sasine

[Fr. saisine.] [SEIZIN.] Scots Law : A term used to signify either the act of giving legal po e ion of feudal property (in which case it is synonymous with infeftment), or the instrument by which the fact is proved. să , s. [An abbreviation of sa afras (q. v.).] [For def. see etym.] sa -tea, s. Sa afras-tea (q. v.). săs-są, s. [Native name.) (See compound.) sa a-gum, s. Chem. The gum obtained from an Aby in i an plant, Inga sa a . It is like gum tragacanth, but has a larger proportion of starch, swells up in water, and forms a thinner mucilage. săs-sa-bỹ, s. [Native name.] Zool.: Damalis lunatis , the Bastard Hartebeest of the Cape colonists. It stands four feet and a half in height, with strong crescentic horns, a foot in length, points directed inwards. Dark purple brown above, changing to dusky yellow beneath; rump fawn colored. They live in herds of from six to ten in flat or wooded districts, and their flesh makes excellent venison. IMG:content-0953.png:[ocr errors][merged small] 1. Botany : (1) A genus of Lauraceae. Diecious, perianth six-parted, males with nine fertile stamens in three rows, anthers four-celled. Females with nine ster ile stamens. Fruit fleshy. Sa afras of ficin ale (Laurus sa afras ) is a large tree with yellowish flowers, growing in the United States. The dried leaves are very mucilaginous and are sometimes used for thickening soup. Sa afras parthenoxylon, Oriental Sa afras, growing in Sumatra, has medicinal qualities like those of S. of ficin ale . [(2).] (2) The English name of the genus [(1)], and of various trees more or le resembling it in proper ties, spec. Doryphora sa afras, one of the Plume Nutmegs. The wood smells like fennel. ( Austra lian .) Brazilian Sa afras is Nectandra cymbarum . 2. Palæobot.: Sa afras cretaceumis found in the Chalk of the United States and in the Lower Brown Dal (Lower Oligocene) of Northern Germany. 3. Pharm.: The dried root of Sa afras of ficin ale . [1.] It is sold in branches, in pieces, or in chips, and is given as a stimulant and diaphoretic in chronic rheumatism, skin diseases, and syphilis. The bark is more powerful than the wood. sa afras-o11, 8. Chem.: An oil obtained from the root-bark of Laurus sa afras . It has the odor of fennel, a slight yellow color and an acrid taste, specific gravity= 1.09, and is a mixture of at least two substances, a liquid oil and a solid camphor (C10H10O2). Fuming nitric and strong sulphuric acids violently attack the oil, sometimes setting it on fire. It gives off vapor at 115°, the boiling point finally becoming stationary at 228°.