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The hard, lemon-colored, fragrant wood of an East Indian tree (Chloroxylon Swietnia). It takes a lustrous finish, and is used in cabinetwork. The name is also given to the wood of a species of prickly ash (Xanthoxylum Caribæum) growing in Florida and the West Indies.

Like or composed of satin; glossy; as, to have a satiny appearance; a satiny texture.

A sowing or planting. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

exposure of what in public or private morals deserves rebuke; an invective poem; as, the Satires of Juvenal.

Of or pertaining to satire; of the nature of satire; as, a satiric style.

One who satirizes; especially, one who writes satire. The mighty satirist, who . . . had spread through the Whig ranks. Macaulay.

To make the object of satire; to attack with satire; to censure with keenness or severe sarcasm. It is as hard to satirize well a man of distinguished vices, as to praise well a man of distinguished virtues. Swift.

The act of satisfying, or the state of being satisfied; gratification of desire; contentment in possession and enjoyment; repose of mind resulting from compliance with its desires or demands. The mind having a power to suspend the execution and satisfaction of any of its desires. Locke.

Satisfactory. [Obs.] Satisfactive discernment of fish. Sir T. Browne.

Giving or producing satisfaction; yielding content; especially, relieving the mind from doubt or uncertainty, and enabling it to rest with confidence; sufficient; as, a satisfactory account or explanation.

That may be satisfied.

One who satisfies.

s to give contentment with what is wished for. Death shall . . . with us two Be forced to satisfy his ravenous maw. Milton.

So as to satisfy; satisfactorily.

Sown; propagated by seed. [Obs.] Evelyn.

To settle. [Obs.] Chaucer.

The governor of a province in ancient Persia; hence, a petty autocrat despot.

Of or pertaining to a satrap, or a satrapy.

A female satrap.

Satrapal. [R.]