SANTER
San"ter, v. i.
Defn: See Saunter.
SANTON
San"ton, n. Etym: [Sp. santon, augment fr. santo holy, L. sanctus.]
Defn: A Turkish saint; a kind of dervish, regarded by the people as a saint: also, a hermit.
SANTONATE
San"to*nate, n. (Chem.)
Defn: A salt of santonic acid.
SANTONIC
San*ton"ic, a. (Chem.)
Defn: Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid (distinct from santoninic acid) obtained from santonin as a white crystalline substance.
SANTONIN
San"to*nin, n. Etym: [L. herba santonica, a kind of plant, fr.
Santoni a people of Aquitania; cf. Gr. santonine.] (Chem.)
Defn: A white crystalline substance having a bitter taste, extracted from the buds of levant wormseed and used as an anthelmintic. It occassions a peculiar temporary color blindness, causing objects to appear as if seen through a yellow glass.