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a. [ Pref. anti- + sepal. ] (Bot.) Standing before a sepal, or calyx leaf. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Anti-; Sepsis. ] Prevention of sepsis by excluding or destroying microorganisms. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. a substance which kills or retards the growth of microorganisms, especially when used for protection against infection; a substance which prevents or retards putrefaction, or destroys, or protects from, putrefactive organisms; as, carbolic acid, alcohol, cinchona, and many other agents sold commercially. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Counteracting or preventing putrefaction, or a putrescent tendency in the system; antiputrefactive. [ 1913 Webster ]

Antiseptic surgery, that system of surgical practice which insists upon a systematic use of antiseptics in the performance of operations and the dressing of wounds. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By means of antiseptics. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; priv. + sepsis. ] State of being aseptic; the methods or processes of asepticizing. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ Pref. a- not + septic. ] 1. Not liable to putrefaction; nonputrescent. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. free from pathogenic microorganisms; sterile; as, aseptic operating conditions. [ PJC ]

3. [ metaphorical ] lacking emotion, human warmth, or excitement. [ PJC ]

n. An aseptic substance. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + septate. ] With two partitions or septa. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ From the French inventor, A. A. Chassepot. ] (Mil.) A kind of breechloading, center-fire rifle, or improved needle gun. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A thin portion of the rind of a cheese. -- a. Scrimping; mean; as, cheeseparing economy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Engl.Law) An offering made to the church at the interment of a dead body. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. di- + sepalous. ] (Bot.) Having two sepals; two-sepaled. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. dissaepimentum, fr. dissaepire; dis- + saepire to hedge in, inclose. ] 1. A separating tissue; a partition; a septum. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) One of the partitions which divide a compound ovary into cells. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) One of the transverse, calcareous partitions between the radiating septa of a coral. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. epi- + sepal. ] (Bot.) Growing on the sepals or adnate to them. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; marriage + E. sepal. ] (Bot.) Formed of united sepals; monosepalous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a greasy substance containing pigments, used as makeup by actors, clowns, and other entertainers; as, the smell of the greasepaint, the roar of the crowd. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

2. Theatrical makeup, generally. [ PJC ]

adj. resistant to penetration by grease or oil or wax; as, greaseproof wrapping paper. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a hole in the bow of a ship, through which the anchor rope or cable passes.
Syn. -- hawse, hawsepipe. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Rude, boisterous play. [ 1913 Webster ]

Too much given to horseplay in his raillery. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A pond for watering horses. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A flexible pipe for conveying a liquid or gas.
Syn. -- hose. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. any of a variety of plants grown indoors for decorative purposes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. inseparabilitas: cf. F. inséparabilité. ] The quality or state of being inseparable; inseparableness. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. inseparabilis: cf. F. inséparable. See In-, and Separable. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Not separable; incapable of being separated or disjoined. [ 1913 Webster ]

The history of every language is inseparable from that of the people by whom it is spoken. Mure. [ 1913 Webster ]

Liberty and union, now and forever, one and inseparable. D. Webster. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Gram.) Invariably attached to some word, stem, or root; as, the inseparable particle un-. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being inseparable; inseparability. Bp. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an inseparable manner or condition; so as not to be separable. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

And cleaves through life inseparably close. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. inseparatus. See In- not, and Separate. ] Not separate; together; united. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Inseparably. [ Obs. ] Cranmer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Biol.) Between septa; as, the interseptal spaces or zones, between the transparent, or septal, zones in striated muscle; the interseptal chambers of a shell, or of a seed vessel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An outer garment worn in the 18th century; esp., a woman's riding habit, buttoned down the front. Fairholt. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Bot.) A composite herb (Tragopogon pratensis), of the same genus as the salsify. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the middle part of September. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Mono- + sepal: cf. F. monosépale. ] (Bot.) Having only one sepal, or the calyx in one piece or composed of the sepals united into one piece; gamosepalous. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The most recent writers restrict this term to flowers having a solarity sepal, and use gamosepalous for a calyx formed by several sepals combined into one piece. Cf. Monopetalous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Multi- + septate. ] (Bot.) Divided into many chambers by partitions, as the pith of the pokeweed. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Naso- + septal. ] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the internasal septum. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A pond where fish are fed. Walton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Oligo- + sepal. ] (Bot.) Having few sepals. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Opposite, and Sepal. ] (Bot.) Placed in front of a sepal. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Poly- + sepal. ] (Bot.) Having the sepals separate from each other. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; a decree, fr. &unr_; to vote with a pebble, fr. &unr_; pebble. ] (Gr. Antiq.) A proposition adopted by a majority of votes; especially, one adopted by vote of the Athenian people; a statute. J. P. Mahaffy. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Sarcosepta [ Sarco- + septum. ] (Zool.) One of the mesenteries of an anthozoan. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Arch.) The half of a transept; as, the north semitransept of a church. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL. sepalum, formed in imitation of NL. petalum, petal, to denote one of the divisions of the calyx: cf. F. sépale. ] (Bot.) A leaf or division of the calyx. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ When the calyx consists of but one part, it is said to be monosepalous; when of two parts, it is said to be disepalous; when of a variable and indefinite number of parts, it is said to be polysepalous; when of several parts united, it is properly called gamosepalous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Having one or more sepals. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Relating to, or having the nature of, sepals. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sepal + Gr. e'i^dos form. ] (Bot.) The metamorphosis of other floral organs into sepals or sepaloid bodies. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Sepal + -oid. ] (Bot.) Like a sepal, or a division of a calyx. [ 1913 Webster ]