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[Lat. senescens.] Growing old. "Senescent spinsters and dowagers."-Southey: The Doc tor, ch. cxci. sen-es-chal, sěněs-chall, *sěněshal, s . [O. Fr. seneschal (Fr. sénéchal ) ; Low Lat, senescal lus , senes cal i us ; O. Ger. senescalh , from Goth, sins =old (cogn. with Lat.senex ), and skalhs = servant.] [MARSHAL.] An officer in the house of princes and high dignitaries, who had superintendence of feasts and domestic ceremonies; a steward. In some instances he had the dispensing of justice. IMG:content-1207.png:[blocks in formation] Navig .: A term applied to an old form of quadrant, consisting of several concentric quadrantic ares, divided into eight equal parts by radii with par allel right lines cro ing each other at right angles. It was made of bra or wood, with lines drawn from each side intersecting one another, and an index divided by sines also, with 90° on the limb and two sights on the edge to take the altitude of the sun. It was in great use among French navigators. ( Smyth .) senile, a . [Lat. senilis , from senex =old; Fr. sénil ; Sp. & Port.senil: Ital. senile. Of or pertaining to old age; derived or proceeding from old age; consequent on or arising from the weakne es usually accompanying old age. In pathology there are senile catarrh and senile prurigo.