Defn: A sudden, violent check of a horse by drawing or twitching the reins on a sudden and with one pull.
SACCATE
Sac"cate, a. Etym: [NL. saccatus, fr. L. saccus a sack, bag.]
1. (Biol.)
Defn: Having the form of a sack or pouch; furnished with a sack or pouch, as a petal.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the Saccata, a suborder of ctenophores having two pouches into which the long tentacles can be retracted.
SACCHARATE Sac"cha*rate, n. (Chem.) (a) A salt of saccharic acid. (b) In a wider sense, a compound of saccharose, or any similar carbohydrate, with such bases as the oxides of calcium, barium, or lead; a sucrate.
SACCHARIC
Sac*char"ic, a. (Chem.)
Defn: Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, saccharine substances; specifically, designating an acid obtained, as a white amorphous gummy mass, by the oxidation of mannite, glucose, sucrose, etc.
SACCHARIFEROUS
Sac`cha*rif"er*ous, a. Etym: [L. saccharon sugar + -ferous.]