Sec, sek, adj. dry, of wines. [Fr.]
Sec., sek, n. an abbreviation of secretary, secant, second; also of secundum, according to.
Secability, sek-a-bil′i-ti, n. capability of being divided. [L. secāre, to cut.]
Secale, sē-kā′lē, n. a genus of grasses including rye.
Secamone, sek-a-mō′nē, n. a genus of shrubby climbers.
Secant, sē′kant, adj. cutting: dividing.—n. a line that cuts another: a straight line from the centre of a circle to one extremity of an arc, produced till it meets the tangent to the other extremity.—n. Sē′cancy. [L. secans, secantis, pr.p. of secāre, to cut.]
Secco, sek′kō, n. (mus.) unaccompanied: plain. [It.]
Secede, sē-sēd′, v.i. to go away: to separate one's self: to withdraw from fellowship or association.—ns. Secē′der, one who secedes: one of a body of Presbyterians who seceded from the Church of Scotland about 1733; Seces′sion, the act of seceding: withdrawal: departure; Seces′sionism, the doctrine of secession; Seces′sionist, one who maintains the principle of secession.—War of Secession, in United States history, the civil war (1860-65) which resulted from the attempted withdrawal of eleven Southern States from the United States. [L. secedĕre, secessum—se-, away, cedĕre, to go.]
Secern, sē-sern′, v.i. and v.t. to separate: to distinguish: to secrete.—adj. Secer′nent.—n. Secern′ment. [L. secernĕre, secretum, to separate.]
Secesh, sē-sesh′, n. and adj. (U.S. slang) secessionist.—n. Secesh′er.