CHAMBERS'S
TWENTIETH CENTURY
DICTIONARY.
CONTENTS.
| PAGE | |
| THE DICTIONARY | 1-1150 |
| PREFIXES AND SUFFIXES | [1151] |
| ETYMOLOGY OF NAMES OF PLACES, ETC. | [1158] |
| LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS, TOGETHER WITH SIGNS AND SYMBOLS USED IN MEDICINE AND MUSIC | [1161] |
| CORRECT CEREMONIOUS FORMS OF ADDRESS | [1174] |
| PRONOUNCING VOCABULARY OF SCRIPTURE PROPER NAMES | [1176] |
| THE MORE COMMON ENGLISH CHRISTIAN NAMES, WITH THEIR ORIGIN AND MEANING | [1178] |
| WORDS AND PHRASES IN MORE OR LESS CURRENT USE FROM LATIN, GREEK, AND MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES | [1184] |
| THE METRIC OR FRENCH SYSTEM | [1206] |
| ADDENDA | [1208] |
the nineteenth letter in our alphabet, its sound that of the hard open sibilant: as a medieval Roman numeral—7—also 70; S—70,000.—Collar of ss, a collar composed of a series of the letter s in gold, either linked together or set in close order.
Sab, sab, n. (Scot.) a form of sob.
Sabadilla, sab-a-dil′a, n. a Mexican plant, whose seeds yield an officinal alkaloid, veratrine, employed chiefly in acute febrile diseases in strong healthy persons.—Also Cebadill′a, Cevadill′a.