Sash, sash, n. a case or frame for panes of glass.—v.t. to furnish with sashes.—ns. Sash′-door, a door having panes of glass; Sash′-frame, the frame in which the sash of a window is suspended; Sash′-window, a glazed window in which the glass is set in a sash.—French sash, a casement swinging on hinges. [Fr. châsse—L. capsa, a case.]
Sasia, sā′si-a, n. a genus of Indian pigmy woodpeckers.
Sasin, sas′in, n. the common Indian antelope.
Sasine, sā′sin, n. (Scots law) the act of giving legal possession of feudal property, infeftment: a form of seizin. [Fr. saisine—saisir, occupy.]
Sass, sas, n. (coll.) impudence: vegetables used in making sauces.—v.i. to be insolent in replies.
Sassaby, sas′a-bi, n. the bastard hartebeest of South Africa.
Sassafras, sas′a-fras, n. a tree of the laurel family, common in North America; also the bark of its root, a powerful stimulant.—Sassafras oil, a volatile aromatic oil distilled from the sassafras. [Fr. sassafras—Sp. sasafras—L. saxifraga—saxum, a stone, frangĕre, to break.]
Sassanid, sas′a-nid, n. one of the Sassanidæ, the dynasty which ruled Persia from 218 A.D. to 639.—adj. Sassā′nian.
Sassarara. Same as Siserary.
Sasse, sas, n. a sluice on a navigable river. [Dut.]