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Parv., p. 453. servient (ser'vi-ent), a. [L. servien (t-)s, ppr. of servire: see servel. Cf. servant, sergeant, from the same source.] Subordinate. My soul is from me fled away, Nor has of late inform'd my body here, But in another's breast doth lie, That neither is nor will be I, As a form servient and a isting there. Cowley , The Soul. Servient tenement, in law , a tenement which is subject to an easement in favor of another than its owner, the dominant tenement being that to which or to the owner of which the service is due. Service-berry (Amelanchier Can a dens is). 1, branch with flowers; 2, branch with fruit; a , flower; b , fruit. like subacid fruit; the shad-bush or June berry. The name extends to the other species of the genus, especially the western A. alnifolia . service-book (servis-bük), n. A book containing the forms for public worship appointed for any given church; an office-book. The service book of the Anglican Church is the Book of Common Prayer. Among the service-books of the Roman Catholic Church are the Mi al, Breviary, Ritual, Pontifical, etc. Among those of the Greek Church are the Euchologion, Horologion, Typicum, Menæa, Triodion, Pent eco star i on, Paracletice, Octoëchus, and Me no logion. A much greater number of service-books was formerly in use in the Western Church than now, such as the Gradual, Epistolary, Evangeliary, etc. Although to forbid the service - book there be much more reason, as being of itself superstitious. Milton , Eikon ok las tes, xvi. service-box (servis-boks), n . A form of expansion-joint used in street-mains of steam heating systems, serving at once to provide for expansion and contraction in the main pipes, and to supply a convenient connection for the service-pipes of distribution to houses. service-cleaner (sėrʼvis-klē"nėr), n. A portable air-compre ing pump and receiver used to free gas service-pipes from obstructions. The holder is filled with compre ed air, and connected with the obstructed pipe by a short piece of hose. On serviette = Sp. servilleta = It. salvieta , a napkin: origin uncertain, the forms being discordant and appar. in part perverted. (a) In one view, orig. It., salvieta , that which preserves one's garments from soiling,' salvare , preserve, save (see savel ), being in F. conformed to servir , serve. (b) In another view (Diez), orig. F., serviette , for * servitette , with dim. -ette , servit (= Pr. servit = It. servito ), pp. of servir , serve: see servel . (c) Orig. F., serviette , directly servir , serve (cf. ser viable , serviceable), +-ette. None of these explanations is free from difficulties.] A napkin. servile (sér vil), a . and n. [ME. servile , servile = Pr. Sp. Pg. servil = It. servile , servilis , of a slave, servile, serf and servel .] I. a. 1. Of or pertaining to slaves or servants. Let not the Chairman with a uming Stride Pre near the Wall, and rudely thrust thy Side: The Laws have set him Bounds; his servile Feet Should ne'er encroach where Posts defend the Street. Gay , Trivia, iii. 153. The servile wars of Sicily, and the still more formidable revolt of Spartacus, had shaken Italy to its centre, and the shock was felt in every household.