sentinel 
Our bugles sang truce, for the night-cloud had lowered, 
And the sentinel stars set their watch in the sky. 
Campbell, Soldier's Dream. 
sentinel (sen'ti-nel), v. t.; pret. and pp. //- 
neled or sentinelled, ppr. sentineling or sentinel- 
ling. [< sentinel, n.] 1. To watch over as a 
sentinel. 
All the powers 
That sentinel just thrones double their guards 
About your sacred excellence. 
Ford, Lover's Melancholy, ii. 1. 
2. To furnish with a sentinel or sentinels; 
place under the guard of sentinels. E. Pollok. 
[Rare.] 
sentinel-crab (sen'ti-nel-krab), n. A crab of 
the Indian Ocean, Podophthalmus vigil; a sen- 
tinel : so called from the remarkable length of 
the eye-stalks. 
sentisection (sen-ti-sek'shon), TO. [< L. sentire, 
feel, + sectio(n-), cutting.] Painful vivisec- 
tion ; the dissection of living animals without 
recourse to anesthetics or other means of pre- 
venting pain: opposed to cattisection. B. G. 
Wilder. [Rare.] 
sentoree, n. See sundoree. 
sentry 1 (sen'tri), n. and a. [Formerly also cen- 
tnj, earlier sentrie and in fuller form sentery, 
prob. a transferred use of OF. senteret, a path 
(in the same manner as sentinelle, a sentinel, 
from sentinelle, a path), senteret being dim. of 
sentier (It. sentiero), a path, < ML. semitarius, a 
path, < L. semita, a path: see sentinel.] I. n.; 
pi. sentries (-triz). If. A place of watch; a 
watch-tower. [Rare.] 
Qtterite, ... a sentry or watch-tower. Cotgrave. 
2. Watch; guard: same as sentinel, 1. 
What strength, what art can then 
Suffice, or what evasion bear him safe 
Through the strict sealeries and stations thick 
Of angels watching round? Milton, P. L., ii. 412. 
Thou, whose nature cannot sleep, 
O'er my temples sentry keep. 
Sir T. Browne, Religio Medici, ii. 12. 
3. One stationed as a guard : same as sentinel, 2. 
Sentry go, originally, the call made to announce the 
time of changing the watch ; hence, by loose colloquial 
extension, any active military duty. 
II. a. Acting as a sentry ; watching. 
sentry 2 t, Same as centryl, center 2 . 
Pleasure is but like sentries, or wooden frames set un- 
der arches till they be strong by then- own weight and 
consolidation to stand alone. 
Jer. Taylor, Apples of Sodom. (Latham.) 
sentry-board (sen'tri -bord), n. A platform 
outside the gangway of a ship for a sentry to 
stand upon. 
sentry-box (sen'tri-boks), TO. A kind of box 
or booth intended to give shelter to a sentinel 
in bad weather. 
sentuaryt, sentwaryt, . Middle English forms 
of sanctuary. 
senveyt, senviet, w. See senvy. 
senvyt, [Early mod. E. senvye, senvie; < ME. 
senvey, < OF. seneve = It. senape, senapa = AS. 
senep, senap = OFlem. sennep = OHG. senaf, 
MHG. senef, senf, G. sen/ = Sw. senap = Dan. 
senep, sennep, < L. siitapi, also sinape, sinapis 
= Goth, siwaj), < Gr. aivairi, also Givyiri, oivairv, 
aivqirv, alvt/Trvf, in Attic vairv, mustard: see 
sinapis.] Mustard; mustard-seed. 
Senvey lete sowe it nowe, and cool sede bothe, 
And when the list, weelwrought fatte lande thai love. 
PaMadius, Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 83. 
Senvie ... is of a most biting and stinging tast, of a 
fierie effect, but nathe- 
lesse very good and 
wholsom for man's 
bodie. 
Holland, tr. of Pliny, 
(xix. 8. (Davits.) 
Senza (sen'tsa). 
prep. [< It. senza, 
without: seesaws.] 
In music, without: 
as, senza sordino or 
sordini, without the 
mute (in violin- 
playing), or with- 
out dampers (in 
pianoforte-play- 
ing); senza tempo, 
without strict 
rhythm or time ; 
senza organo, with- 
out organ, etc. Ab- 
breviated S. 
An abbrevia- 
Horms of Sepals. 
a, flower of Caltha falustris, show- 
tfon USed by ho- JjBjj SftSef Se'' *' "SS^S 
tanlcal Writers for Cerastium nutans, seen from below: 
9f>nnl s ' one ^ t ' ie se P^ls; 4, calyx of the 
a^ut. same, showing the five free sepals. 
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sepal (sep'al or se'pal), n. [= F. stipule, < NL. 
ni'fiiilniii. formed (after the analogy of petal, 
lepal) < L. separ, separate, different : see sepa- 
rate. Cf. ML. sepalin, a dubious form, unde- 
fined, appar. an error for separalis, several : see 
sereral. The term was proposed by Necker, and 
adopted by A. P. de Candolle and all later bot- 
anists.] In hot., a calyx-leaf; one of the indi- 
vidual leaves or parts "that make up the calyx, 
or outer circle of floral envelops. See calyx, 
cut in preceding column, and cuts under uiifi- 
sepalous and dimerous. 
The term sepal was devised by Neckar to express each 
of the divisions of the calyx. 
WheweU, Philos. Inductive Sciences, I., p. xciv. 
sepaled (sep'ald or se'pald), a. [< sepal + -erf 2 .] 
In bot., provided with sepals. 
sepaline (sep'a-liu), a. [< sepal + -iwe 1 .] In 
hot., relating to a sepal or sepals ; having the 
nature of a sepal. 
sepalody (sep'a-16-di), n. [< sepal + -ode, a 
form of -old, H- -y s .] In bot., metamorphosis 
or change of petals or other organs into sepals 
or sepaloid organs. 
sepaloid (sep'a-loid), a. [< sepal + -oid."] Like 
a sepal, or distinct part of a calyx. 
sepalous (sep'a-lus), a. [< sepal + -ous.] Re- 
lating to or having sepals. 
separability (sep^a-ra-biri-ti), n. [< L. sepa- 
rabilis, admitting of separation, < separare, 
separate : see separate.] The property of be- 
ing separable, or of admitting separation or 
disunion; divisibility. Glanville. 
separable (sep'a-ra-bl), a. [< OF. separable, F. 
separable = Sp"separable= Pg. separavel = It. 
separabile, < L. separabilis, that can be sepa- 
rated, < separare, separate: see separate.] 1. 
Capable of being separated, disjoined, or dis- 
united : as, the separable parts of plants ; quali- 
ties not separable from the substance in which 
they exist. 
We can separate in imagination any two ideas which 
have been combined ; for what is distinguishable is sepa- 
rable. Leslie Stephen, Eng. Thought, i. 8 51. 
2f. Separative. 
In our two loves there is but one respect, 
Though in our lives a separable spite. 
Shdk., Sonnets, xxxvi. 
separableness (sep'a-ra-bl-nes), n. The char- 
acter or property of being separable ; separa- 
bility. 
Trials permit me not to doubt of the separableness of a 
yellow tincture from gold. Boyle. 
separably (sep'a-ra-bli), adv. In a separable 
manner. 
separata, n. Plural of separatum. 
separate (sep'a-rat), v. ; pret. and pp. separated, 
ppr. separating. [< L. separates, pp. of sepa- 
rare ( > It. separare = Sp. Pg. separar = Pr. sepa- 
rar, sebrar = F. separer and serrer (> E. sever) ), 
separate (cf. separ, separate, different), < se-, 
apart, + parare, provide, arrange : see se- and 
pare 1 . Cf. sever.] I. trans. 1. To sever the 
connection or association of; disunite or dis- 
connect in any way ; sever. 
Separate thyself, I pray thee, from me. Gen. xiii. 9. 
They ought from false the truth to separate, 
Error from Faith, and Cockle from the Wheat. 
Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, i. 7. 
In the darkness and confusion, the bands of these com- 
manders became separated from each other. 
Irving, Granada, p. 95. 
I think it impossible to separate the interests and edu- 
cation of the sexes. Improve and refine the men, and you 
do the same by the women, whether you will or no. 
Emerson, Woman. 
2. To divide, place, or keep apart; cut off, as 
by an intervening space or body ; occupy the 
space between : as, the Atlantic separates Eu- 
rope from America. 
We are separated from it by a circumvallation of laws 
of God and man. Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), I. 728. 
Separated flowers, flowers in which the sexes are sepa- 
rated ; diclinous flowers. =8yn. 1. To disjoin, disconnect, 
detach, disengage, sunder, cleave, distinguish, isolate. 
2. To dissociate. 
II. in trans. 1. To part; be or become dis- 
united or disconnected; withdraw from one an- 
other. 
When there was not room enough for their herds to feed, 
they by consent separated, and enlarged then" pasture. 
Locke. 
The universal tendency to separate thus exhibited [by 
political parties and religious sects] is simply one of the 
ways in which a growing assertion of individuality comes 
out H. Spencer, Social Statics, p. 476. 
2. To cleave; open; come apart Separating 
post-office, a post-office where mail is received for dis- 
tribution and despatched to other post-offlces. [XI. S.J 
separation 
separate (sep'a-rat), . and n. [< L. separates, 
pp. of sfpin-iire, separate: see separate, v.] I. 
a. 1. Divided from the rest; disjoined; dis- 
connected: used of things that have been united 
or associated. 
Come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith 
the Lord. 2 Cor. vi. 17. 
Nothing doth more alienate mens affections than with- 
drawing from each other into separate Congregations. 
Stillingjleet, Sermons, II. vi. 
2. Specifically, disunited from the body; in- 
corporeal: as, the separate state of souls. 
Whatever ideas the mind can receive and contemplate 
without the help of the body it is reasonable to conclude 
it can retain without the help of the body too ; or else the 
soul, or any separate spirit, will have but little advantage 
by thinking. Locke, Human Vndefstanding, II. i. 15. 
3. By its or one's self; apart from others; re- 
tired; secluded. 
Beyond his hope, Eve separate he spies. 
Milton, P. L., ix. 424. 
Now in a secret vale the Trojan sees 
A separate grove. Dryden, JKneiA, vi. 954. 
4. Distinct; unconnected. 
Such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, 
undented, and separate from sinners. Heb. vii. 26. 
Have not those two realms their separate maxims of pol- 
icy? Swift, Conduct of the Allies. 
One poem, which is composed upon a law of its own, 
and has a characteristic or separate beauty of its own, can- 
not be inferior to any other puem whatsoever. 
De Quincey, Style, ill. 
5. Individual; particular. 
While the great body [of the empire], as a whole, was 
torpid and passive, every separate member began to feel 
with a sense, and to move with an energy, all its own. 
MacauLay, 'Lord Clive. 
Hepzibah did not see that, just as there comes a warm 
sunbeam into every cottage window, so comes a love- beam 
of God's care and pity for every separate need. 
Hairthorne, Seven Gables, xvi. 
Separate coxa. See coxa, 3. Separate estate, sep- 
arate property, (a) The property of a married woman, 
which she holds independently of her husband's interfer- 
ence and control. (&) An estate held by another in trust for 
a married woman. Separate form. See form. Sepa- 
rate maintenance, a provision made by a husband for 
the sustenance of his wife in cases in which they decide 
to live apart. =Syn. Distinct, etc. (see different), disunited, 
dissociated, detached. See the verb. 
II. n. If. One who is or prefers to be sepa- 
rate ; a separatist ; a dissenter. 
Chusing rather to be a rank Separate, a meer Quaker, 
an arrant Seeker. 
Bp. Gauden, Tears of the Church, p. 41. (Davies.) 
2. A member of an American Calvinistic 
Methodist sect of the eighteenth century, ijo 
called because of their organization into sepa- 
rate societies. They maintained that Christian be- 
lievers are guided by the direct teachings of the Holy 
Spirit, and that such teaching is in the nature of inspira- 
tion, and superior though not contrary to reason. 
3. An article issued separately ; a separate slip, 
article, or document; specifically," in bibliogra- 
phy, a copy of a printed article, essay, mono- 
graph, etc., published separately from the vol- 
ume of which it forms a part, often retitled and 
repaged. 
It will be noticed that to the questions 16, 17, and 18, 
in the separate of January 18, 1886, no reply is given by 
the superintendent of the mint. 
Rep. of Sec. of Treasury, 1886, p. 406. 
separately (sep'a-rat-li), adv. In a separate 
or unconnected state ; each by itself ; apart ; 
distinctly ; singly : as, the opinions of the coun- 
cil were separately taken. 
If you are constrained by the subject to admit of many 
figures you must then make the whole to be seen together, 
. . . and not everything separately and in particular. 
Dryden, tr. of Dufresnoy's Art of Painting. 
The allies, after conquering together, return thanks to 
God separately, each after his own form of worship. 
Macaulay, Gladstone on Church and State. 
separateness (sep'a-rat-nes), n. Separate or 
distinct character or state. Bailey. 
separatical (sep-a-rat'i-kal), a. [< separate + 
-ic-al.] Pertaining to separation in religion; 
schismatic. [Rare.] Imp. Diet. 
separating-disk (sep'a-ra-ting-disk), n. In 
deiitistri/, an emery-wheel used with a dental 
engine for cutting a space between teeth. 
separating-funnel (sep'a-ra-ting-fun"el), n. 
See funnel. 
separating-sieve (sep'a-ra-ting-siv), n. l-ngun- 
pou'der-maiiuf., a compound sieve by which the 
grains are sorted relatively to size. 
separating-weir (sep ' a-ra-ting-wer) , n . A weir 
which permits the water to flow off in case of 
flood, but under ordinary circumstances collects 
it in a channel along the face of the weir. 
separation (sep-a-ra'shpn), n. [< OF. separa- 
tion, separacion, separaison, F. separation = Pr. 
separatio = Sp. separacion Pg. separaqSo = 
