séant, n.m., sitting upright. Être sur son —, se mettre sur son —; to sit up in bed.
séant, -e, adj., fitting, seemly, becoming.
seau, n.m., pail, bucket. Il pleut à —x; it is raining in torrents.
sébacé, -e, adj., sebaceous.
sébeste, n.m., sebesten-plum.
sébestier (-tié), n.m., (bot.) sebesten-plum-tree.
sébifère, adj., (bot.) sebiferous (yielding tallow).
sébile, n.f., small wooden bowl (a receptacle for the powder used to dry ink).
sec, sèche, adj., dry, lean, spare; barren; plain; unadorned; cold, unfeeling, sharp; dissatisfied (of looks); (paint.) hard; dried (of fruit, flowers, leaves, fish, &c.); severe (of reprimands). Des mains sèches; lean hands. Un homme —; a spare, thin man. Coup —; sharp stroke. Avoir le gosier —; to be very dry. Il a le pouls —; his pulse is sharp. Être à —; to have no money. Cœur —; unfeeling heart. Mine sèche; dissatisfied look. Perte sèche; dead loss. — comme un pendu; as thin as a lath.
sec, n.m., dryness; fodder; dry weather. A —; dried up; (nav.) under bare poles; empty, low; drained, exhausted; (fig.) hard up. À — sur le rivage; (nav.) high and dry (of ships). Mettre un étang à —; to drain a pond; (fig.) to exhaust. Vaisseau à —; ship under bare poles.