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Precisely the same; the very same; identical. His servant was healed in the selfsame hour. Matt. viii. 13.

Either of two annual herbaceous plants of the genus Sesamum (S. Indicum, and S. orientale), from the seeds of which an oil is expressed; also, the small obovate, flattish seeds of these plants, sometimes used as food. See Benne. Open Sesame, the magical command which opened the door of the robber's den in the Arabian N…

Resembling in shape the seeds of sesame.

Sesamoid.

A game like California Jack, except that the pack drawn from is turned face down.

Samples taken for assay from a molten metallic mass pouring a portion into water, to granulate it.

A society; a congregation; a worshiping assembly, or church, esp. of the Brahmo-somaj. [India]

The dried twigs of a Syrian tree (Balsamodendron Gileadense). U. S. Disp.

Together. [Obs.] "And in a bag all sorts of seeds ysame." Spenser.

, are all descended from the old Latin A, which was borrowed from the Greek Alpha, of the same form; and this was made from the first letter (Aleph, and itself from the Egyptian origin. The Aleph was a consonant letter, with a guttural breath sound that was not an element of Greek articulation; and the Greeks took it t…

The destroyer, or angel of the bottomless pit; -- the same as Apollyon and Asmodeus.

A female superior or governess of a nunnery, or convent of nuns, having the same authority over the nuns which the abbots have over the monks. See Abbey.

Same as Aby. [Obs.] Chaucer.

gence to different foci, by a lens or mirror, of rays of light emanating from one and the same point, or the deviation of such rays from a single focus; called spherical aberration, when due to the spherical form of the lens or mirror, such form giving different foci for central and marginal rays; and chromatic aberrat…

e or fixed in some state or condition; to continue; to remain. Let every man abide in the same calling. 1 Cor. vii. 20. Followed by by: To abide by. (a) To stand to; to adhere; to maintain. The poor fellow was obstinate enough to abide by what he said at first. Fielding.

A genus of coniferous trees, properly called Fir, as the balsam fir and the silver fir. The spruces are sometimes also referred to this genus.

A volatile oil distilled from the resin or balsam of the nut pine (Pinus sabiniana) of California.

A resinous obtained from Strasburg turpentine or Canada balsam. It is without taste or smell, is insoluble in water, but soluble in alcohol (especially at the boiling point), in strong acetic acid, and in ether. Watts.

Same as Abiogenesis.

Earlier in order; higher in the same page; hence, in a foregoing page. "That was said above." Dryden.