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- English Word Sextic Definition A quantic of the sixth degree.
- English Word Sextile Definition Measured by sixty degrees; fixed or indicated by a distance of sixty degrees.
- English Word Sextile Definition The aspect or position of two planets when distant from each other sixty degrees, or two signs. This position is marked thus: /.
- English Word Sextillion Definition According to the method of numeration (which is followed also in the United States), the number expressed by a unit with twenty-one ciphers annexed. According to the English method, a million raised to the sixth power, or the number expressed by a unit with thirty-six ciphers annexed. See Numeration.
- English Word Sexto Definition A book consisting of sheets each of which is folded into six leaves.
- English Word Sextodecimo Definition Having sixteen leaves to a sheet; of, or equal to, the size of one fold of a sheet of printing paper when folded so as to make sixteen leaves, or thirty-two pages; as, a sextodecimo volume.
- English Word Sextodecimo Definition A book composed of sheets each of which is folded into sixteen leaves; hence, indicating, more or less definitely, a size of a book; -- usually written 16mo, or 16¡.
- English Word Sextodecimos Definition of Sextodecimo
- English Word Sextolet Definition A double triplet; a group of six equal notes played in the time of four.
- English Word Sexton Definition An under officer of a church, whose business is to take care of the church building and the vessels, vestments, etc., belonging to the church, to attend on the officiating clergyman, and to perform other duties pertaining to the church, such as to dig graves, ring the bell, etc.
- English Word Sextoness Definition A female sexton; a sexton's wife.
- English Word Sextonry Definition Sextonship.
- English Word Sextonship Definition The office of a sexton.
- English Word Sextos Definition of Sexto
- English Word Sextry Definition See Sacristy.
- English Word Sextuple Definition Six times as much; sixfold.
- English Word Sextuple Definition Divisible by six; having six beats; as, sixtuple measure.
- English Word Sexual Definition Of or pertaining to sex, or the sexes; distinguishing sex; peculiar to the distinction and office of male or female; relating to the distinctive genital organs of the sexes; proceeding from, or based upon, sex; as, sexual characteristics; sexual intercourse, connection, or commerce; sexual desire; sexual diseases; sexual generation.
- English Word Sexualist Definition One who classifies plants by the sexual method of Linnaeus.
- English Word Sexuality Definition The quality or state of being distinguished by sex.
- English Word Sexualize Definition To attribute sex to.
- English Word Sexually Definition In a sexual manner or relation.
- English Word Sey Definition Alt. of Seyh
- English Word Seye Definition Alt. of Seyen
- English Word Seyen Definition imp. pl. & p. p. of See.
- English Word Seyh Definition imp. sing. & 2d pers. pl. of See.
- English Word Seynd Definition p. p. of Senge, to singe.
- English Word Seynt Definition A gridle. See 1st Seint.
- English Word Sforzando Definition Alt. of Sforzato
- English Word Sforzato Definition Forcing or forced; -- a direction placed over a note, to signify that it must be executed with peculiar emphasis and force; -- marked fz (an abbreviation of forzando), sf, sfz, or /.