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S E V

The Virginian fn. ke.rool ohl.ined ilS name, as heing

SES~[,

a Latin porticle, Ggnifying a whole and a half,

accountt:d a fpetiñ e againfi venomous

bites: but

wlutever

which joined

with

al/uo, terna.

quarla,

&c. is

mucll

truth there may be in thal,

is llndoubted!y an

cxcel-

ur, d

in the

[talian

mu~ck

exp,efs a kind of ra::os, par-

lent d:uretic. diaplloretic, and alexirharmic medicine,

ticu!arly (everal

piect:~

of triples.

and confcquently good in inflammatory and malignant SESS Il.E, among hOlanitls. Se< BOTANv, p. 54[.

fe.ers: il

alfo a powerful anlifeplic, and ilS dofe is SESS ION , in general, deootes eaeh Gtllng or arremhly of

(rom

fOUT tO

trn or

r.rteen

gra:ns in powder.

a counci),

eco

S E RPEN fARIUS, ,in allronomy . See A'TRONOMV, SESSlOS

p.rrliclIItnl ,

is Ihe feafon or fpace from ilS rntet-

487

ing

its prorogation.

S ER PENTINE, in gener. I, denotes .ny thing that refem·

C,urt oí

SE<SlO N, in SCOIS law. S.. LAw,

Ti!.

iii. 4.

blcs a ti:rpent : hence. Ihe worm or pipe of a lIdl, t\Vil!· SESTERCE, a Glver coin in ufe .mong the R omans .

a fpiral

nldnner,

is termed a

rerpentine \Yorm.

Sorne

aUlhors

make

twO

kiods or {eHerces, the lefs cal-

S I;.R RATE D, in general, foineth,ng indented, or norched ,

Ied feltemus, in Ihe m. fcullOe gender; and Ihe gre" one,

in the manoer

of a faw; a

{erm much \lfed io the defcrip-

called ld tertillm, in the nelller;

che

Jatter cODlainiog

tion or lhe IC'Otves of plants.

thourand

lhe olher.

SER RATULA. in hotany, a genus of the ryngeneGa po·

Olhers will have anyfuch diftintlion of gre" .nd li!tle

Iygamia

a:~ualis

cI,fs. The cali" is rornewhat cyhndri.

felterces unknown lo Ihe Romans: Seft enius, fay Ihey,

cal , imbricated, and blunt. There are

rpecies three

W3S

an adjeétive. and fignified

(JJ

!ljJ,r,iuI,

ovo

alfes

them nativesor Brinin,

viz

lhe tinéloria, orraw-WOrt;

and 3n half; and when urt.d plural/y, as in quinquaginta

the alpina, or mountain faw-wort; and lhe arvenfis, oc

fdlenium , {eJtenía, it \Vas ooly by way of abbrevation.

coro faw .wort.

and {here was always uoderílood millia, or thou{and.

S E RRATUS, in anatomy, a name given to fever,1 muf· S EST OS, a nOled fo nrds

Europeao Tu rky, Gluated at

eles, from their cefemblance tO a faw. See

ANATOMV,

the entrance

the Helle{pont or Dardanelles, twenty-

P arllI.

four miles fLuth. well

G.l1ipoli.

SER

\TANT ,

a term or relation GgniCyiog a perron who SET, or SE 'rs, a lerm ufed by Ihe farlllero and gardener$

owes and pays

limiled obedience for

cenaio time, to

to expre(s the young plants of the white lhoro and other

another in c¡uaJity of manero

See

L Aw ,

Tit.

vii .

34.

lhrubs, \Vith which {hey ufe la ralfe their qui.:k or quick-

S ERVETISTS, a name given lO Ihe modero

antitrinil~'

fel hedge.

Tians, from Iheir being fuppofed lohe Ihe followers of Mi· S E THIANS, in church·hift ory, chriflian herelics, fo cal·

chael

Servetus, Vlho, in lhe year

1599,

was burnt at

Jed

becaufe they p.tid divine worrhip to Sc:th, whorn rhey

G eneva, together wilh his hooks.

looked upon tO be J ef"s Chri(J Ihe fon

God, bUI who

S E RVI .''., a province of European Turky, hounded hy the

was made by a third divinilY, and fubfliluted in Ihe room

Save and Ihe D anube, on the nOrlh ; hy Bulgaria, 00 the

of the IWO f. milie. of Ab.! and Cain, wbich h.d been

<lit;

hy Albinia and M acedon, on Ihe fouth; and by

del!royed by Ihe deluge. Thefe herelics appeared in E-

Bofni. and D alm..ia, on the wel!.

gypl in the fecond c<nlury; and as Ihey were addiéled

SERVICE OF HE IRS, io SCOIS law. See LA\V, T it.

to all fOrls of dehauchery, Ihey did not wanl for fol_

xxvii .

22 ,

6 c.

lowers, and continued in Egypt about two hucdred

SERVITES, a religious order in Ihe Ihurch of R ome,

y••rs.

{ounded ahout Ihe year

1233,

hy feve n Florentine mero S ETON, in furgery• • few horfe hairs, fm alllhreads, or

chanlS, who, wilh Ihe approbation of the hifhop of Flo·

idrge packth read, drawn through Ihe fl<i n, chiefly Ihe neck,

rence, renounced tbe world. and I¡ved together

a celi-

means of a Ii\rge needle or probe, with a view tO ce(lore

giou$ communityoB mouot Seoar, t\Vo leagues from

th.lt

or preferve hea lth by

difchdfge of manero

city.

SETTE,

vdr~ 1

very cornmonin the l\1editerranean,

with

SERVITOR, in the univerGty of O.ford, • ftud ent who

onc deck, and • very long and fh".p prow; Ihey carry

at~ends

on anotherror his maintenance andolearning.

fome

t \Vo

mafls, fome three, without topmafis . Their

SERV ITUDE, in SCOts law. See L Aw , TI! . x,i.

yud and f.ils are all hke Ihe mizen; theleaft ofthem .re

ó,.

or (jxty toos burden: {hey ferve tO tranfport cannon and

S ERUM, a thin, tranfparen!, fah ifh liquor, which makes

proviGon for fhips of wac , nd the like .

• contiderable par! in the mafs of blood. See HLooo. SETTING, in aftronomy. the wilhdr.wing a 1I.r or pl._

SESt\MüIDA OSSA, in anatomy. See ANATOM V,

188.

net, or i.. Gnklng be10w the herizon.

SESAMUM, in hOlany, a geBus of the didynamia angio.

SET.IN

G, in Ihe fea

langu.ge.

, T o fel Ihe bnd or Ihe fun

{permia clafs. T he calix conGft, of five feg"ents; Ihe

hy Ihe compafs, is lO obfave how the land bears on an y

cor"lId. is campanulated. \Vith five fegmenls; lhe f!igma

pOlnl of

the:

cOlllpa(s, or on what pomt (Jf the compdfs

I.nceolated ; and the capfule has four cells. 1 here

Ihe

f~n

is. Alfo

hen

!lVO

fhip' fail in

G~hl

of ooe "no.

are two fpccies, b"th

ves

or India.

ther,

mark

what

point

the

chaced bears, is

term~d

Thc: feeds of

thil

flant,

UpOD

expreffion, yield a larRer

(~tting

the ch.tce by lhe con'pafs,

<iUi

nti,y of oil thdO almvn any other known

vcge:al.Jlc

;

S ETT1SC.

among fpon fm-.:n, a term u{ed· to expref,

lhe

among lhe Inóians, they are u{ed as (ood .

m.tnnC'r of taking partridges by means or a deg pccuhad y

SES I-. LI, in bota"y; a gcnus of Ihe penlandria digynia

" .incd to Ih't purpofc.

e1.lfs . Th< u",bello:: are globular; the involucrum con· S E1 T L E, a markcI. !Own of Ihe wen riding of )'orkfhire,

litis

(Ir many leaves;

and

lhe (ruit is ov,tI anJ

Hriated.

(ituated

rony.live miles weHof York

T here are

fpeeics, only onc of Ihem,

vi=.

Ihe carui· SEVEN: H, in Olulick. an Interva! c.

Ued

hy Ihe Greeks

fulja,

or mcadow.[,uofragt', a

nali\'t: 0113 rH.l1o.

J.H·jH?~hordon .

..:>ct

~l uslclt .

SE\'E·