Sendal, sen′dal, n. a thin silk or linen. [O. Fr.,—Low L. cendalum—L. sindon—Gr. sindōn.]
Seneca-oil, sen′ē-kä-oil, n. crude petroleum.—Seneca's microscope, a glass globe filled with water.
Senecio, sē-nē′si-o, n. a genus of composite plants—ragwort, &c.—adj. Senē′cioid.
Senega, sen′ē-ga, n. the seneca snakeroot, the dried root of Polygala Senega, good for snake-bites.
Senegal, sen′ē-gal, n. a small African blood-finch, the fire-bird.
Senescence, sē-nes′ens, n. the state of growing old or decaying: decay by time.—n. Senec′titude.—adj. Senes′cent, growing old: decaying with the lapse of time. [L. senescens, -entis, pr.p. of senescĕre, to grow old—senex, old.]
Seneschal, sen′e-shal, n. a steward: a major-domo.—n. Sen′eschalship. [O. Fr., (Fr. sénéchal)—sin-s, old, skalks, a servant.]
Senex, sē′neks, n. a South American hawk: a Brazilian swift.
Seng-gung, seng′-gung, n. the teledu or Javan badger.
Sengreen, sen′grēn, n. the house-leek: (her.) a figure resembling it. [A.S. singrene; Ger. singrün.]