securely 
The excellent nocturnal Government of our City of Lon- 
don, where one may pass and repass securely all Hours of 
the Night if he gives good Words to the Watch. 
IlomU, Letters, I. i. 17. 
(c) Firmly ; in such a manner as to prevent failure or ac- 
cident; so that loss, escape, injury, or damage may not 
result : as, to fasten a thing securely; lashed securely to 
the rigging. 
Even gnats, if they rest on the glands [of Droxcra ra- 
tundtfolia] with their delicate feet, are quickly and secure- 
Ill embraced. Daru'in, Insectiv. Plants, p. 204. 
securement (se-kur'ment), n. [< secure + 
-meitt. Cf , MFWMKfc] 1+. Security; protection. 
They, like Judas, desire death ; . . . Cain, on the con- 
trary, grew afraid thereof, and obtained a securement from 
it. Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., i. 2. 
2. The act of securing, obtaining, or making 
sure. 
The securement ... of perpetual protection. 
The Century, XXVI. 475. 
secureness (se-kiir'nes), n. The state of being 
secure or safe, (a) The feeling of security ; confidence 
of safety ; exemption from fear ; hence, want of vigilance 
or caution. 
Which omission was a strange neglect and secnreness to 
my understanding. 
Bacon, Letters (1657), p. 20. (.Latham.) 
(6) Safety ; security. 
securer (se-kur'er), H. One who or that which 
secures or protects. 
securicula (sek-u-rik'u-lii), u. ; pi. securiculee 
(-le). [L., dim. of securis, an ax or hatchet 
with a broad edge, < secure, cut: see secant, 
and cf. saw 1 , scythe, from the same ult. root.] 
A little ax ; specifically, a votive offering, amu- 
let, or toy having the shape of an ax-head, with 
a tongue or with an entire handle attached. 
Securidaca (sek-u-rid'a-ka), H. [NL. (Riyinus, 
1699), < L. securidaca, an erroneous reading of 
securiclata, a weed growing among lentils, fern. 
(so. hcrba'jQfsecuriclatus, shaped like a hatchet, 
< securicula, a hatchet, a little ax: see securic- 
ula.] If. A former genus of plants : same as 
Kecurigera. 2. A genus of polypetalous plants 
(Linnseus, 1753), of the order Polygalex. it is 
characterized by two large, wing shaped sepals, a one- 
celled ovary, and a samaroid or crusted fruit usually with 
a long wing. There are about 30 species, natives of the 
tropics, mostly in America, with 1 or 5 in Africa or Asia. 
They are shrubs, often of climbing habit, with alternate 
leaves and terminal or axillary racemes of violet, red, 
white, or yellow flowers. Many South American species 
climb upon trees to a great height, and are very beautiful 
in flower. S. lon<jip".dunculata (Lophostyli* pallida, etc.) 
is a shrub of the Zambesi region, 5 or 10 feet high, form- 
ing impenetrable thickets near water, and contains a 
very tough fiber, there used for fish-lines and for nets. See 
bitaze-Jiber. 
securifer (se-ku'ri-fer), . [< L. securifer: see 
Securifera."] A hymenopterous insect of the 
division Securifera; a securiferous insect, as a 
saw-fly. 
Securifera (sek-u-rif 'e-ra), i. pi. [NL., neut. pi. 
of L. securifer, ax-bearing, < securis, an ax, + 
ferre = E. Sear 1 .] In Latreille's system of clas- 
sification, the first 
family of Hymcnop- 
tera, divided into 
two tribes, Tentlire- 
diniilse and Uroce- 
ratn, the saw-flies 
and horntails. It in- 
cluded the forms with 
sessile abdomen, and is 
equivalent to the Terebrantia of modern systems. 
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flowers of a rudimentary ovary which is often long and two- 
or three cleft. It includes about 8 species, natives of South 
America, Spain, and Africa, and of other temperate and 
tropical regions. They are branching shrubs, bearing 
small entire alternate leaves, and numerous small stami- 
nate flowers in axillary clusters.with the few pistillate flow- 
ers borne on longer stalks, on separate plants or on the 
same. 5. nitida is the myrtle of Tahiti and Mauritius, 
sometimes cultivated for its white flowers. 
securipalp (i$-kn'ri-palp), . A beetle of the 
section l^iTuripaljti. 
Securipalpi (se-ku-ri-pal'pl), n. pi. [NL. (La- 
treille, 1825), ^L. securis, an ax, + NL. pnlpux, 
q. v.] In Coleoptera, a group corresponding to 
Stevens's family Melandryidx, and character- 
ized by the large size of the three terminal 
joints of the maxillary palpi, which are often 
serrated and deflexed. Also called Kerripaljti. 
securitant (se-ku'ri-tan), n. [< securit-y + -an.'] 
One who dwells in fancied security. [Rare.] 
The sensual securiian pleases himselfe in the conceits of 
his owne peace. Bp. Halt, Sermons. (Latham.) 
securite (sek'u-rit). . [A trade-name.] A 
modern high explosive, said to consist of 26 
parts of metadinitrobeuzol and 74 parts of 
ammonium nitrate. It is a yellow powder, emitting 
the odor of nitrobenzol. There are also said to be three 
modifications, respectively containing trinitrobenzol, di- 
nitronaphthalene, and trinitronaphthalene. Also called 
securit. 
security (se-ku'rj-ti), . ; pi. securities (-tiz). 
[< P. securite = Sp. geguridad = Pg. seguridade 
= It. sicurita, sicurta, < L. securila(t-)s, free- 
dom from care, < securus, free from care: see 
secure. Cf. surety, a doublet of security, as sure 
is of secure.'] 1. The state of being secure. 
(a) Freedom from care, anxiety, or apprehension ; confi- 
dence of safety ; hence, unconcernedness ; carelessness ; 
heedlessness ; over-confldence. 
And you all know, security 
Is mortals' chiefest enemy. 
-., Macbeth, iii. 5. 32. 
Securifera. 
Saws of Saw-fly {l^ophyrtts s 
sus), greatly enlarged. 
sedately 
secutourt (sck'u-tor), H. [Early mod. E. also 
xifiniir; < WE. secutour, secatour, neketfHtre, sec- 
tour, secture, < OF. c.m-uioiir. V. ejcecuteur, an 
executor: see executor.] An executor. 
If me be destaynede to dye at Dryzhtyns wylle, 
I charge the my sekt&ur, chetfe of alle other, 
To mynystre my mobles. 
Morte Artkure (E. E. T. S.), 1. 666. 
Mcry. Who shall your goodes possesse? 
Koyster. Thou shalt be my sectour, and haue all more 
and lesse. Udall, Koister Doister, iii. 3. 
sed't, n. A Middle English form of /. 
sed 2 (sed), . [Origin obscure.] A line of silk, 
gut, or hair by which a fish-hook is fastened to 
the line ; a snood. J. Jr. Collins. [Maine.] 
sedan (se-dan'), u. [Said to be so named from 
Sedan, ;i town in northeastern* France. Cf. F. 
xi-iltni, cloth made at Sedan.] 1. A covered 
chair serving as a vehicle for carrying one per- 
son who sits within it, the inclosure being 
therefore of much greater height than width : 
it is borne on two poles, which pass through 
. (See 
Terebrantia.) Also called Phytophaga, Semfera, and Ses- 
siliventres. 
securiferous (sek-u-rif'e-rus), a. [As securifer 
+ -oils.] Of or pertaining to the Securifera. 
securiform (se-ku'ri-form), a. [< L. securis, an 
ax, + forma, form.] 1. Shaped like an ax or 
a hatchet; dolabriform. 2. In en torn., subtri- 
angular or trapezoidal and attached by one of 
the acute angles, as a joint or other part. 
Securigera (sek-u-rij'e-ra), n. [NL. (A. P. de 
Candolle, 1815), from the shape of the pod; < 
L. securis, a knife, + gererc, bear.] A genus 
of leguminous plants of the suborder Papilioiia- 
ceee and tribe Lotese. It is characterized by the elon- 
gated linear flat and tapering pod, which is nearly or quite 
indehiscent, is curved and sickle-shaped, and has broadly 
thickened margins. The flowers bear a short, broad, and 
somewhat two-lipped c.alyx, a nearly circular banner-petal. 
an incurved keel, diadelphous stamens, and a sessile ovary 
with numerous ovules which ripen into flat squarish seed H. 
The only species, S. Sauna, a smooth, spreading herb, is a 
native of the Mediterranean region. See hatchet-vetch and 
axfitch. 
Securinega (sek-u-rin'e-ga), n. [NL. (Jussieu, 
1789), alluding to the' hardness of the wood, 
which withstands the ax; < L. securis, a knife, 
an ax, + nego, deny.] A genus of apetalous 
plants of the order Euphorbineete and tribe Phyl- 
lan these. It resembles Phi/UaiMius in habit and charac- 
ter, but is distinguished by the presence in the staminate 
The last daughter of pride is delicacy, under which is 
contained gluttony, luxury, sloth, and security. 
Hath, Christ's Tears Over Jerusalem, p. 137. (Trench.) 
The army, expecting from the king's Illness a speedy 
order to return, conversed of nothing else within their 
camp, with that kind of security as if they had already re- 
ceived orders to return home. 
Bruce, Source of the Nile, II. 37. 
(6) Freedom from annoyance, harm, danger, or loss ; safety. 
The people neither vsedvswell nor ill, yet for oar se- 
curitie we tooke one of their petty Kings, and led him 
bound to conduct vs the way. 
Quoted in Capt. John Smith's Works, I. 19. 
What greater security can we have, than to be under the 
protection of infinite wisdom and goodness? 
Bp. Atterbury, Sermons, II. xxii. 
The right of personal security is, . . . that no person, ex- 
cept on impeachment, and in cases arising in the military 
and naval service, shall be held to answer for a capital or 
otherwise infamous crime, or for any offence above the 
common-law degree of petit larceny, unless he shall have 
been previously charged on the presentment or indictment 
of a grand jury ; that no person shall be subject, for the 
same offence, to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb ; 
nor shall he be compelled, in any criminal case, to be a wit- 
ness against himself ; and, in all criminal prosecutions, 
the accused is entitled to a speedy and public trial, by an 
impartial jury; and upon the trial he is entitled to be con- 
fronted with the witnesses against him, to have compul- 
sory process for obtaining witnesses in his favour, and to 
have the assistance of counsel for his defence ; and as a 
further guard against abuse and oppression in criminal 
proceedings, it is declared that excessive bail cannot be 
required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and un- 
usual punishments inflicted. 
Kent's Commentaries (12th ed.), IL 12. 
2. That which secures or makes safe ; protec- 
tion; defense; guard. 
Anjou is neighbouring upon Normandy : a great Security 
to it, if a Friend ; and as great a Danger, if an Enemy. 
Baiter, Chronicles, p. 44. 
There are only two or three poor families that live here, 
and are in perpetual fear of the Arabs, against whom 
their poverty is their best security. 
Pococke, Description of the East, IL i. 59. 
(a) A guaranty or pledge ; something given or deposited 
as surety for the fulfilment of a promise or an obligation, 
the payment of a debt, or the like. 
This is no time to lend money, especially upon bare 
friendship, without security. Shot., T. of A., iii. 1. 46. 
Ten. Well, sir, your security? 
Ainb. Why, sir, two diamonds here. 
Dekker and Webster, Westward Ho, iv. 1. 
We obliged him to give his son Mahomet in security for 
his behaviour towards us. Bruce, Source of the Nile, 1. 46. 
(b) A person who engages or pledges himself for the per- 
formance of another's obligations ; one who becomes surety 
for another. 
3. An evidence of debt or of property, as a 
bond or a certificate of stock : as, government 
securities. 
Exchequer bills have been generally reckoned the sur- 
est and most sacred of all securities. Swift, Examiner. 
Collateral, heritable, personal security. See the ad- 
jectives. Infeftment In security. See laftftmat. 
To go security. See go. To marshal securities. 
See marshal^, 
rings secured to the sides, and usually by two 
bearers. These chairs were first introduced in western 
Europe In the sixteenth century (first seen in England in 
1581, and regularly used there from 1634), hut their use was 
greatly extended In theeighteenth century, when they were 
the common means of transportation for ladies and gen- 
tlemen in the cities of England and France. They were 
often elaborately decorated, with paintings by artists of 
note, panels of vernis Martin, and the like, and lined with 
elegant silks. Similar chairs, carried on the shoulders of 
two or more bearers, have long been in use in China. 
If your wife be the gentle woman o' the house, sir, shee 's 
now gone forth in one o'the new Hand-litters : what call 
yee it, a Sedan. Brome, The Sparagus Garden, iv. 10. 
Close mewed in their sedans, for fear of air ; 
And for their wives produce an empty chair. 
Dryden, tr. of Juvenal's Satires, i. 186. 
Sedans, from hence [Naples) brought first into England 
by Sir Sanders Duncomb. Evelyn, Diary, 1'eb. 8, 1645. 
2. A hand-barrow with a deep basket-like bot- 
tom made of barrel-hoops, used to carry fish. 
It has been used since the eighteenth century to carry fish 
from the beach over the sand to the flakes. [Provincetown, 
Massachusetts.] 
Sedan blaok. See Wad: 
sedan-chair (sf-dan'ehar), . Same as sedan, ] . 
When not walking, ladies used either a coach or .--.,/,;,, 
chair, and but seldom rode on horseback. 
J. Ashtan, Social Life in Reign of Queen Anne, I. 98. 
sedant (se'dant), a. [F. *sedant, < L. seden(t-)s, 
sitting: see sedent, sejant.] In her., same as 
sejant. 
sedate (se-daf), a. [= It. sedato, < L. sedatus, 
composed, calm, pp. of sedare, settle, causal of 
sedere, sit, = E. sit: seesit.] C^uiet; composed; 
placid; serene; serious; undisturbed by pas- 
sion: as, a sedate temper or deportment. 
With countenance calm, and soul sedate. 
Dryden, .Eneid, ix. 999. 
The Italians, notwithstanding their natural fleriness of 
temper, affect always to appear sober and sedate. 
Addisan, Remarks on Italy (Works, ed. Bohn, I. 373). 
He was about forty-eight of a sedate look, something 
approaching to gravity. 
Sterne, Sentimental Journey, p. 78. 
A mind 
Of composition gentle and sedate, 
And, in Its movements, circumspect and slow. 
Wordsworth, Excursion, vi. 
When he touched a lighter string, the tones, though 
pleasingly modulated, were still sedate. 
Giftird, Introd. to Ford's Plays, p. 1. 
= SyTL Imperturbable, serious, staid. 
sedatet, <' '. [< sedate, .] To calm ; compose. 
To sedate these contests. Dr. John Oieen, Works, VIII., 
Ipref., p. 48. (N. and Q.) 
sedately (se-dat'li), fidv. In a sedate manner; 
calmly; serenely; without mental agitation. 
She took the kiss sedately. Tennyson, Maud, xii. 4. 
