Part 29
{ Sel"vaged, Sel"vedged } (?), a. Having a selvage.
Sel`va*gee" (?), n. (Naut.) A skein or hank of rope yarns wound round with yarns or marline, -- used for stoppers, straps, etc.
Selve (?), a. Self; same. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Selves (?), n., pl. of Self.
Se"ly (?), a. Silly. [Obs.] Chaucer. Wyclif.
||Se*mæ`o*stom"a*ta (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?; a military ||standard + &?;&?;&?;, &?;&?;&?;, mouth.] (Zoöl.) A division of ||Discophora having large free mouth lobes. It includes Aurelia, and ||Pelagia. Called also Semeostoma. See Illustr. under Discophora, and ||Medusa.
Sem"a*phore (?), n. [Gr. sh^ma a sign + fe`rein to bear: cf. F. sémaphore.] A signal telegraph; an apparatus for giving signals by the disposition of lanterns, flags, oscillating arms, etc.
{ Sem`a*phor"ic (?), Sem`a*phor"ic*al (?) } a. [Cf. F. sémaphorique.] Of or pertaining to a semaphore, or semaphores; telegraphic.
Sem`a*phor"ic*al*ly, adv. By means of a semaphore.
Se*maph"o*rist (?), n. One who manages or operates a semaphore.
Sem`a*tol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. sh^ma, sh`matos, sign + -logy.] The doctrine of signs as the expression of thought or reasoning; the science of indicating thought by signs. Smart.
Sem"a*trope (?), n. [Gr. sh^ma sign + tre`pein to turn. ] An instrument for signaling by reflecting the rays of the sun in different directions. Knight.
Sem"bla*ble (?), a. [F., from sembler to seem, resemble, L. similare, simulare. See Simulate.] Like; similar; resembling. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Sem"bla*ble, n. Likeness; representation. [Obs.]
Sem"bla*bly, adv. In like manner. [Obs.] Shak.
Sem"blance (?), n. [F. See Semblable, a.] 1. Seeming; appearance; show; figure; form.
Thier semblance kind, and mild their gestures were.
Fairfax.
2. Likeness; resemblance, actual or apparent; similitude; as, the semblance of worth; semblance of virtue.
Only semblances or imitations of shells.
Woodward.
Sem"blant (?), a. [F. semblant, p. pr.] 1. Like; resembling. [Obs.] Prior.
2. Seeming, rather than real; apparent. [R.] Carlyle.
Sem"blant, n. [F.] 1. Show; appearance; figure; semblance. [Obs.] Spenser.
His flatterers made semblant of weeping.
Chaucer.
2. The face. [Obs.] Wyclif (Luke xxiv. 5).
Sem"bla*tive (?), a. Resembling. [Obs.]
And all is semblative a woman's part.
Shak.
Sem"ble (?), v. i. [F. sembler. See Semblable, a.] 1. To imitate; to make a representation or likeness. [Obs.]
Where sembling art may carve the fair effect.
Prior.
2. (Law) It seems; -- chiefly used impersonally in reports and judgments to express an opinion in reference to the law on some point not necessary to be decided, and not intended to be definitely settled in the cause.
Sem"ble, a. Like; resembling. [Obs.] T. Hudson.
Sem"bling (?), n. [Cf. Assemble.] (Zoöl.) The practice of attracting the males of Lepidoptera or other insects by exposing the female confined in a cage.
It is often adopted by collectors in order to procure specimens of rare species.
||Se*mé" (?), a. [F. semé, fr. semer to sow.] (Her.) Sprinkled or sown; ||-- said of field, or a charge, when strewed or covered with small ||charges.
{ Se`mei*og"ra*phy (?), or Se`mi*og"ra*phy (?) }, n. [Gr. shmei^on sign + -graphy.] (Med.) A description of the signs of disease.
{ Se`mei*o*log"ic*al (?), or Se`mi*o*log"io*al }, a. Of or pertaining to the science of signs, or the systematic use of signs; as, a semeiological classification of the signs or symptoms of disease; a semeiological arrangement of signs used as signals.
{ Se`mei*ol"o*gy (?), or Se`mi*ol"o*gy }, n. [Gr. shmei^on a mark, a sign + - logy.] The science or art of signs. Specifically: (a) (Med.) The science of the signs or symptoms of disease; symptomatology. (b) The art of using signs in signaling.
{ Se`mei*ot"ic (?), or Se`mi*ot"ic }, a. [Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?;, fr. shmei^on a mark, a sign.] 1. Relating to signs or indications; pertaining to the language of signs, or to language generally as indicating thought.
2. (Med.) Of or pertaining to the signs or symptoms of diseases.
{ Se`mei*ot"ics (?), or Se`mi*ot"ics }, n. Semeiology.
Sem"e*le (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;&?;&?;.] (Gr. Myth.) A daughter of Cadmus, and by Zeus mother of Bacchus.
||Se"men (?), n.; pl. Semina (#). [L., from the root of serere, satum, ||to sow. See Sow to scatter seed.] 1. (Bot.) The seed of plants.
2. (Physiol.) The seed or fecundating fluid of male animals; sperm. It is a white or whitish viscid fluid secreted by the testes, characterized by the presence of spermatozoids to which it owes its generative power.
Semen contra, or Semen cinæ or cynæ, a strong aromatic, bitter drug, imported from Aleppo and Barbary, said to consist of the leaves, peduncles, and unexpanded flowers of various species of Artemisia; wormseed.
Sem`e*nif"er*ous (?), a. (Biol.) Seminiferous.
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Se*mes"ter (?), n. [G., from L. semestris half-yearly; sex six + mensis a month.] A period of six months; especially, a term in a college or uneversity which divides the year into two terms.
Sem"i- (?). [L. semi; akin to Gr. &?;&?;&?;, Skr. smi-, AS. sm-, and prob. to E. same, from the division into two parts of the same size. Cf. Hemi-, Sandelend.] A prefix signifying half, and sometimes partly or imperfectly; as, semiannual, half yearly; semitransparent, imperfectly transparent.
The prefix semi is joined to another word either with the hyphen or without it. In this book the hyphen is omitted except before a capital letter; as, semiacid, semiaquatic, semi-Arian, semiaxis, semicalcareous.
Sem`i*ac"id (?), a. Slightly acid; subacid.
Sem`i*a*cid"i*fied (?), a. Half acidified.
Sem`i*ad*her"ent (?), a. Adherent part way.
Sem`i*am*plex"i*caul (?), a. (Bot.) Partially amplexicaul; embracing the stem half round, as a leaf.
Sem"i*an`gle (?), n. (Geom.) The half of a given, or measuring, angle.
Sem`i*an"nu*al (?), a. Half- yearly.
Sem`i*an"nu*al*ly, adv. Every half year.
Sem`i*an"nu*lar (?), a. Having the figure of a half circle; forming a semicircle. Grew.
Sem`i-A"ri*an (?), n. [See Arian.] (Eccl. Hist.) A member of a branch of the Arians which did not acknowledge the Son to be consubstantial with the Father, that is, of the same substance, but admitted him to be of a like substance with the Father, not by nature, but by a peculiar privilege.
Sem"i-A"ri*an, a. Of or pertaining to Semi-Arianism.
Sem`i-A"ri*an*ism (?), n. The doctrines or tenets of the Semi-Arians.
Sem`i*ax"is (?), n. (Geom.) One half of the axis of an &?;llipse or other figure.
Sem`i*bar*ba"ri*an (?), a. Half barbarous; partially civilized. -- n. One partly civilized.
Sem`i*bar*bar"ic (?), a. Half barbarous or uncivilized; as, semibarbaric display.
Sem`i*bar"ba*rism (?), n. The quality or state of being half barbarous or uncivilized.
Sem`i*bar"ba*rous (?), a. Half barbarous.
Sem"i*breve` (?), n. [Pref. semi- + breve: cf. F. semi-breve, It. semibreve.] [Formerly written semibref.] (Mus.) A note of half the time or duration of the breve; -- now usually called a whole note. It is the longest note in general use.
Sem"i*brief` (?), n. (Mus.) A semibreve. [R.]
Sem"i*bull` (?), n. (R.C.Ch.) A bull issued by a pope in the period between his election and coronation.
Sem`i*cal*ca"re*ous (?), a. Half or partially calcareous; as, a semicalcareous plant.
Sem`i*cal*cined" (?), a. Half calcined; as, semicalcined iron.
Sem`i*cas"trate (?), v. t. To deprive of one testicle. -- Sem`i*cas*tra"tion (#),n.
Sem`i*cen*ten"ni*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to half of a century, or a period of fifty years; as, a semicentennial commemoration.
Sem`i*cen*ten"ni*al, n. A fiftieth anniversary.
Sem`i*cha*ot"ic (?), a. Partially chaotic.
Sem"i*cho`rus, n. (Mus.) A half chorus; a passage to be sung by a selected portion of the voices, as the female voices only, in contrast with the full choir.
Sem`i-Chris"tian*ized (?), a. Half Christianized.
Sem"i*cir`cle (?), n. 1. (a) The half of a circle; the part of a circle bounded by its diameter and half of its circumference. (b) A semicircumference.
2. A body in the form of half of a circle, or half of a circumference.
3. An instrument for measuring angles.
Sem"i*cir`cled (?), a. Semicircular. Shak.
Sem`i*cir"cu*lar (?), a. Having the form of half of a circle. Addison.
Semicircular canals (Anat.), certain canals of the inner ear. See under Ear.
Sem`i cir*cum"fer*ence (?), n. Half of a circumference.
Sem"i*cirque (?), n. A semicircular hollow or opening among trees or hills. Wordsworth.
Sem"i*co`lon (?), n. The punctuation mark [;] indicating a separation between parts or members of a sentence more distinct than that marked by a comma.
Sem"i*col`umn (?), n. A half column; a column bisected longitudinally, or along its axis.
Sem`i*co*lum"nar (?), a. Like a semicolumn; flat on one side and round on the other; imperfectly columnar.
Sem`i*com*pact" (?), a. Half compact; imperfectly indurated.
Sem`i*con"scious (?), a. Half conscious; imperfectly conscious. De Quincey.
Sem"i*cope` (?), n. A short cope, or an inferier kind of cope. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Sem`i crus*ta"ceous (?), a. Half crustaceous; partially crustaceous.
Sem`i*crys"tal*line (?), a. (Min.) Half crystalline; -- said of certain cruptive rocks composed partly of crystalline, partly of amorphous matter.
Sem`i*cu"bic*al (?), a. (Math.) Of or pertaining to the square root of the cube of a quantity.
Semicubical parabola, a curve in which the ordinates are proportional to the square roots of the cubes of the abscissas.
{ Sem`i*cu"bi*um (?), Sem`i*cu"pi*um (?), } n. [LL., fr. L. semi half + cupa tub, cask.] A half bath, or one that covers only the lewer extremities and the hips; a sitz-bath; a half bath, or hip bath.
{ Sem`i*cy*lin"dric (?), Sem`i*cy*lyn"dric*al (?) } a. Half cylindrical.
Sem`i*de*is"tic*al (?), a. Half deisticsl; bordering on deism. S. Miller.
Sem`i*dem"i*qua`ver (?), n. (Mus.) A demisemiquaver; a thirty-second note.
Sem`i*de*tached" (?), a. Half detached; partly distinct or separate.
Semidetached house, one of two tenements under a single roof, but separated by a party wall. [Eng.]
Sem`i*di*am"e*ter (?), n. (Math.) Half of a diameter; a right line, or the length of a right line, drawn from the center of a circle, a sphere, or other curved figure, to its circumference or periphery; a radius.
Sem`i*di`a*pa"son (?), n. (Mus.) An imperfect octave.
Sem`i*di`a*pen"te (?), n. (Mus.) An imperfect or diminished fifth. Busby.
Sem`i*di`a*pha*ne"i*ty (?), n. Half or imperfect transparency; translucency. [R.] Boyle.
Sem`i*di*aph"a*nous (?), a. Half or imperfectly transparent; translucent. Woodward.
Sem`i*di`a*tes"sa*ron (?), n. (Mus.) An imperfect or diminished fourth. [R.]
Sem`i*di"tone` (?), n. [Pref. semi- + ditone: cf. It. semiditono. Cf. Hemiditone.] (Gr. Mus.) A lesser third, having its terms as 6 to 5; a hemiditone. [R.]
Sem`i*di*ur"nal (?), a. 1. Pertaining to, or accomplished in, half a day, or twelve hours; occurring twice every day.
2. Pertaining to, or traversed in, six hours, or in half the time between the rising and setting of a heavenly body; as, a semidiurnal arc.
Sem"i*dome` (?), n. (Arch.) A roof or ceiling covering a semicircular room or recess, or one of nearly that shape, as the apse of a church, a niche, or the like. It is approximately the quarter of a hollow sphere.
Sem"i*dou`ble (?), n. (Eccl.) An office or feast celebrated with less solemnity than the double ones. See Double, n., 8.
Sem`i*dou"ble, a. (Bot.) Having the outermost stamens converted into petals, while the inner ones remain perfect; -- said of a flower.
Sem"i*fa`ble (?), n. That which is part fable and part truth; a mixture of truth and fable. De Quincey.
Sem"i*flexed` (?), a. Half bent.
Sem"i*flo`ret (?), n. (Bot.) See Semifloscule.
Sem`i*flos"cu*lar (?), a. Semiflosculous.
Sem"i*flos`cule (?), n. (Bot.) A floscule, or florest, with its corolla prolonged into a strap- shaped petal; -- called also semifloret.
Sem`i*flos"cu*lous (?), a. (Bot.) Having all the florets ligulate, as in the dandelion.
Sem`i*flu"id (?), a. Imperfectly fluid. -- n. A semifluid substance.
Sem"i*form` (?), n. A half form; an imperfect form.
Sem"i*formed` (?), a. Half formed; imperfectly formed; as, semiformed crystals.
Sem`i*glu"tin (?), n. (Physiol. Chem.) A peptonelike body, insoluble in alcohol, formed by boiling collagen or gelatin for a long time in water. Hemicollin, a like body, is also formed at the same time, and differs from semiglutin by being partly soluble in alcohol.
Sem`i*his*tor"i*cal (?), a. Half or party historical. Sir G. C. Lewis.
Sem`i*ho"ral (?), a. Half- hourly.
Sem`i*in"du*ra`ted (?), a. Imperfectly indurated or hardened.
Sem`i*la*pid"i*fied (?), a. Imperfectly changed into stone. Kirwan.
Sem"i*lens` (?), n. (Opt.) The half of a lens divided along a plane passing through its axis.
Sem`i*len*tic"u*lar (?), a. Half lenticular or convex; imperfectly resembling a lens. Kirwan.
Sem`i*lig"ne*ous (?), a. Half or partially ligneous, as a stem partly woody and partly herbaceous.
Sem`i*liq"uid (?), a. Half liquid; semifluid.
Sem`i*li*quid"i*ty (?), n. The quality or state of being semiliquid;
## partial liquidity.
Sem`i*log"ic*al (?), a. Half logical; partly logical; said of fallacies. Whately.
Sem"i*lor (?), n. [Cf. G. similor, semilor.] A yellowish alloy of copper and zinc. See Simplor.
Sem`i*lu"nar (?), a. Shaped like a half moon.
Semilunar bone (Anat.), a bone of the carpus; the lunar. See Lunar, n. -- Semilunar, or Sigmoid, valves (Anat.), the valves at the beginning of the aorta and of the pulmonary artery which prevent the blood from flowing back into the ventricle.
Sem`i*lu"nar, n. (Anat.) The semilunar bone.
Sem`i*lu"na*ry (?), a. Semilunar.
Sem`i*lu"nate (?), a. Semilunar.
Sem"i*lune` (?), n. (Geom.) The half of a lune.
Sem"i*met`al (?), n. (Chem.) An element possessing metallic properties in an inferior degree and not malleable, as arsenic, antimony, bismuth, molybdenum, uranium, etc. [Obs.]
Sem`i*me*tal"lic (?), a. (Chem.) Of or pertaining to a semimetal; possessing metallic properties in an inferior degree; resembling metal.
Sem`i*month"ly (?) a. Coming or made twice in a month; as, semimonthly magazine; a semimonthly payment. -- n. Something done or made every half month; esp., a semimonthly periodical. -- adv. In a semimonthly manner; at intervals of half a month.
Sem`i*mute" (?), a. Having the faculty of speech but imperfectly developed or partially lost.
Sem"i*mute` (?), n. A semimute person.
Sem"i*nal (?), a. [L. seminalis, fr. semen, seminis, seed, akin to serere to sow: cf. F. seminal. See Sow to scatter seed.] 1. Pertaining to, containing, or consisting of, seed or semen; as, the seminal fluid.
2. Contained in seed; holding the relation of seed, source, or first principle; holding the first place in a series of developed results or consequents; germinal; radical; primary; original; as, seminal principles of generation; seminal virtue.
The idea of God is, beyond all question or comparison, the one great seminal principle.
Hare.
Seminal leaf (Bot.), a seed leaf, or cotyleden. -- Seminal receptacle. (Zoöl.) Same as Spermatheca.
Sem"i*nal (?), n. A seed. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
Sem`i*nal"i*ty (?), n. The quality or state of being seminal. Sir T. Browne.
{ Sem`i*na"ri*an (?), Sem"i*na*rist (?), } n. [Cf. F. séminariste.] A member of, or one educated in, a seminary; specifically, an ecclesiastic educated for the priesthood in a seminary.
Sem"i*na*ry (?), n.; pl. Seminaries (#). [L. seminarium, fr. seminarius belonging to seed, fr. semon, seminis, seed. See Seminal.] 1. A piece of ground where seed is sown for producing plants for transplantation; a nursery; a seed plat. [Obs.] Mortimer.
But if you draw them [seedling] only for the thinning of your seminary, prick them into some empty beds.
Evelyn.
2. Hence, the place or original stock whence anything is brought or produced. [Obs.] Woodward.
3. A place of education, as a scool of a high grade, an academy, college, or university.
4. Seminal state. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
5. Fig.: A seed bed; a source. [Obs.] Harvey.
6. A Roman Catholic priest educated in a foreign seminary; a seminarist. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.
Sem"i*na*ry, a. [L. seminarius.] Belonging to seed; seminal. [R.]
Sem"i*nate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Seminated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Seminating.] [L. seminatus, p. p. of seminare to sow, fr. semen, seminis, seed.] To sow; to spread; to propagate. [R.] Waterhouse.
Sem`i*na"tion (?), n. [L. seminatio: cf. F. sémination.] 1. The act of sowing or spreading. [R.]
2. (Bot.) Natural dispersion of seeds. Martyn.
Sem"ined (?), a. [See Semen.] Thickly covered or sown, as with seeds. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
Sem`i*nif"er*ous (?), a. [L. semen, semenis, seed -ferous.] (Biol.) Seed-bearing; producing seed; pertaining to, or connected with, the formation of semen; as, seminiferous cells or vesicles.
{ Sem`i*nif"ic (?), Sem`i*nif"ic*al (?), } a. [L. semen, seminis, seed + facere to make.] (Biol.) Forming or producing seed, or the male generative product of animals or of plants.
Sem`i*ni*fi*ca"tion (?), n. Propagation from seed. [R.] Sir M. Hale.
Sem"i*nist (?), n. (Biol.) A believer in the old theory that the newly created being is formed by the admixture of the seed of the male with the supposed seed of the female.
Sem"i*noles (?), n. pl.; sing. Seminole (&?;). (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians who formerly occupied Florida, where some of them still remain. They belonged to the Creek Confideration.
Sem"i*nose` (?), n. [L. semen seed + glucose.] (Chem.) A carbohydrate of the glucose group found in the thickened endosperm of certain seeds, and extracted as yellow sirup having a sweetish-bitter taste.
Sem`i*nude" (?), a. Partially nude; half naked.
Sem"i*nymph` (?), n. (Zoöl.) The pupa of insects which undergo only a slight change in passing to the imago state.
Sem`i*oc*ca"sion*al*ly (?), adv. Once in a while; on rare occasions. [Colloq. U. S.]
Sem`i*of*fi"cial (?), a. Half official; having some official authority or importance; as, a semiofficial statement. -- Sem`i*of*fi"cial*ly, adv.
{ Se`mi*og"ra*phy (?), Se`mi*ol"o*gy (?), Se`mi*o*log"ic*al (?) }. Same as Semeiography, Semeiology, Semeiological.
Sem`i*o*pa"cous (?), a. Semiopaque.
Sem"i*o`pal (?), n. (Min.) A variety of opal not possessing opalescence.
Sem`i*o*paque" (?), a. Half opaque; only half transparent.
Sem`i*or*bic"u*lar (?), a. Having the shape of a half orb or sphere.
Se`mi*ot"ic (?), a. Same as Semeiotic.
Se`mi*ot"ics (?), n. Same as Semeiotics.
Sem`i*o"val (?), a. Half oval.
Sem`i*o"vate (?), a. Half ovate.
Sem`i*ox"y*gen*a`ted (?), a. Combined with oxygen only in part. Kirwan.
Sem`i*pa"gan (?), a. Half pagan.
{ Sem`i*pal"mate (?), Sem`i*pal"ma*ted (?), } a. (Zoöl.) Having the anterior toes joined only part way down with a web; half-webbed; as, a semipalmate bird or foot. See Illust. k under Aves.
Sem`i*pa*rab"o*la (?), n. (Geom.) One branch of a parabola, being terminated at the principal vertex of the curve.
Sem"i*ped (?), n. [L. semipes, semipedis; pref. semi- half + pes, pedis, a foot.] (Pros.) A half foot in poetry.
Se*mip"e*dal (?), a. (Pres.) Containing a half foot.
Sem`i-Pe*la"gi*an (?), n. (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of John Cassianus, a French monk (died about 448), who modified the doctrines of Pelagius, by denying human merit, and maintaining the necessity of the Spirit's influence, while, on the other hand, he rejected the Augustinian doctrines of election, the inability of man to do good, and the certain perseverance of the saints.
Sem`i-Pe*la"gi*an, a. Of or pertaining to the Semi-Pelagians, or their tenets.
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Sem`i-Pe*la"gi*an*ism (sm`*p*l"j*an*z'm), n. The doctrines or tenets of the Semi- Pelagians.
Sem`i*pel*lu"cid (-pl*l"sd), a. Half clear, or imperfectly transparent; as, a semipellucid gem.
Sem`i*pel`lu*cid"i*ty (- pl`l*sd"*t), n. The quality or state of being imperfectly transparent.
Sem`i*pen"ni*form (-pn"n*fôrm), a. (Anat.) Half or partially penniform; as, a semipenniform muscle.
Sem`i*per"ma*nent, n. Half or partly permanent.
Sem`i*per*spic"u*ous (- pr*spk"*s), a. Half transparent; imperfectly clear; semipellucid.
Sem`i*phlo*gis"ti*ca`ted (- fl*js"t*k`td), a. (Old Chem.) Partially impregnated with phlogiston.
Sem"i*plume` (sm`*plm), n. (Zoöl.) A feather which has a plumelike web, with the shaft of an ordinary feather.
Sem`i*pre"cious (-prsh"s), a. Somewhat precious; as, semiprecious stones or metals.
Sem"i*proof` (?), n. Half proof; evidence from the testimony of a single witness. [Obs.] Bailey.
Sem`i pu"pa (?), n. (Zoöl.) The young of an insect in a stage between the larva and pupa.
{ Sem"i*quad`rate (?), Sem"i*quar"tile (?), } n. (Astrol.) An aspect of the planets when distant from each other the half of a quadrant, or forty-five degrees, or one sign and a half. Hutton.
Sem"i*qua`ver (?), n. (Mus.) A note of half the duration of the quaver; -- now usually called a sixsteenth note.
Sem"i*quin`tile (?), n. (Astrol.) An aspect of the planets when distant from each other half of the quintile, or thirty-six degrees.
Sem`i*rec"on*dite (?), a. (Zool.) Half hidden or half covered; said of the head of an insect when half covered by the shield of the thorax.
Sem"i*ring` (?), n. (Anat.) One of the incomplete rings of the upper part of the bronchial tubes of most birds. The semerings form an essential part of the syrinx, or musical organ, of singing birds.
Sem`i*sav"age (?), a. Half savage.
Sem"i*sav`age, n. One who is half savage.
Sem`i-Sax"on (?), a. Half Saxon; -- specifically applied to the language intermediate between Saxon and English, belonging to the period 1150-1250.
Sem"i*sex"tile (?), n. (Astrol.) An aspect of the planets when they are distant from each other the twelfth part of a circle, or thirty degrees. Hutton.
Sem`i*sol"id (?), a. Partially solid.
Sem"i*soun (-sn), n. A half sound; a low tone. [Obs.] "Soft he cougheth with a semisoun." Chaucer.
{ Sem`i*spher"ic (?), Sem`i*spher"ic*al (?), } a. Having the figure of a half sphere. Kirwan.
Sem`i*sphe*roid"al (?), a. Formed like a half spheroid.
Sem"i*steel` (&?;), n. Puddled steel. [U. S. ]
||Sem"i*ta (?), n.; pl. Semitæ. [L., a path.] (Zoöl.) A fasciole of a ||spatangoid sea urchin.
Sem"i*tan`gent (?), n. (Geom.) The tangent of half an arc.
Sem"ite (?), n. One belonging to the Semitic race. Also used adjectively. [Written also Shemite.]
Sem`i*te*rete" (?), a. (Nat. Hist.) Half terete.
Sem`i*ter"tian (?), a. (Med.) Having the characteristics of both a tertian and a quotidian intermittent. -- n. An intermittent combining the characteristics of a tertian and a quotidian.
Sem*it"ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to Shem or his descendants; belonging to that division of the Caucasian race which includes the Arabs, Jews, and related races. [Written also Shemitic.]
Semitic language, a name used to designate a group of Asiatic and African languages, some living and some dead, namely: Hebrew and Phœnician, Aramaic, Assyrian, Arabic, Ethiopic (Geez and Ampharic). Encyc. Brit.
Sem"i*tism (?), n. A Semitic idiom; a word of Semitic origin. [Written also Shemitism.]
Sem"i*tone (?), n. [Pref. semi- + tone. CF. Hemitone.] (Mus.) Half a tone; -- the name commonly applied to the smaller intervals of the diatonic scale.
There is an impropriety in the use of this word, and half step is now preferred. See Tone. J. S. Dwight.
Sem`i*ton"ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to a semitone; consisting of a semitone, or of semitones.
Sem"i*tran`sept (?), n. (Arch.) The half of a transept; as, the north semitransept of a church.
Sem`i*trans*lu"cent (?), a. Slightly clear; transmitting light in a slight degree.
Sem`i*trans*par"en*cy (?), n. Imperfect or partial transparency.
Sem`i*trans*par"ent (?), a. Half or imperfectly transparent.
Sem`i*ver*tic"il*late, (&?;) a. Partially verticillate.
Sem"i*vif (?), a. [L. semivivus.] Only half alive. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.
Sem`i*vit"re*ous (?), a. Partially vitreous.
Sem`i*vit"ri*fi*ca"tion (?), n. 1. The quality or state of being semivitrified.
2. A substance imperfectly vitrified.
Sem`i*vit"ri*fied (?), a. Half or imperfectly vitrified; partially converted into glass.
Sem`i*vo"cal (?), a. (Phon.) Of or pertaining to a semivowel; half cocal; imperfectly sounding.
Sem"i*vow`el (?), n. (Phon.) (a) A sound intermediate between a vowel and a consonant, or partaking of the nature of both, as in the English w and y. (b) The sign or letter representing such a sound.
Sem`i*week"ly (?), a. Coming, or made, or done, once every half week; as, a semiweekly newspaper; a semiweekly trip. -- n. That which comes or happens once every half week, esp. a semiweekly periodical. -- adv. At intervals of half a week each.
||Sem`o*lel"la (?), n. [It.] See Semolina.
Sem`o*li"na (?), n. [It. semolino, from semola bran, L. simila the finest wheat flour. Cf. Semoule, Simnel.] The fine, hard parts of wheat, rounded by the attrition of the millstones, -- used in cookery.
||Sem`o*li"no (?), n. [It.] Same as Semolina.
||Se*moule" (?), n. [F.] Same as Semolina.
Sem`per*vi"rent (?), a. [L. semper always + virens, p. pr. of virere to be green.] Always fresh; evergreen. [R.] Smart.
Sem"per*vive (?), n. [L. semperviva, sempervivum, fr. sempervivus ever- living; semper always + vivus living.] (Bot.) The houseleek.
||Sem`per*vi"vum (?), n. (Bot.) A genus of fleshy-leaved plants, of ||which the houseleek (Sempervivum tectorum) is the commonest species.
Sem`pi*ter"nal (?), a. [L. sempiternus, fr. semper always: cf. F. sempiternel.] 1. Of neverending duration; everlasting; endless; having beginning, but no end. Sir M. Hale.
2. Without beginning or end; eternal. Blackmore.
Sem"pi*terne (?), a. Sempiternal. [Obs.]