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to religion, or to the services of religion; not secular; religious; as, sacred history. Smit with the love of sacred song. Milton.

k prepared from sassafras bark and other ingredients, at one time much used in London. J. Smith (Dict. econ. Plants). Saloop bush (Bot.), an Australian shrub (Rhagodia hastata) of the Goosefoot family, used for fodder.

A word used to emphasize a statement. [Obs.] Out she shall pack, with a sassarara. Goldsmith.

of the old scholasticism . . . spurned laborious investigation and slow induction. J. P. Smith.

m his lips prevailed with double sway, And fools who came to scoff, remained to pray. Goldsmith.

shall never taste. Milton. We scorn what is in itself contemptible or disgraceful. C. J. Smith.

Writing hastily or poorly. Ye newspaper witlings! ye pert scribbling folks! Goldsmith.

uld go there in as proper a manner possible; nor altogether like the scrubs about us. Goldsmith.

eleventh month of the ancient Hebrew year, approximately corresponding with February. W. Smith (Bibl. Dict. ).

ttle Flanigan here . . . is a little seedy, as we say among us that practice the law. Goldsmith. Seedy toe, an affection of a horse's foot, in which a cavity filled with horn powder is formed between the laminæ and the wall of the hoof.

eyond the fact that Selach is a musical term, we know absolutely nothing about it. Dr. W. Smith (Bib. Dict.)

Slightly clear; transmitting light in a slight degree.

was thus the medium through which all affairs of the whole government had to pass. Dr. W. Smith.

ible than the pain. Sir W. Temple. Any very sensible effect upon the prices of things. A. Smith.

To make biting, sarcastic, or severe. "Sharpen each word." E. Smith.

argums and by the later Jews, and adopted by Christians. [Written also Shechinah.] Dr. W. Smith (Bib. Dict.)

, that shrilledloud as lark. Spenser. No sounds were heard but of the shrilling cock. Goldsmith. His voice shrilled with passion. L. Wallace.

ke. "With shuddering horror pale." Milton. The shuddering tennant of the frigid zone. Goldsmith.

To become disgusting or tedious. The toiling pleasure sickens into pain. Goldsmith.

irectly in front; as, a sidelong glance. The bashful virgin's sidelong looks of love. Goldsmith.