sakieh, sakia, sakeeyeh

[Arabian saka, sakkaa water-carrier, a cupbearer.] A machine used in Egypt for raising water from the Nile for the purpose of irrigation. It is a modification of the Persian wheel, and consists of a series of cogged wheels, turned by a buffalo or camel, each revolution of the wheel working up a series of earthen pitchers, which empty themselves into a trough or pool. "Here the fields are watered by means of wheels to which water-jars are attached the sakeeyeh." -G. Ebers: Egypt (ed. Bell), 68. Săk'-ta, s . [Bengali, ., from Sansc. sakti= power, energy.] salamander sa-lā-çi-a, subst . [Lat.=the wife of Neptune.) Bot.: A genus of Hippocrateaceae. Stamens three: fruit berried. Known species about sixty. Salacia dulcis , of Brazil, S. pyriform is , of Sierra Leone, which resembles a bergamot pear, and S. roz burghii , of India, have eatable fruits. sa-la-cio us, a. [ Lat.salax ( gen it.salacis ); salio to leap.] Lustful, lecherous. (RUT, v.] sa-la-cio us-ly, adv. [Eng. salacious; -ly.] In a salacious manner; lustfully, lecherously.