a. [ Cf. Gr. &unr_; a shaking up and down. ] Moving up and down; -- said of earthquake shocks. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n.
adj.
a. [ Cf. F. caséique, fr. L. caseus cheese. ] Of or pertaining to cheese;
n. [ Cf. F. caséine, fr. L. caseur cheese. Cf. Cheese. ] (Physiol. Chem.) A proteid substance present in both the animal and the vegetable kingdom. In the animal kingdom it is chiefly found in milk, and constitutes the main part of the curd separated by rennet; in the vegetable kingdom it is found more or less abundantly in the seeds of leguminous plants. Its reactions resemble those of alkali albumin.
v. t.
Which savage beasts strive as eagerly to keep and hold those golden mines, as the Arimaspians to disseize them thereof. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Law) A person disseized, or put out of possession of an estate unlawfully; -- correlative to disseizor.
n. [ OF. dessaisine. ] (Law) The act of disseizing; an unlawful dispossessing and ouster of a person actually seized of the freehold.
n. (Law) One who wrongfully disseizes, or puts another out of possession of a freehold.
n. (Law) A woman disseizes. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Disseizin. Speed. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Law) With child; pregnant. See Enceinte. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To seize beforehand. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. State of being gaseous. [ R ] Eng. Cyc. [ 1913 Webster ]
Marseillaise hymn,
The Marseillaise
n. A general term for certain kinds of fabrics, which are formed of two series of threads interlacing each other, thus forming double cloth, quilted in the loom; -- so named because first made in
n. [ Micro- + Gr. &unr_; an earthquake, fr. &unr_; to shake. ] A feeble earth tremor not directly perceptible, but detected only by means of specially constructed apparatus. --
n. [ Microseiem + -graph. ] A microseismometer; specif., a microseismometer producing a graphic record. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. [ Microseiem + -logy. ] Science or study of microseisms. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. [ Microseism + -meter. ] A seismometer for measuring amplitudes or periods, or both, of microseisms. --
‖n.;
‖n. [ F. ] See Archil. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. os bone. ] (Physiol. Chem.) The organic basis of bone tissue; the residue after removal of the mineral matters from bone by dilute acid; in embryonic tissue, the substance in which the mineral salts are deposited to form bone; bone collagen; -- called also
n. [ From Perseus. ] (Astron.) One of a group of shooting stars which appear yearly about the 10th of August, and cross the heavens in paths apparently radiating from the constellation
n. [ Pref. post- + disseizin. ] (O. Eng. Law) A subsequent disseizin committed by one of lands which the disseizee had before recovered of the same disseizor; a writ founded on such subsequent disseizin, now abolished. Burrill. Tomlins. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Pref. post- + disseizor. ] (O. Eng. Law) A person who disseizes another of lands which the disseizee had before recovered of the same disseizor. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. (Law) To disseize anew, or a second time.
n. (Law) A disseizin by one who once before was adjudged to have dassezed the same person of the same lands, etc.; also, a writ which lay in such a case. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Law) One who redisseizes. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ Pref. re- + seize: cf. F. ressaisir. ]
And then therein [ in his kingdom ] reseized was again. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
The sheriff is commanded to reseize the land and all the chattels thereon, and keep the same in his custody till the arrival of the justices of assize. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
n. A second seizure; the act of seizing again. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. See Magenta. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ F. ] (Geol.) Local oscillations in level observed in the case of some lakes, as Lake Geneva. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Ar seyid prince. ] A descendant of Mohammed through his daughter Fatima and nephew Ali. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of or pertaining to Seidlitz, a village in Bohemia.
Seidlitz powders,
Seidlitz water,
obs.
a. [ F., fr. seigneur. See Seignior. ]
n. [ OF. seignor, F. seigneur, cf. It. signore, Sp. señor from an objective case of L. senier elder. See Senior. ]
Grand Seignior,
n. [ F. seigneuriage, OF. seignorage. ]
If government, however, throws the expense of coinage, as is reasonable, upon the holders, by making a charge to cover the expense (which is done by giving back rather less in coin than has been received in bullion, and is called “levying a seigniorage”), the coin will rise to the extent of the seigniorage above the value of the bullion. J. S. Mill. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of or pertaining to a seignior; seigneurial. “Kingly or seignioral patronage.” Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The territory or authority of a seignior, or lord. Milman. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Same as Seigneurial. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To lord it over. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
As proud as he that seigniorizeth hell. Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.;
O'Neal never had any seigniory over that country but what by encroachment he got upon the English. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. seine, or AS. segene, b&unr_;th fr. L. sagena, Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;. ] (Fishing.) A large net, one edge of which is provided with sinkers, and the other with floats. It hangs vertically in the water, and when its ends are brought together or drawn ashore incloses the fish. [ 1913 Webster ]
Seine boat,
n. One who fishes with a seine. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Fishing with a seine. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Cincture. ] A girdle. [ Obs. ] “Girt with a seint of silk.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]