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The state of being savage; savageness; savagism. A like work of primeval savagery. C. Kingsley.

sually covered with hair. By the bare scalp of Robin Hodd's fat friar, This fellow were a king for our wild faction! Shak.

To cleanse, as streets, from filth. C. Kingsley.

borne by a sovereign, as a ceremonial badge or emblem of authority; a royal mace. And the king held out Esther the golden scepter that was in his hand. Esther v. 2.

Having no scepter; without authority; powerless; as, a scepterless king.

he Sciænidæ, a family of marine fishes which includes the meagre, the squeteague, and the kingfish.

ourge. My father hath chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. 1 Kings xii. 11.

ing or disgust; hence, to have dislike, prejudice, or reluctance. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] C. Kingsley.

the seas in search of plunder and adventures; a Norse pirate chief. See the Note under Viking.

, situation, or the like; to station; to establish; to fix; to settle. Thus high . . . is King Richard seated. Shak. They had seated themselves in New Guiana. Sir W. Raleigh.

idden; as, his movements were detected in spite of their secrecy. The Lady Anne, Whom the king hath in secrecy long married. Shak.

ight of inheritance belonging to a second son; a property or possession so inherited. The kingdom of Naples . . . was constituted a secundo-geniture of Spain. Bancroft.

to resort to; to court. [Obs.] "All the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom." 1. Kings x. 24. -- To seek upon, to make strict inquiry after; to follow up; to persecute. [Obs.] To seek Upon a man and do his soul unrest. Chaucer.

ten also seeth.] Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the prophets. 2 Kings iv. 38.

Of or pertaining to a seignior; seigneurial. "Kingly or seignioral patronage." Burke.

ard for, as for a breach of duty, trust, or the like; to betray. You would have sold your king to slaughter. Shak.

A member of the king's council; a king's councilor. Burrill.

e, or to do an errand. See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away my head 2 Kings vi. 32.

courts of justice, held by the officers called baitiffs, or seneschals, who acted as the king's lieutenants in his demains. Hallam.

ct in a sentimental manner, or like a sentimentalist; to affect exquisite sensibility. C. Kingsley.