Sepidae 550 
Sepidae 1 (sep'i-de), n. pi. [NL.,< Sepia + -ids-.] in sodium permanganate, the amount of or- 
~ " ' ganic impurity existing in the atmosphere. 
Septembrist 
The Celtic tenure of land, which disallowed all indi- 
vidual possessions, making it the common property uf t h 
sent, almost necessitated a pastoral rather than an agri 
3^1 1 I_i_ I.'.!.',, J,..,.,.!. ! f-'T VTT II) 
same as Sepioidea. 
Sepididae (se-pid'i-de), n. pi [NL., prop. Btni- 
diiilif, < Sepidium + -idee.] In entom., a family 
of coleopterous insects, named from the genus 
StntdiiaH. 
sepiform (sep'i-form), a. [< NL. Seps + L. 
forma, form.] Resembling or related to the 
typified by the genus Sepia. They have eyes covered 
by transparent skin, and lidless ; the fourth pair of arms 
set apart 
God sepoted a seventh of our time for his exterior wor- gent An abbreviation () of September; (b) of 
ship. Donne, To Sir H. G. f^ ]>tlla g int , 
U. intrans. To go aside; retire. septa,". Plural of septum. 
That he [a Christian] think of God at all times, but that, septaemia, . See septemia. 
besides that, he sepose sometimes, to think of nothing but septal 1 (sep'tal), a. [< Sept 1 + -al] Of or be- 
God. Donne, Sermons, xix. i ong i ng to a sept or clan. 
lizards of the genus Seps : as, a sepiform lizard, sepositt (se-poz'it), v. t. [< L. sepositus, pp. of He nad done muc i, to Normaniie, the country by mak- 
SpniidiP (se-pi'i-de) . T>1 [NL., < Sepia + sepotiere, put aside : see sepose.] To set aside, ing large and wholly illegal grants of gepfaUerritory to his 
/,/".] A family of decacerous cephalopods, Parent, and the neerest Woud must all for this [mar- tM - J - " McCarthy, Outline of Insh History, ,i 
riage] be laid by and deposited. Feltham, Letters, i. septal' 2 (sep'tal), n. [< sept*, septum, + -al.] 
sepositiont (sep-o-zish'on), u. [< L. seposi- Of or pertaining 'ttusepta ! ha ving the_eharacter 
b^a'cartSnourb^ten'imTcorrespoTdlng pit "ItbTflns pp. sepositus, put aside : see sepose.] The act 
are lateral, and extend along most of the body. Cuttles o f setting aside or apart ; a setting aside. 
g^oss^rt^^ss^^ . ML^^MKa? 8ctiud derellction 
sense, is also called Sepiacea, Sepiadx, Sepida, Sepiaria, " e P n ' K Sailor V%>At (ed 18351 I 230 
Sepiarii, and Sepiophora. See cut under Sepia. 
sepiment (sep'i-ment), . [< L. sxpimentum, sepoy (se'poi, formerly and better se-poi'), n. 
sepimentum, a hedge, a fence, < ssepire, sepire, [Also seapoy, formerly also sipoy, and (more 
hedge, fence, < ssepes, sepes, a hedge, fence.] A nearly like the Hind.) sipahee, " 
hedge; a fence; something that separates. ' w x 
[Rare.] 
sepioid (se'pi-oid), a. and n. [< Sepia + -oid.] 
r f orm - 
Pvn + 
seven, f 
< 
a partitaon. 
septan (sep tan), a. 
"* 
T 
Li. 
** 
avirg 
* 
rides amfseven ang; a 
sepoy, 
y, = Sp. espahi, 
avalryman (in Turkey or Algeria); < Hind. 
sipdhi, a native soldier in distinction from a 
gles. 
Septaria 1 (sep-ta'ri-a), n. [NL., < L. sieptum, 
higher ranks are exclusively so. 
As early as A. D. 1592, the chief of Slnd had 200 natives 
dressed and armed like Europeans ; these were the first 
Sepoyg. 
R. F. Burton, Camoens: a Commentary, II. 445, notes. 
Sepoy mutiny. See mutiny. 
relating to a septarium. 
The "Tealby Beds" are (l)the iron stone, . . . (2) clays 
with thin sand stones, septarian nodules, selenite, and py- 
rites. Oeol. Mag., V. 32. 
um (sep-ta'ri-um), n. ; pi. septaria (-a), 
see Septaria 1 .'] A concretion or nodule 
of considerable size, and roughly spherical in 
epoy muny. ee muny. 
seppuku (sep'puk'i?), n. [Jap., colloquial pro- shape, of which the parts nearest the center 
uunc-iation of setsu puku, 'cut the belly' (the have become cracked during the drying of the 
syllable tsii, except when initial, being assimi- mass, the open spaces thus formed having been 
lated in mod. Jap. and Chin, words to a k, p, or s subsequently filled with some infiltrated mm- 
>\*^*J.VAM. ^u~ - .,-~* f j L , j- j j. 13. t_ ji OCUUcbllC* \Ovp~lt* ll-njt / IAI.IJ.. N J-J. OCC.ISIM rri' } 
I. a. Resembling a cuttlefish; pertaining to European soldier, a beadle, peon or messenger * ( a f ^ e an inclosure: see septum.] In 
the Sepioidea, or having their characters. of a court, < Pers. stpaht, a horseman, soldier, < c * nch ' g of 8 hi pw orms : synonymous with 
II. n. A member of the Sepioidea. sipdh, supdh (> 'Hind sipah), soldiers, an army, T do Lamarck; Ferussac. 
Sepioidea (se-pi-oi'de-a), n.pl. [NL., < Sepia + military force 1 - Ji- ** MI i 
-oidea.] 1. A superfamily of decacerous cepha- ciplined and 
lopods with eyes covered by transparent skin regulations; 
and lidless, the fourth pair of arms hectocoty- British army in India. The officers of sepoy: 
lized, and an internal flattened calcareous gla- have usually been European, and those of the 
dius, the sepiost or cuttlebone. 2. An order 
of dibranchiate cephalopods, contrasted with 
Belemnoidea. A. Hyatt. 
Sepiola (se-pi'o-la), . [NL., dim. of Sepia, 
q.v.] A genus of squids, 
typical of the family 
Sepiolidse, having the 
body short, and the fins 
broad, short, and lobe- 
like, as in S. atlantica. 
Sepiolidse (se-pi-ol'i- 
de), . pi [Nil. ,(. Sepi- 
ola + -idle.] A family 
of decacerous cephalo- 
pods, typified by the ge- 
nus Sepiola. They have 
a small cartilaginous or cor- 
neous gladius or cuttle- 
bone, and the first pair of 
arms hectocotylized. 
Sepiolidea(se"pi-o-lid'- 
6-&),n.pl. [NL. ^Sepi- 
ola + -idea.] Same as 
Sepioloidea. 
sepiolite (se'pi-o-lit), n. [< Gr. e^mov,ihe bone 
of the cuttlefish (< aipria, the cuttlefish), + /U'0of, 
stone.] The mineralogical name for the hy- 
drous magnesium silicate meerschaum. See 
meerschaum. 
Sepioloidea (se"pi-o-loi'de-a), n. pi. [NL., < 
od. Jap. and Chin, words to a k, p, or s 
following): setsu, < Chin, ts'ieh, ts'it, cut; /uJMr, 
BMW, < Chin, fuh, /*-, belly, abdomen.] Same 
as taraMri. Seppuku, which is of Chinese origin, is 
eral, usually calcite. Such septana or septa- 
nan nodules are abundant m various shaly 
rocks especially in the Liassicbeds m England 
. eppuu, wc s o nese on, 
considered more elegant than the purely native term hara- Septata (sep-ta'ta), . pi. [NL., neut. pi. Of 
L. septatvs, s&ptatus: see septate."] An order 
of gregarines in which the medullary substance 
is separated into two chambers an anterior 
smaller one called protomerite, and a posterior 
larger one called deutomerite, which contains 
the nucleus. The genera Greyarina and Hoplo- 
rtiyncliits are representative of the order. E. 
**" 
Sepiola + -oidea.] A superfamily of decace- 
rous cephalopods with eyes covered by rf-trans- 
"" i false eyelids more or less 
kiri. 
Seps (seps), n. [NL. (Oken, 1816), < L. seps, < 
Gr. afrl>, a kind of lizard, also a kind of serpent 
the bite of which was alleged to cause putre- 
faction, < of/new, make rotten: see septic.] 1. 
A genus of scincoid lizards, of the family Sciu- 
cidee, giving name to the Sepidse. They have an 
elongate cylindric body, with very small limbs, and im- 
bricated scales. They are sometimes known as serpent- 
lizards. 
2. [/. c.] A lizard of this genus. 
Like him whom the Numidian seps did thaw 
Into a dew with poison. 
Shelley, Prometheus Unbound, ill. 1. 
Sepsidae (sep'si-de), n. pi. [NL., prop. Sepi- 
dx, < Sej>s (Sep-) + -idie.] Same as Sepidae*. 
sepsine (sep'sin), n. [< seps(is) + -ine 2 .] 
sep'tat), a. [< L. seeptatus, septatus, 
surrounded with a fence or inclosnre,< sieptum, 
septum, a fence : see septum.] Having a septum 
or septa ; partitioned ; divided into compart- 
ments; septiferous; loculate; specifically, be- 
longing to the Sept<ita Septate spore. Same as 
spondetm. Septate uterus, a uterus divided into two 
by a septum or partitic 
' lep'ta-ted), a. [< septate + -ed%.] In 
hot., provided with septa or parti- 
septate. 
sent. Also Sepiolldea. 
Sepiophora (se-pi-of o-rii), n. pi. [NL., < Gr. 
minia, sepia. + -ifiapof, < 0pE<i> = E. bear 1 .] The 
Sepiidx as a group of decapod cephalopods 
characterized by a calcareous internal bone. 
Also Sepisephora. 
sepiophore (se'pi-o-for), n. [< Sepiophora.] A 
member of the Sepiophora, as a cuttlefish. 
sepiost (se'pi-ost), n. [< Gr. <rfmov, the bone of 
the cuttlefish, + oareov, a bone.] The bone or 
internal skeleton of the cuttlefish; euttlebone. sept 1 (sept), n. [Early mod. E. sAsosepte; usu- 
See cuts under Dibranchiata and calamary. a fly regarded as a corruption of sect (perhaps 
sepiostaire (se"pi-os-tar'),M. [< F. sepiostaire : due to association with L. seeptum, septum, a 
see sepiost.] Same as sepiost. W. B. Carpen- fence, an inclosnre : see sept 2 ) : see sect 1 .] A 
ter, Micros., 4 575. 
sepistan, n. Same as sebesten. 
sepium (se'pi-um), n. [NL., < Gr. aqmav, the 
bone of a cuttlefish, < oTpria, the cuttlefish: 
see sepia.] Cuttlebone ; sepiost or sepiostaire. 
sepometer (se-pom'e-ter), n. [< Gr. at/neiv, 
make rotten or putrid, T pl-Tpav, a measure.] 
An instrument for determining, by means of 
the decoloration and decomposition produced 
name loosely applied to the ptomaines of septic 
poisoning. 2. A toxic crystalline substance iiuui>j m)fmm . 
obtained by Schmiedeberg and Bergman from ggptation (sep-ta'shon), n. [< septate + -ion.] 
decaying yeast. Partition ; division into parts by means of septa 
lepsis (sep'sis), n. [NL., < Gr. o^'f, putrefac- or of a septum. 
taon, < (fii^eiv, make rotten: see Seps.] 1. Pu- sep t- C llord (sept'kord), n. [< F. sept, seven, + 
tridity or putrefaction ; decomposition; rot. ETcfeord.] Same as seventh-chord. 
2. Contamination of the organism from ill- September (sep-tem'ber), n. and a. [< ME. 
conditioned wounds, from abscesses, or certain &>,, tew j re Septembyr, < OF. Septembre, Setem- 
other local ptomaine-factories or bacterial semi- - - 
naries ; septicemia. It includes of course simi- 
lar conditions produced experimentally by in- 
oculation. 3. [cap.] In entom., a genus of dip- 
terous insects of the family Muscidse. Fallen, 
1810. 
fence, an inclosnre: ^ . 
clan : used especially of the tribes or families 
in Ireland. 
For that Is the evill which I nowe flnde in all Ireland, 
that the Irish dwell togither by theyr septs and several! 
nations, soe as they may practize or conspire what they 
will. Spenser, State of Ireland. 
The Sept, or, in phrase of Indian law, the Joint Undi- 
bre, F. Septembre = Pr. Septembre, Sete-mbre = 
Sp. Setiembre = Pg. Setembro = It. Settembre = 
D. G. Dan. Sw. September, < L. September (> 
LGr. 2fm-f///?p(0f), Septembris, sc. mensis, the 
seventh month of the Roman year. < sej)tem, 
seven, = E. seren : see seven.] I. n. The ninth 
month of the year. When the year began with 
March, it was the seventh month (whence the 
name). Abbreviated Sept. 
II. a. Occurring, appearing, or prevailing in 
September: as, the September gales. Septem- 
ber thorn, Ennomos erosarttt, a British geometrid moth. 
Septembral (sep-tem'bral), a. [< Septtmbei- + 
-1] Of September. 
There were few that liked the ptisane, but all of them 
were perfect lovers of the pure eeptemlrral juice. 
Urquhart, tr. of Rabelais, ii. 1. 
ncede " e8cendant8 f an Septembrist (sep-tem'brist), . [< F. 
Maine, Early Hist, of Institutions, p. 231. briste (see def.), < fteptemhre, September.] 
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