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tained as a dark amorphous substance by the long-continued boiling of sucrose with very dilute sulphuric acid. It resembles humic acid. [Written also sacculmic.]

Violating sacred things; polluted with sacrilege; involving sacrilege; profane; impious. Above the reach of sacrilegious hands. pope. -- Sac`ri*le"gious*ly, adv. -- Sac`ri*le"gious*ness, n.

A yellow amorphous resinoid substance obtained by the action of dilute acids on saligenin.

To salute. [Obs.] There was no "good day" and no saluyng. Chaucer.

To say "Salve" to; to greet; to salute. [Obs.] By this that stranger knight in presence came, And goodly salved them. Spenser.

A salute paid by a simultaneous, or nearly simultaneous, firing of a number of cannon.

Of unrestrained and intemperate jollity; riotously merry; dissolute. "Saturnalian amusement." Burke.

sical performance of the song. Beyond the fact that Selach is a musical term, we know absolutely nothing about it. Dr. W. Smith (Bib. Dict.)

A white crystalline nitrogenous substance obtained by the action of dilute sulphuric acid on silk gelatin.

adapt, as words to notes; to prepare for singing. Set thy own songs, and sing them to thy lute. Dryden.

At once; absolutely. [Obs.]

A refreshing drink, common in the East, made of the juice of some fruit, diluted, sweetened, and flavored in various ways; as, orange sherbet; lemon sherbet; raspberry sherbet, etc.

In an irresolute, undecided, or hesitating manner. I am somewhat dainty in making a resolution, because when I make it, I keep it; I don't stand shill-I-shall-I then; if I say 't, I'll do 't. Congreve.

To hesitate; to act in an irresolute manner; hence, to occupy one's self with trifles.

The state of being silent; entire absence of sound or noise; absolute stillness. I saw and heared; for such a numerous host Fled not in silence through the frighted deep. Milton.

Free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet. How silent is this town! Shak.

To soil in any way; to contaminate; to pollute; to stain morally; as, to be smeared with infamy. Shak.

That which soils or pollutes; a soiled place; spot; stain. A lady's honor . . . will not bear a soil. Dryden.

One of the intervals, or open places, between the lines of the staff. Absolute space, Euclidian space, etc. See under Absolute, Euclidian, etc. -- Space line (Print.), a thin piece of metal used by printers to open the lines of type to a regular distance from each other, and for other purposes; a lead. Hansard. -- Sp…

An ornament in the Corinthian capital resembling the stalk of a plant, from which the volutes and helices spring.