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21. sā̆belīn(e n.

Additional spellings: sabeline
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The fur of the sable.

22. sāble n.

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(a) The European sable (Martes zibellina); (b) the fur or pelt of the sable; (c) the color black; blak sable; blak as (blakker than) sable; (d) a black garment, black clothing, mourning clothes; (e) h

23. sai n.(2)

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Silk; sai worm, the silkworm (Bombyx mori).

24. salā̆rī(e n.

Additional spellings: salarie
37 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Compensation, payment, esp. a salary or compensation periodically paid for regular service [sometimes difficult to distinguish from (b)]; also fig.; (b) a payment for a specific service or limited…

25. sā̆l-petre n.

Additional spellings: salpetre
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Saltpeter (potassium nitrate); ?also, gunpowder.

26. sandal n.

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(a) A kind of shoe, consisting of a sole fastened to the foot by thongs, a sandal; (b) a richly made shoe worn by popes and bishops.

27. sanicle n.

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(a) The European sanicle (Sanicula europaea); (b) a type of orchid.

28. Sarasī̆n(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: Sarasine
88 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A Turk; also, an Arab; also, a Moslem; -- often with ref. to the Crusades; Sarasin hed, the head of a Saracen; (b) a heathen, pagan; an infidel; (c) as a type of non-Christian; Sarasin or jeu, jeu

29. sarpler(e n.

Additional spellings: sarplere
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A large canvas sack, used esp. for packing wool or fleeces; also, a bale of wool, containing two sacks; also, the weight of a bale of wool.

30. sartrīe n.

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(a) The workshop of the tailors in a monastic house; (b) in surnames.

31. satī̆n n.

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(a) A smooth, lustrous, silken cloth, satin; also, a piece of such cloth; (b) satin doutremer, imported satin; satin figure, satin brocade; tinsel satin, satin brocaded with gold or silver; bridels of

32. sauce n.

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(a) A condiment for meat, fish, fowl, etc., a sauce; also, a pickling liquid, brine; (b) fig. of (a); (c) a curative or preventive preparation; a medicinal sauce; (d) cook. in combs.: sauce blaunk

33. saucerī(e n.

Additional spellings: saucerie
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(a) The department in a great household whose job is to make sauces; also, coll. the members of such a department; (b) the place where sauces are made; (c) in surnames.

34. saundre n.

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(a) Sandalwood, the wood of any of several trees of the species Santalum, esp. the white sandalwood (Santalum album) and the red sandalwood (Pterocarpus santalinus); also, a small piece of sandalwood…

35. sausiǧe n.

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A sausage; ?also, error for sanicle [2nd quot.].

36. sausister n.

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A sausage.

37. scache n.

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A scaffolding pole.

38. scapulārī(e n.

Additional spellings: scapularie
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A sleeveless garment usu. worn by religious, scapular; ?also, a body belt.

39. scarlē̆t n.

61 quotations in 3 senses
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The color scarlet; also, scarlet dye; red scarlet.

40. scī̆atica n.

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(a) The disease sciatica; (b) an attack of the disease.