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Traditional English :: sediment
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sediment.html - n. 1 matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid; dregs. 2 Geol. matter that is carried by water or wind and deposited on the surface of the land, and may in time become consolidated into rock. sedimentary adj. sedimentation n. [F s diment or L sedimentum (as SEDILE)] |
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Traditional English :: sediment
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sediment.html - n. 1 matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid; dregs. 2 Geol. matter that is carried by water or wind and deposited on the surface of the land, and may in time become consolidated into rock. sedimentary adj. sedimentation n. [F s diment or L sedimentum (as SEDILE)] |
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Traditional English :: sedile
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sediment.html - n. (pl. sedilia) (usu. in pl.) Eccl. each of usu. three stone seats for priests in the south wall of a chancel, often canopied and decorated. [L, = seat f. sedere sit] |
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Traditional English :: sediment
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sediment.html - n. 1 matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid; dregs. 2 Geol. matter that is carried by water or wind and deposited on the surface of the land, and may in time become consolidated into rock. sedimentary adj. sedimentation n. [F s diment or L sedimentum (as SEDILE)] |
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Traditional English :: sedition
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sediment.html - n. 1 conduct or speech inciting to rebellion or a breach of public order. 2 agitation against the authority of a State. seditious adj. seditiously adv. [ME f. OF sedition or L seditio f. sed- = SE- + ire it- go] |
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Traditional English :: sedan
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sediment.html - n. 1 (in full sedan chair) an enclosed chair for conveying one person, carried between horizontal poles by two porters, common in the 17th-18th c. 2 US an enclosed motor car for four or more people. [perh. alt. f. It. dial., ult. f. L sella saddle f. sedere sit] |
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