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A salt derived from a sesquioxide base, or made up on the proportions of a sesqui compound.

Rising spirally from right to left (of the spectator); sinistrorse.

red fiber of the Agave Americana, or American aloe, used for cordage; -- so called from Sisal, a port in Yucatan. See Sisal hemp, under Hemp.

An aromatic preparation of carbonate of ammonia and, often, some scent, to avoid or relieve faintness, headache, or the like.

Relating to marriage, or to a spouse; spousal.

Of or pertaining to a spouse or marriage; nuptial; matrimonial; conjugal; bridal; as, spousal rites; spousal ornaments. Wordsworth.

Scalelike; squamous; as, the squamosal bone.

Of or pertaining to styloid process and the tongue.

Near the base.

Situated under the tongue; sublingual.

Situated under the nose; as, the subnasal point, or the middle point of the inferior border of the anterior nasal aperture.

Moderately saline or salt.

A basic salt. See the Note under Salt.

el of ease; tributary. [R.] Not a city was without its cathedral, surrounded by its succursal churches, its monasteries, and convents. Milman.

A salt of a sulphacid.

The act of leaping on anything. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Leaping upon. [Obs.]

An acid salt. See Acid salt (a), under Salt, n.

Supervision. Walpole.

supposed; supposition; opinion. Shak. Interest, with a Jew, never proceeds but upon supposal, at least, of a firm and sufficient bottom. South.