin.

Sable () A carnivorous animal of the Weasel family (Mustela zibellina) native of the northern latitudes of Europe, Asia, and America, -- noted for its fine, soft, and valuable fur.

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