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if they complied with the terms of his gospel. 2. That he makes use of the smoothest vowels and most flowin 
Christ die.d for. all men. 3. That the grace purchased by semivowels. Broome. 
Christ, and necessary to salvation, was offered to all men. SEMIVULPA, in Zoology, a name by which Gesner, 
4. That man, before he received grace, was capable of faith and some .others, have called the opossum, 
and holy desires. 5. That man was born free, and was con- SEMLEY, a parish of England',- in .Wiltshire; 4’ miles 
sequently capable of resisting the influences of grace, or of south-by-west of Hindon. Population 546.' 
complying with its suggestion. The Semi-pelagians were SEMLIN, a town of SclaVonia, in the military frontier 
very numerous; aud the doctrine of Cassian, though variously district near the confluence of the Save and the Danube, and 
explained, was received in,,the greatest part of the monastic separated from Belgrade by the Save. It is the seat of an 
schools in Gaul, from whence it spread itself far and wide arch priest of the Greek church, • and the residence of the 
through the European provinces. As to the Greeks, and Austrian commander of the frontier district. It has 8000 
other eastern Christians, they had embraced the Semi-pela- inhabitants, and is the principal place for carrying on the 
gian doctrine before Cassian, and still adhere firmly to it. transit trade between Turkey and Sclavonia. From the 
In the sixth century, the controversy between the Semi-pe- frequent prevalence of the plague in Turkey and the neigh- 
lagians and the disciples of Augustine,, prevailed much, and hourhood of Belgrade, great precautions are necessary to 
continued to divide the Western churches. Mosheim's Eccl. prevent the introduction of infection : all persons coming 
Hist. vol. i. from Belgrade must undergo a quarantine here. A market is 
SEMIPELLU'CID, adj. [ semi and pellucidus, Latin.] held daily in a meadow between the two towns, where two 
Half clear; imperfectly transparent.—Alight grey semipel- rows of palisades separate the dealers; centinels are conti- 
lucid flint, of much the same complexion with the common nually on the watch, to see that no hazardous communica- 
Indian agatf Woodward. tion fijkes place ; and all the goods bought from the Turks, 
SEMI-PERIOD, a mark of distinction recommended by must be exposed to the air, and fumigated. 
Dr. Ward, but not admitted by other grammarians. It is SEMOY, a small river in the south of the Netherlands, 
greater than the colon, and supposed to answer the same which rises near Arlou, in the duchy of Luxemburg, and 
purpose between the colon and period, as the semicolon does flows into the Maese. 
between the comma and colon. SEMPACH, Lake of, a small lake in the north of 
SEMI-PERSPI'CUOUS, adj. [semi and perspicuus, Lat.] Switzerland, canton of Lucerne ; 6 miles long, and about 2 
Half transparent; imperfectly clear.—A kind of amethystine broad. It is about 1600 feet above the level of the sea, and 
flint, not composed of crystals or grains; but one entire its banks are highly beautiful. 
massy stone, semi-perspicuous, and of a pale blue, almost SEMPACH, a small town in the interior of Switzerland, 
of the colour of some cows’ horns. Grew. canton of Lucerne, situated on the east bank of the preceding 
SE'MIPROOF, s. The proof of a single evidence. Bailey, lake. It is remarkable for the memorable battle gained by 
SEMIQUA'DRATE, or Semiqua'rtile, s. [In astro- the Swiss over Leopold of Austria, in 1386. It was fought 
nomy.] An aspect of the planets when distant from each about two miles from the town, and a chapel was erected on 
other forty-five degrees, or one sign and a half. Bailey. the spot, where, on 9th July each year, its anniversary is 
SEMIQUA'VER, s. [In music.] A note containing half still celebrated; 7 miles north-west of Lucerne, and 24 
the quantity of the quaver. Bailey. south-west.of Zurich. Lat. 47. 1. N. long. 8. 6. E. 
SEMIQUFNTILE, s. [In astronomy.] An aspect of the SEMPERVIV2E, a natural ■ order of plants, so termed 
planets when at the distance of thirty-six degrees from one from one of the-principal genera; as also perhaps, more 
another. Bailey. > especially, in allusion to the tenaciousness of the living prin- 
SEMIRAMIS.. See Assyria. . ciple, common to the whole order, and to which the said 
SEMIREVERBERATORY Fire, in Chemistry, a term genus owes its name. 1 
used to express such a reverberatory'.fire, in which the flame This is the 83d of Jussieu’s orders, the first of his 14th 
is.only beaten back upon the bottom of the vessel. class, 1 • ■ 
SEMIRHOWLBUS, in old Surgery, a sort of bandage. The genera, are Tillte, Crassula, Cotyledon, JRkodiola, 
SEMISE'XTILE, s. [In astronomy.] A semisixth; an Sedum, Semper.vvoiim, and Septas. 
aspect of the planets when they are distant, from each other SE'MPERYIVE, &. A plant. See Sempervivum. 
one-twelfth part of a circle, or thirty degrees. Bailey. SEMPERVIVUM [of Pliny,, or ever-living evergreen], 
SEMISICILICUS, a word used-by some pharmaceutiG in Botany, a genus of:the class dodecatidria, order poly¬ 
writers to express a drachm. , i gyni, Sempervivum dodecagynia, natural order of'succu- 
SEMISIDERATUS, an old word for a parson struck with lentse'; sempervivae’ (Jussx J—Generic Character. Cal-yx . 
hemiplegia. - >. perianth six to twelve-parted, concave, acute, permanent. 
SEMISOSPIRO, a little pause, or the eighth part of a bar Corolla: petals six to twelve, oblong, lanceolate, acute, con- 
in common time. cave, a little bigger than the calyx. Stamina: filaments six 
SEMISPHE'RICAL, adj. Belonging to half a sphere, to twelve (or more), subulate-slender; anthers roundish. 
Bailey. Pistil: germs six to twelve, in a ring, erect; ending in as 
REMISPHEROI'DAL, adj. Formed like half a sphe- many spreading styles; stigmas acute. Pericarp: capsules 
roid. six to twelve, oblong, compressed, short, in a ring, acu- 
SEMISPINALIS Dorsi, a muscle. See Anatomy. minate outwards, opening inwards. Seeds many, roundish, 
SEMITA Luminosa, a name given to a kind of lucid small. Being very frequently luxuriant, it becomes greater 
tract in the heavens, which a little before the vernal equinox, as to the number, especially as to the female parts of- the 
or after the autumnal, may be seen about six o’clock at night, flower. It is allied to Sedum, but differs in having more 
extending from the western edge of the horizon, up towards petals than.five.<— Essential Character. Calyx twelve- 
the Pleiades. parted; petals twelve ; capsules twelve, many-seeded. 
•SEMITENDINOSUS, a muscle. See Anatomy. 1. Semperkivum arboreum, or tree houseleek. — Tree 
SEMITE'RTIAN, s. An ague compounded of a tertian houseleek rises with a fleshy smooth stalk eight or ten feet 
and a quotidian. Bailey. high, dividing into many branches, which are terminated by 
SE'MITONE, s. [semiton , French.] in Music, one of round hfeads or clusters of leaves lying over each other like 
the degrees of concinuous intervals of concords. Bailey. the petals of a double rose, succulent, of a bright green, and 
SEMITRA'NSEPT, s. The half of a transept.—There is having very small indentures on their edges. The flower- 
a proportionable lateral projection, orsouthern semitransept, stalks rise from th& centre of these heads ; and the numerous 
before we enter the chancel. War ton. bright yellow flowers form a large pyramidal spike, or 
SEMIVO'WEL, s. A consonant which makes an im- thyrse.—Native of Portugal, the Levant, and Barbary near 
perfect sound, or does not demand a total occlusion of the Algiers: the old walls about Lisbon are covered with it. 
mouti).—When Homer ^would represent any agreeable object, There is a variety of this with variegated leaves. 
2. Sempervivum 
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