Chapter Segmented to Selective of S by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

Seintuary
(Sein"tu*a*ry) n. Sanctuary. [Obs.]

Seirfish
(Seir"fish`) n. (Zoöl.) Same as Seerfish.

Seirospore
(Sei"ro*spore) n. [Gr. a cord + E. spore.] (Bot.) One of several spores arranged in a chain as in certain algæ of the genus Callithamnion.

Seise
(Seise) v. t. See Seize. Spenser.

This is the common spelling in the law phrase to be seised of

Seisin
(Sei"sin) n. See Seizin. Spenser.

Seismic
(Seis"mic Seis"mal) a. [Gr. seismo`s an earthquake, from sei`ein to shake.] Of or pertaining to an earthquake; caused by an earthquake.

Seismic vertical, the point upon the earth's surface vertically over the center of effort or focal point whence the earthquake's impulse proceeds, or the vertical line connecting these two points.

Seismograph
(Seis"mo*graph) n. [Gr. an earthquake + -graph.] (Physics) An apparatus for registering the shocks and undulatory motions of earthquakes.

Seismographic
(Seis`mo*graph"ic) a. Of or pertaining to a seismograph; indicated by a seismograph.

Seismography
(Seis*mog"ra*phy) n.

1. A writing about, or a description of, earthquakes.

2. The art of registering the shocks and undulatory movements of earthquakes.

Seismological
(Seis`mo*log"ic*al) a. Of or pertaining to seismology. — Seis`mo*log"ic*al*ly, adv.

Seismology
(Seis*mol"o*gy) n. [Gr. an earthquake + -logy.] The science of earthquakes.

Seismometer
(Seis*mom"e*ter) n. [Gr. an earthquake + -meter.] (Physics) An instrument for measuring the direction, duration, and force of earthquakes and like concussions.

Seismometric
(Seis`mo*met"ric) a. Of or pertaining to seismometry, or seismometer; as, seismometric instruments; seismometric measurements.

Seismometry
(Seis*mom"e*try) n. The mensuration of such phenomena of earthquakes as can be expressed in numbers, or by their relation to the coördinates of space.

Seismoscope
(Seis"mo*scope) n. [Gr. an earthquake + -scope.] (Physics) A seismometer.

Seity
(Se"i*ty) n. [L. se one's self.] Something peculiar to one's self. [R.] Tatler.

Seizable
(Seiz"a*ble) a. That may be seized.

Seize
(Seize) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Seized ; p. pr. & vb. n. Seizing.] [OE. seisen, saisen, OF. seisir, saisir, F. saisir, of Teutonic origin, and akin to E. set. The meaning is properly, to set, put, place, hence, to put in possession of. See Set, v. t.]