Sesquitone
(Ses"qui*tone) n. [Sesqui- + tone.] (Mus.) A minor third, or interval of three semitones.
Sess
(Sess) v. t. [Aphetic form of assess. See Assess, Cess.] To lay a tax upon; to assess. [Obs.]
Sess
(Sess), n. A tax; an assessment. See Cess. [Obs.]
Sessa
(Ses"sa) interj. Hurry; run. [Obs.] Shak.
Sessile
(Ses"sile) a. [L. sessilis low, dwarf, from sedere, sessum, to sit: cf. F. sessile.]
1. Attached without any sensible projecting support.
2. (Bot.) Resting directly upon the main stem or branch, without a petiole or footstalk; as, a sessile leaf
or blossom.
3. (Zoöl.) Permanently attached; - - said of the gonophores of certain hydroids which never became
detached.