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The act of replacing.

A salt of saccholactactic acid; -- formerly called also saccholate. [Obs.] See Mucate.

Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid now called mucic acid; saccholic. [Obs.]

Having a propensity to venery; lustful; lecherous. Dryden. -- Sa*la"cious*ly, dv. -- Sa*la"cious*ness, n.

Strong propensity to venery; lust; lecherousness.

Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Santalaceæ), of which the genus Santalum is the type, and which includes the buffalo nut and a few other North American plants, and many peculiar plants of the southern hemisphere.

relating to muscle and milk; as, sarcolactic acid. See Lactic acid, under Lactic.

The yak.

Partaking of the nature and character of schorl; resembling schorl.

A kind of seaweed (Chorda Filum) having blackish cordlike fronds, often many feet long.

A species of lac. See the Note under Lac.

One of the Selachii. See Illustration in Appendix.

An order of elasmobranchs including the sharks and rays; the Plagiostomi. Called also Selacha, Selache, and Selachoidei.

Same as Selachii.

A division of ganoid fishes which includes the paddlefish, in which the mouth is armed with small teeth.

The quality of being self-complacent. J. Foster.

Satisfied with one's own character, capacity, and doings; self- satisfied.

See the Note under 2d Lac.

One who polishes shoes.

See Schorl, Schorlaceous.