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Sprinkled or sown; -- said of field, or a charge, when strewed or covered with small charges.

A description of the signs of disease.

Of or pertaining to the science of signs, or the systematic use of signs; as, a semeiological classification of the signs or symptoms of disease; a semeiological arrangement of signs used as signals.

The science or art of signs. Specifically:

Relating to signs or indications; pertaining to the language of signs, or to language generally as indicating thought.

Semeiology.

A daughter of Cadmus, and by Zeus mother of Bacchus.

es, characterized by the presence of spermatozoids to which it owes its generative power. Semen contra, or Semen cinæ or cynæ, a strong aromatic, bitter drug, imported from Aleppo and Barbary, said to consist of the leaves, peduncles, and unexpanded flowers of various species of Artemisia; wormseed.…

Seminiferous.

A period of six months; especially, a term in a college or uneversity which divides the year into two terms.

The act of abasing, humbling, or bringing low; the state of being abased or humbled; humiliation.

Abortment; abortion. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Accusation. [Obs.] Chaucer.

The act of informing or notifying; notification. [Archaic] An advertisement of danger. Bp. Burnet.

Counsel; advise; information. [Archaic] And mused awhile, waking advisement takes of what had passed in sleep. Daniel.

The act of making free; enfranchisement. [R.]

Same as Amortize, Amortization, etc.

Deep thought; muse. [Obs.] Here I . . . fell into a strong and deep amusement, revolving in my mind, with great perplexity, the amazing change of our affairs. Fleetwood.

The act of appeasing, or the state of being appeased; pacification. Hayward.

The act of setting the value; valuation by an appraiser; estimation of worth.