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GLOSSARY. 



like a saw ; having sharp processes 

 like the teeth of a saw. 



Ser'ratures (Lat. serra, a saw). 

 Pointed projections at the edge like 

 the teeth of a saw. 



Ser'rulate (Lat. ser'rula, a little saw). 

 Having very fine notches. 



Se'rum (Lat. whey). The yellowish 

 fluid which is left in coagulation of 

 the blood, consisting of the liquor 

 sanguinis, or blood-fluid, deprived 

 of fibrin. 



Ses'amoid (Gr. a-r}ffa^ov, sesamon, a 

 kind of small grain ; eiSos, ei'dos, 

 shape). Like a sesame; applied 

 to small bones at the joints of the 

 great toes and thumbs, and to small 

 bodies in the valves of the aorta and 

 pulmonary artery. 



Ses'qui- (Lat. one and a half). A pre- 

 fix in compound words signifying 

 one and a half, or in the proportion 

 of three to two. 



Sesquial'teral (Lat. sesqui, one and 

 a half; alter, the other). In arith- 

 metic and geometry, applied to a 

 quantity which contains one and a 

 half of another. 



Sesquiba'sic (Lat. sesqui, one and a 

 half; basis, a base). Applied to 

 salts containing one and a half times 

 as much base in proportion to the 

 acid as the neutral salt. 



Sesquicar'bonate (Lat. sesqui, one and 

 a half; carbonate). A salt con- 

 sisting of three equivalents of car- 

 bonic acid with two of base. 



SesquichloTide (Lat. sesqui, one and 

 a half; chloride). A compound of 

 three equivalents of chlorine with 

 two of another element. 



Sesquidu'plicate (Lat. sesqui, one and 

 a half ; duplex, double). Having 

 the ratio of two and a half to one. 



Sesqui'odide (Lat. sesqui, one and a 

 half ; iodide). A compound of 

 three equivalents of iodine with 

 two of another element. 



Sesqui'oxide (Lat. sesqui, one and a 

 half; oxide). A compound of three 

 equivalents of oxygen with two of 

 another element. 



Sesquip'licate (Lat. sesqui, one and a 

 half ; plic'o, I fold). In the ratio 

 of one and a half to one. 



SesquisuTphate (Lat. sesqui, one and 

 a half ; sulphate). A sulphate 

 containing three equivalents of sul- 

 phuric acid and two of base. 

 SesquisuTpbide (Lat. sesqui, one and 

 a half; sulphide). A compound 

 of three equivalents of sulphur with 

 two of another element. 

 Sesquiter'tian ^Lat. sesqui, one and a 

 half ; tertia'nus, tertian). Having 

 the ratio of one and one -third. 

 Ses'sile (Lat. sed'eo, I sit). Sitting ; 



having no stem or stalk, 

 Seta'ceous (Lat. seta, a bristle). 



Bristly, or resembling bristles. 

 Se'tiform (Lat. seta, a bristle ; forma, 



form). Resembling a bristle. 

 Setig'erous (Lat. sota, a bristle ; ger'o, 

 I bear). Bearing setse or sharp 

 hairs. 



Se'tose or Se'tous (Lat. seta, a bristle). 

 Bristly ; covered with setse or sharp 

 hairs. 

 Sex- (Lat. six). A prefix in compound 



words signifying six. 

 Sex'angular (Lat. sex, six ; arigulus, 



an angle). Having six angles. 

 Sexen'nial (Lat. sex, six ; annus, a 

 year). Lasting six years ; happen- 

 ing once in six years. 

 Sexfid (Lat. sex, six ; findo, I 



cleave). Cleft into six. 

 Sexloc'ular (Lat. sex, six ; loc'ulus, 



a cell). Having six cells. 

 Sex'tant (Lat. sex'tans, a sixth). 

 The sixth part of a circle ; an in- 

 strument for measuring the angular 

 distances of objects, having a limb 

 of sixty degrees, or the sixth part 

 of a circle. 

 Sextillion (Lat. sex, six ; million). 



The sixth power of a million. 

 Sex'tuple (Lat. sex, six; plido, I 



fold). Six-fold. 



Sex'ual (Lat. sexus, sex). Denoting 

 the sexes ; in botany, applied to a 

 system of classification founded on 

 the number and arrangement of 

 the stamens and pistils. 

 Sex'ual System. In botany, the 

 classification founded by Linnaeus 

 on the number, position, &c., of 

 the stamens and pistils. 

 Shaft. In architecture, the body of 

 a column between the trunk and 



