GLOSSARY. 



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Sab'ulous (Lat. sab'ulum, sand). 

 Sandy. 



Sac (Lat. saccus, a bag). A bag. 



Sac'cate (Lat. saccus, a bag). Hav- 

 ing a bag, or formed into a bag. 



Sac'charic (Lat. sac'charum, sugar). 

 Belonging to sugar ; applied to an 

 acid formed from sugar. 



Sacehariferous (Lat. sac'charum, 

 sugar; fer'o, I bear). Producing 

 sugar. 



Sac'charine (Lat. sac'charum, sugar). 

 Belonging to, or having the pro- 

 perties of sugar. 



Sac'charoid (Lat. sac'charum, sugar ; 

 Gr. dSos, eidos, shape). .Re- 

 sembling loaf-sugar in texture. 



Saccharom'eter (Lat. sac'charum, 

 sugar ; Gr. perpov, met'ron, a mea- 

 sure). An instrument for measur- 

 ing the specific gravity of brewers' 

 and distillers' worts, and thus de- 

 termining the amount of sugar 

 contained in them. 



Saccholac'tie (Lat. sac'charum, sugar; 

 l<ic, milk). A term applied to an 

 acid obtained from the sugar of 

 milk. 



Sac'ciform (Lat. saccus, a bag ; forma, 

 shape). Resembling a sac or bag. 



Sac'cular (Lat. sac'culus, a little bag). 

 Belonging to, or formed of little 

 sacs or bags. 



Sa'cral (Sa'crum). Belonging to the 

 os sacrum. 



Sa'crum (Lat. sacer, sacred; because 

 originally offered in sacrifices). The 

 largest piece of the vertebral column, 

 placed at the upper and back part 

 of the pelvis. 



Safety Lamp. A lamp surrounded 

 by fine wire-gauze, invented by Sir 

 H. Davy, to indicate danger in 

 mines from explosion of firedamp. 



Safety Valve. A contrivance for pre- 

 venting or diminishing the risk of 

 explosion in steam-boilers, formed 

 on the principle of applying such a 

 force as will yield to the pressure 

 from within before the latter reaches 

 the point of danger. 



An heroic tale, among the 

 northern nations. 



Sagittal (Lat. sagil'ta, an arrow). 

 Like an arrow ; in anatomy, applied 

 to the suture which unites the 

 parietal bones of the head, its direc- 

 tion being on the centre of the skull 

 from before backwards. 



Sagittate (Lat. sagit'ta, an arrow). 

 Shaped like the head of an arrow ; 

 in botany, applied to leaves having 

 two long sharp lobes projecting 

 backwards from the insertion of 

 the petiole into the leaf. 



Salient (Lat. sal'io,^ I leap). Leap- 

 ing ; beating ; springing up or out ; 

 in geometry, applied to projecting 

 angles. 



Saliferous (Lat. sal, salt; fer'o, I 

 bear). Producing salt. 



Salifi'able (Lat. sal, salt ; /o, I 

 become). Capable of forming a 

 salt by combining with an acid. 



Saline (Lat. sal, salt). Containing 

 or having the properties of salt. 



Salinom'eter (Lat. salinus, saline; 

 Gr. fiGvpov, met'ron, a measure). 

 An apparatus for indicating the 

 density of brine in the boilers of 

 marine steam-engines, so as to show 

 when they should be cleaned. 



Salivary (Lat. sali'va). Belonging 

 to or conveying saliva. 



Salivary Glands. The glands which 

 secrete the saliva; being the parotid, 

 sublingual, and submaxillary. 



Salivate (Lat. sali'va). To produce 

 an excessive flow of saliva. 



Saliva'tion (Lat. sali'va). The pro- 

 cess of producing an excessive flow 

 of saliva. 



Salpingo- (Gr. <ra\7rfyf, salpinx, a 

 tube). In anatomy, a prefix in 

 some compound words, denoting 

 connection with a tube, generally 

 the Eustachian tube. 



Salt (Lat. sal, common salt). In 

 popular language, chloride of so- 

 dium ; in chemistry, any substance 

 resulting from the combination of 

 two oxides or analogous bodies, of 



