SEQUIN
Se"quin, n. Etym: [F. sequin, It. zecchino, from zecca the mint, fr.
Ar. sekkah, sikkah, a die, a stamp. Cf. Zechin.]
Defn: An old gold coin of Italy and Turkey. It was first struck at
Venice about the end of the 13th century, and afterward in the other
Italian cities, and by the Levant trade was introduced into Turkey.
It is worth about 9s. 3d. sterling, or about $2.25. The different
kinds vary somewhat in value. [Written also chequin, and zequin.]
SEQUOIA
Se*quoi"a, n. Etym: [NL. So called by Dr. Endlicher in honor of
Sequoyah, who invented the Cherokee alphabet.] (Bot.)
Defn: A genus of coniferous trees, consisting of two species, Sequoia
Washingtoniana, syn. S. gigantea, the "big tree" of California, and
S. sempervirens, the redwood, both of which attain an immense height.
SEQUOIENE
Se*quoi"ëne, n. (Chem.)
Defn: A hydrocarbon (C13H10) obtained in white fluorescent crystals, in the distillation products of the needles of the California "big tree" (Sequoia gigantea).
SERAC
Sé`rac", n. [F. (in the Alps), orig., a kind of solid cheese.]
Defn: A pinnacle of ice among the crevasses of a glacier; also, one of the blocks into which a glacier breaks on a steep grade.
SERAGLIO Se*ragl"io, n. Etym: [It. serraglio, originally, an inclosure of palisades, afterwards also, a palace, seraglio (by confusion with Per. sera\'8ba a palace, an entirely different word), fr. serrare to shut, fr. LL. serra a bar for fastening doors, L. sera. See Serry, Series.]
1. An inclosure; a place of separation. [Obs.] I went to the Ghetto, where the Jews dwell as in a suburb, by themselves. I passed by the piazza Judea, where their seraglio begins. Evelyn.