Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SAR'PLAR, n.

A sarplar of wool is a sack containing 80 tod; a tod contains two stone of 14 pounds each. – Encyc.

SAR'PLI-ER, n. [Fr. serpillière.]

Canvas, or a packing cloth. – Bailey.

SAR'RA-SINE, or SAR'A-SIN, n.

1. A plant, a kind of birth-wort. – Bailey.
2. A portcullis or herse.

SAR'SA, or SAR-SA-PA-RIL'LA, n.

A plant, a species of Smilax, valued in medicine for its mucilaginous and farinaceous or demulcent qualities. – Encyc.

SARSE, n. [Qu. sarcenet, or Fr. sas.]

A fine sieve; usually written searce or searse. [Little used.]

SARSE, v.t. [from the noun.]

To sift through a sarse. [Little used.]

SART, n.

A piece of woodland turned into arable. [Not used in America.] – Bailey.

SAR-TO'RI-OUS, n. [L. sartor, a tailor.]

The muscle which throws one leg across the other, called the tailor's muscle.

SASH, n. [An Arabic word signifying a band. But this word when it signifies a frame, is referred by Ash and Bailey to the French chassis, a frame for a window, which is the chase of a printing press also. Johnson and his followers mistake the meaning of the word.]

1. A belt worn for ornament. Sashes are worn by military officers as badges of distinction, round the waist or over the shoulders. They are usually of silk, variously made and ornamented.
2. The frame of a window in which the lights or panes of glass are set. She ventures now to lift the sash. – Swift.

SASH'-FRAME, n.

The frame in which sashes are set for glass.

SASH'OON, n.

A kind of leather stuffing put into a boot for the wearer's ease. Ainsworth.

SAS'SA-FRAS, n. [L. saxifraga; saxum, a stone, and frango, to break.]

A tree of the genus Laurus, whose bark has an aromatic smell and taste.

SASSE, n. [D. sas.]

A sluice, canal or lock on a navigable river; a word found in old British statutes. – Todd.

SAS'SO-LIN, or SAS'SO-LINE, n.

Native boracic acid, found in saline incrustations on the borders of hot springs near Sasso, in the territory of Florence. – Klaproth. Cyc.

SAS'SO-ROL, or SAS-SO-ROL'LA, n.

A species of pigeon, called rock pigeon. – Dict. Nat. Hist

SAS'TRA, n.

Among the Hindoos, a sacred book; a book containing sacred ordinances. The six great Sastras, in the opinion of the Hindoos, contain all knowledge, human and divine. These are the Veda, Upaveda, Vedanga, Purana, Dherma, and Dersana. – Asiat. Res.

SAT, v. [pret. of Sit.]

SA'TAN, n. [Heb. an adversary.]

The grand adversary of man; the devil or prince of darkness; the chief of the fallen angels.

SA-TAN'IC, or SA-TAN'IC-AL, a.

Having the qualities of Satan; resembling Satan; extremely malicious or wicked; devilish; infernal. Detest the slander which with a satanic smile, exults over the character it has ruined. – Dwight.

SA-TAN'IC-AL-LY, adv.

With the wicked and malicious spirit of Satan; diabolically. – Hammond.

SA'TAN-ISM, n.

The evil and malicious disposition of Satan; a diabolical spirit.

SA'TAN-IST, n.

A very wicked person. [Little used.]

SATCH'EL, n. [See Sachel.]

A little sack or bag.

SATE, v.t. [L. satio; It. saziare; Port. and Sp. saciar; Fr. rassasier; allied to set. The primary sense is to stuff, to fill, from crowding, driving.]

To satiate; to satisfy appetite; to glut; to feed beyond natural desire. While the vultures sate / Their maws with full repast. – Philips.

SAT'ED, pp.

Filled; glutted; satiated.