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A small constellation north of Aquila; the Arrow.

Of or pertaining to the sagittal suture; in the region of the sagittal suture; rabdoidal; as, the sagittal furrow, or groove, on the inner surface of the roof of the skull.

of the twelve signs of the zodiac, which the sun enters about November 22, marked thus [ ] in almanacs; the Archer.

A centaur; a fabulous being, half man, half horse, armed with a bow and quiver. Shak.

Shaped like an arrowhead; triangular, with the two basal angles prolonged downward.

Sagittal; sagittate.

A defensive cell containing a minute rodlike structure which may be expelled. Such cells are found in certain Turbellaria.

the stems of several East Indian and Malayan palm trees, but chiefly from the Metroxylon Sagu; also from several cycadaceous plants (Cycas revoluta, Zamia integrifolia, atc.). Portland sago, a kind of sago prepared from the corms of the cuckoopint (Arum maculatum). -- Sago palm. (Bot.) (a) A palm tree which yields sa…

A marmoset; -- called also sagouin.

The military cloak of the Roman soldiers.

A genus of palms from which sago is obtained.

Full of sage; seasoned with sage.

Abuse. [Obs.] Whately (1634).

Same as Embassage. [Obs. or R.] Luke xiv. 32.

A spear used by tribes in South Africa as a missile and for stabbing, a kind of light javelin.

A stone in a building, left rough and projecting, to be afterward carved into shape. Gwilt.

Impudent; bold.

A sum formerly levied to pay the expense of coinage; -- now called seigniorage.

A passage different from the usual one; a byway.

Holy bark; the bark of the California buckthorn (Rhamnus Purshianus), used as a mild cathartic or laxative.