separation 
It. separation?, < L. si'par(itio(n-), a separating, 
< separare, pp. xeparatim, separate : see ni']m- 
rate.] 1. The act of separating, removing, or 
disconnecting one tiling from another; a dis- 
joining or disjunction: as, the separation of 
the soul from the body ; the separation of the 
good from the bad. 2. The operation of dis- 
uniting or decomposing substances; chemical 
analysis. 
I remember to have heard . . . that a fifteenth part of 
silver, incorporate with gold, will not be recovered by any 
water of separation, except you put a greater quantity of 
silver, . . . which ... is the last refuge in separations. 
Bacon, Nat. Hist., 798. 
3. The state of being separate ; disunion ; dis- 
connection; separate existence. 
Remove her where you will, I walk along still ; 
For, like the light, we make no separation. 
Fletcher (and another), Elder Brother, iii. 5. 
The soul is much freer In the state of separation ; and if 
it hath any act of life, it is much more noble and expedite. 
Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), II. 85. 
4. Specifically, a limited divorce, or divorce 
from bed and board without a dissolution of 
the marriage tie. This may be by common consent 
or by decree of a court; in the latter case it is called a 
judicial separation. See divorce. 
A separation 
Between the king and Katharine. 
Shak., Hen. VIII., ii. I. 148. 
5. In music: (a) A passing-note between two 
tones a third apart. (6) In organ-building, a 
contrivance introduced into instruments where 
the great organ keyboard has a pneumatic ac- 
tion, enabling the player to use that keyboard 
without sounding the pipes belonging to it, 
even though its stops may be more or less 
drawn. It is particularly useful where the action of 
the other keyboards when coupled together is too hard 
to be convenient. 
6f. A body of persons separated in fact or doc- 
trine from the rest of the community ; a body 
pf separatists or nonconformists; specifically, 
in the seventeenth century, the Puritans col- 
lectively. 
These chastisements are common to the saints, 
And such rebukes we of the separation 
Must bear with willing shoulders. 
B. Jonson, Alchemist, iii. 1. 
If ther come over any honest men that are not of y 
separation, they will quickly distast them. 
Bradford, Plymouth Plantation, p. 177. 
Dry separation, the cleaning of coal or concentration 
of ore by the aid of a strong current or blast of air, or by 
the so-called "wind method" ; concentration without the 
use of water. separation of the roots of an equation. 
See rood. 
separationist (sep-a-ra'shon-ist), n. [< separa- 
tion + -ist.] One who advocates or favors sep- 
aration, in some special sense. 
No excellence, moral, mental, or physical, inborn or at- 
tained, can buy for a " man of colour," from these separa- 
tionists, any distinction between the restrictions of his 
civil liberty and those of the stupidest and squalidest of 
his race. G. W. Cable, Contemporary Rev., LIII. 452. 
separatism (sep'a-ra-tizm), . [< separate + 
-ism.] Separatist principles or practices; dis- 
position to separate or withdraw from some 
combination or union. 
separatist (sep'a-ra-tist), . and a. [< separate 
+ -ist.] I. n. One who with draws or separates 
himself; one who favors separation. Especially 
(a) One who withdraws from an established or other 
church to which he has belonged ; a dissenter : as, the 
separatists (Brownists) of the sixteenth and seventeenth 
centuries : applied to the members of various specific 
sects, especially in Germany and Ireland. 
After a faint struggle he [Charles II. J yielded, and passed, 
with the show of alacrity, a series of odious acts against 
the separatists. Macaulay, Hist. Eng., ii. 
But at no time in his history was the Nonconformist or 
Puritan a Separatist or Dissenter from the Church of Eng- 
land. R. W. Dixon, Hist, Church of Eng., xvii. 
(V) In recent British politics, an epithet applied by the 
Unionist party to their opponents, whom they charge with 
favoring the separation of Ireland from the United King- 
dom. 
The Home Rule party are properly separatists, for their 
policy leads inevitably to separation. 
Contemporary Rev., L. 158. 
The transfer of votes from Unionists to Separatists at 
Spalding was not so large as was the transfer in the oppo- 
site direction in the St. Austell division of Cornwall. 
Quarterly Reo., CXLV. 2S3. 
II. a. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic 
of separatists or separatism; advocating sepa- 
ration : as, separatist politics ; separatist candi- 
dates for Parliament ; a separatist movement. 
This majority, so long as they remain united, can always 
defeat the Separatist minority. 
Nineteenth Century, XX. 9. 
separatistic (sep"a-ra-tis'tik), a. [< separatist 
+ -ic.] Relating to or characterized by sepa- 
ratism ; schismatical. Imp. Diet, 
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separative (sep'a-ra-tiv), . [= F. separatif = 
I 'r. xr/ia ni tin = Sp. Pg. It. tteparatiro, < LL. sepa- 
rativus, pertaining to separation, disjunctive, < 
\j. separare, separate : see, separate.] 1. Sepa- 
rating ; tending to separate ; promoting sepa- 
ration. 
I shall not insist on this experiment, because of that 
much more full and eminent experiment of the separative 
virtue of extreme cold that was made against their wills 
by the forementioned Dutchmen that wintered in Nova 
Zembla. Boyle, Works, I. 491. 
The spirit of the synagogue is essentially separative. 
Lamb, Imperfect Sympathies. 
God's separative judgment-hour. 
Mrs. Browning, Aurora Leigh, i. 
2. In not. hist., distinctive; serving for distinc- 
tion of species or groups: as, separative char- 
acters. 
separator (sep'a-ra-tor), n. [< LL. separator, 
one who separates, < L. separare, separate : see 
separate.] 1. One who separates. 2. Any 
implement, machine, or contrivance used for 
separating one thing from another : as, cream- 
separators ; grain-separators; magnetic separa- 
tors (for separating valuable ores from the rock 
or sand by means of powerful magnets); etc. 
Specifically (a) In agri., a machine for separating from 
wheat imperfect grains, other seeds, dirt, chaff, etc. The 
most common form appears in the fanning-mill or fanning 
attachment to a threshing-machine, and employs a blast of 
air to blow the light dust out of the grain. Another form 
of separator uses graduated screens, either flat or cylindri- 
cal, the cylindrical screens being made to revolve as the 
grain passes through them, and the flat screens having often 
a reciprocating motion to shake the dust out as the grain 
is passed over the screen. A recent form of separator em- 
ploys cylinders of dented sheet-metal, the good grain being 
caught in the indentations and carried away from the chaff, 
which slips past the cup-like depressions. In still another 
form, the grain slides down a revolving cone, the round 
weed-seeds fly off by centrifugal force, while the grain 
slides into a spout provided to receive it. A variety of 
screens for sorting fruit and roots according to sizes are 
also called separators .- as, a potato-separator. There are 
also special separators for sorting and cleaning barley, 
grass-seed, oats, etc. (6) In weaving, a comb-like device 
for spreading the yarns evenly upon the yarn- 
beam of a loom ; aravel. (c) Aglassvessel(one 
form of which is shown in the figure) used to 
separate liquids which differ in specific grav- 
ity and are not miscible. The vessel is filled 
with the mixture, and left at rest till the 
liquids separate mechanically, when the flu- 
ids can be drawn off by the cocks at their 
respective levels, or (in the form here figured) 
the denser liquid may be first drawn off com- 
pletely through the stop-cock at the bottom, 
the narrow neck allowing the separation to 
be almost exactly performed.' (rf) A name 
given to various modern and more or less separator M 
complicated forms of apparatus used for 
dressing ore. Chop Separator, in milling, a machine 
for separating the flour from quantities of cracked grain 
as the meal comes from the roller-mill. E. II. Knight. 
separatory (sep'a-ra-to-ri), a. and n. [< sepa- 
rate + -ory.] I. a. Causing or used in separa- 
tion; effecting separation ; separative: as, sepa- 
ratory ducts. 
The most conspicuous gland of an animal is the system 
of the guts, where the lacteals are the emissary vessels or 
separatory ducts. Q. Cheyne, Phil. Prin. 
In distilling with steam, a large quantity of water passes 
over with the product ; as this continues during the whole 
operation, the distillate is received in a separatory appa- 
ratus, so as to allow the water to escape. 
Spans' Encyc. Manuf., 1. 643. 
Separatory funnel, a form of funnel fitted with one or 
more stop-cocks, like the separator, of which it is a form, 
and used for separating liquids of different specific grav- 
ity. See separator, 2 (c). 
II. n. A chemical vessel for separating li- 
quids of different specific gravity; a separa- 
tor. See separator, 2 (c). 
separatrix (sep'a-ra-triks), n. [NL., fern, of 
LL. separator: see separator.] Something that 
separates ; specifically, the line separating light 
and shade on any partly illuminated surface. 
separatum (sep-a-ra'tum), . ; pi. separata (-ta). 
[NL., prop. neut. of separate, pp. of separare, 
separate: see separate.] A separate copy or 
reprint of a paper which has been published 
in the proceedings of a scientific society. It is 
now a very general custom to issue such separata for the 
benefit of specialists who do not care for the complete pro- 
ceedings. 
separistt (sep'a-rist), n. [< separ(ate) + -ist.] 
A separatist. 
Jove separate me from these Separists, 
Which think they hold heavens kingdome in their fists. 
Times' Whistle (E. E. T. S.), p. 15. 
sepawn, . Same as supawn. 
sepeliblet (sep'e-li-bl), a. [< L. sepcliUlis, that 
may be buried or concealed, < sepelire, bury : 
see sepulcher.] Fit for, admitting of, or in- 
tended for burial ; that may be buried. Imp. 
Diet. 
sepelitiont (sep-e-lish'on), n. [< ML. sepeli- 
tio(n-), misspelled sepelieio(n-), < L. sepelire, pp. 
sepidaceous 
bury: see sfpulrlicr.] Burial; inter- 
ment. 
The other extreme is of them who do so over-honour the 
dead that they abridge some parts of them of a due sepe- 
lition. Bp. Hall, Works, V. 416. (Dames.) 
Sephardic (se-far'dik), a. [< Ki-phardim + -if..] 
Of or pertaining to the Sephardim : as, Sephar- 
dic ritual. Also Sepharadic. 
The Sephardic immigration is best known by the con- 
verts to Christianity whom it supplied, as Isaac D'Israeli 
and his son Lord Beaconsfteld (who was baptized at the 
age of twelve). Encyc. Brit., XIII. 084. 
Sephardim (se-far'dim),i.j>7. [Heb.] Spanish- 
Portuguese Jews, as distinguished from Ash- 
kenazim, or German-Polish Jews. See Ashke- 
nazitn. 
The Sephardim, or Jews descended from the refugees 
from Spain after the expulsion in 1492, are generally dark- 
er in complexion and have darker hair than other Jews. 
Jour, of Anthropological Inst., XIX. 83. 
sephen (sef'en), n. [< Arabic.] A sting-ray 
of the Indian Ocean and Red Sea, Trygon (or 
Dasybatis) sephen, of commercial value for sha- 
green. 
Sephiroth (sef'i-roth), n. pi. [Heb., lit. ' enumer- 
ations.'] In the cabala, the first ten numerals, 
as attributes and emanations of the Deity, 
compared to rays of light, and identified with 
Scripture names of God. By the Sephiroth 
the first and highest of four worlds was said 
to be formed. See cabalist. 
sepia (se'pi-a), . and a. [= F. seche, seiche 
(OF. seche), a cuttlefish, sepia, its secretion, 
= Pr. sepia = Cat. sipia, cipia = Sp. sepia, jibia 
= Pg. siba = H.scppia, a cuttlefish, its secre- 
tion, < L. sepia, < Gr. m/nia, a cuttlefish, also 
ink derived from it, sepia.] I. n. 1. A black 
secretion or ink produced by the cuttlefish; 
also, in the arts, a pigment prepared from this 
substance. The Septa officinalis, common in the Medi- 
terranean, is chiefly sought for the profusion of color which 
it affords. This secretion, which is insoluble in water, 
but extremely diffusible through it, is agitated in water 
to wash it, and then allowed slowly to 
subside, after which the water is poured 
off, and the black sediment is formed 
into cakes or sticks. In this form it is 
used as a common writing-ink in China, 
Japan, and India. When prepared 
with caustic lye it forms a beautiful 
brown color, with a fine grain, and has 
given name to a species of mono- 
chrome drawing extensively cultivat- 
ed. See cuts under IHbranchiata, ink- 
bag, belemnite, and Belemnitidse. 
2. [cop.] [NL.] A genus of 
cuttles, typical of the family Se- 
piidee, and containing such spe- 
cies as the common or officinal 
cuttle, S. officinalis. See also 
cuts under cuttlefish, IHbranchi- 
ata, and ink-bag. 3. A cuttlefish. 4. Cut- 
tlebone: more fully called os sepise. It is an 
antacid, used in dentifrices, and given to cana- 
ries. See os and sepiost Roman sepia. Same 
as warm sepia, but with a yellow instead of a red tone. 
Warm sepia, a water-color used by artists, prepared by 
mixing some red pigment with sepia. 
II. . Done in sepia, as a drawing. 
Sepiacea (se-pi-a'se-a), n. pi. [NL., < Sepia + 
-acea.] A group of cephalopods : same as Sepi- 
idse in a broad sense. 
sepiacean (se-pi-a'se-an), a. [< Sepiacea + 
-an.] Of or pertaining to the Sepiacea. 
Sepiadariidae (se"pi-a-da-ri'i-de), n. pi. [NL., 
< Sepiadarium + -idee.] A family of decacerous 
cephalopods, typified by the genus Sepiadari- 
um. They have the mantle united to the neck or back, 
the fins narrow, developed only along the smaller part of 
the length, and no internal shell. The only two known 
species are confined to the Pacific. 
Sepiadarium (se"pi-a-da'ri-um), n. [NL.,< 
Gr. oTfiridc: (arrntaS-), a cuttlefish (see sepia), + 
dim. -apiov.] A genus of cuttles, typical of the 
family Sepiadariidse. 
sepiarian (se-pi-a'ri-an), a. and n. [< sepiary 
+ -an.] Same as sepiary. 
sepiary (se'pi-a-ri), a. and n. [< sepia + -ary.] 
I. a. Of or pertaining to the Sepiidse : as, a se- 
piary cephalopod. 
II. n. ; pi. sepiaries (-riz). A member of the 
Sepiidse. 
sepic (se'pik).a. [< sepia + -ic. ] 1. Oforper- 
taining to sepia. 2. Done in sepia, as a draw- 
ing. 
sepicolous (se-pik'o-lus), a. [< L. seepes, sepes, 
a hedge, a fence, + colere, inhabit.] In tot., 
inhabiting or growing in hedge-rows. 
sepidaceous (sep-i-da'shius), a. [Irreg. < NL. 
sepia + -d- (?) -aceous, or more prob. an error 
for sepiaceous.] In eool., of or relating to sepia 
or the genus Sepia. 
Cuttlefish (Si fin 
tifficinalis). 
