Sangiac
(San"gi*ac) n. See Sanjak.

Sangraal
(San`graal" San"gre*al) , n. [See Saint, and Grail.] See Holy Grail, under Grail.

Sanguiferous
(San*guif"er*ous) a. [L. sanguis blood + -ferous.] (Physiol.) Conveying blood; as, sanguiferous vessels, i. e., the arteries, veins, capillaries.

Sanguification
(San`gui*fi*ca"tion) n. [Cf. F. sanguification. See Sanguify.] (Physiol.) The production of blood; the conversion of the products of digestion into blood; hematosis.

Sanguifier
(San"gui*fi`er) n. A producer of blood.

Sanguifluous
(San*guif"lu*ous) a. [L. sanguis blood + fluere to flow.] Flowing or running with blood.

Sanguify
(San"gui*fy) v. t. [L. sanguis blood + -fy: cf. F. sanguifier.] To produce blood from.

Sanguigenous
(San*guig"e*nous) a. [L. sanguis + -genous.] Producing blood; as, sanguigenous food.

Sanguinaceous
(San`gui*na"ceous) n. Of a blood-red color; sanguine.

Sanguinaria
(||San`gui*na"ri*a) n. [NL. See Sanguinary, a. & n.]

1. (Bot.) A genus of plants of the Poppy family.

Sanguinaria Canadensis, or bloodroot, is the only species. It has a perennial rootstock, which sends up a few roundish lobed leaves and solitary white blossoms in early spring. See Bloodroot.

2. The rootstock of the bloodroot, used in medicine as an emetic, etc.

Sanguinarily
(San"gui*na*ri*ly) adv. In a sanguinary manner.

Sanguinariness
(San"gui*na*ri*ness), n. The quality or state of being sanguinary.

Sanguinary
(San"gui*na*ry) a. [L. sanguinarius, fr. sanguis blood: cf. F. sanguinaire.]

1. Attended with much bloodshed; bloody; murderous; as, a sanguinary war, contest, or battle.

We may not propagate religion by wars, or by sanguinary persecutions to force consciences.
Bacon.

2. Bloodthirsty; cruel; eager to shed blood.

Passion . . . makes us brutal and sanguinary.
Broome.

Syn. — Bloody; murderous; bloodthirsty; cruel.

Sanguinary
(San"gui*na*ry), n. [L. herba sanguinaria an herb that stanches blood: cf. F. sanguinaire. See Sanguinary, a.] (Bot.) (a) The yarrow. (b) The Sanguinaria.

Sanguine
(San"guine) a. [F. sanguin, L. sanguineus, fr. sanguis blood. Cf. Sanguineous.]

1. Having the color of blood; red.

Of his complexion he was sanguine.
Chaucer.

Like to that sanguine flower inscribed with woe.
Milton.

2. Characterized by abundance and active circulation of blood; as, a sanguine bodily temperament.


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