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Like a serpent. "Struck me with her tongue, Most serpent - like , upon the very heart." Shakesp.: Lear, ii. 4. 3. Palæont.: One species, S. robust us , from the Miocene of the Allier. ser-pen-tar-ỹ, ser-pen-tär-i-a, s. [Lat. ser- pentaria .] 1. Bot .: Aristolochia serpent aria. The root has an aromatic and camphoraceous odor, and a bitter camphoraceous taste. sory minerals are numerous, the most frequent being pyrope, bronzite, magnetite, and chromite. 4. Geol .: Serpentine is considered an altered intrusive rock, originally a trap or dolerite with olivine. It has been maintained that in some cases serpentine may have arisen from the alteration of sedimentary rocks. serpentine-stone, s. [SNAKE-STONE.] A verse which begins and 228 IMG:content-1245.png:[blocks in formation] A. As alj .: Of, belonging to, or resembling the Serpulinæ (q. v.). B. As subst .: Any individual of the Serpuline. (Ca ell's Nat . Hist ., vi. 249.) 1. Any individual of the genus Serpulites (q. v.). 2. A to il Serpula (q. v.). Palæont .: A genus instituted by Murchison, for certain smooth semi-calcareous tubes, often of great length, and apparently unattached, which occur in the Silurian series. These tubes in some species reach a length of over a foot, with a diam eter of an inch, and their true nature is not yet sat- isfactorily ascertained. ( Nicholson . ) *serr, v . t . (French serrer =to compact, to pre together, to lock; Low Lat. sero to bolt, from Lat. sera a bolt.] To crowd, pre , or drive together; to contract. [SERRIED.] "Grinding of the teeth is caused (likewise) by a gather- ing and serring of the spirits together to resist."- Bacon : Nat . Hist ., § 714. sěr'-rą ( pl . ser'-ræ), s . [Lat.=a saw.] Bot ., Anat ., . ( pl .): The saw-like toothings on the margins of leaves, in the serrated sutures of the skull, . Bot .: Ornithopus sativus , a fodder-plant. ser-rā-nūs, s. [Mod. Lat., from serra =a saw, from the serrated dorsal fin.] 1. Ichthyology : Sea-perches: a genus of Percide. They are found on the shores of all temperate seas, and abound in the tropics, somerf the latter species entering brackish and even fresh water, but all spawn in the sea. Body oblong, compre ed, with small scales; teeth villiform, with distinct canines in each jaw, teeth on vomer and palatine bones; one dorsal, mostly with nine or eleven spines, anal with three. Two species, Serran us cabrilla , the Smooth Serran us, and S. gigas , the Dusky Perch, are met with in the British Channel, and are com- mon in the Mediterranean. ser-rāte, ser-rat-ěd, adj . [Lat. serratus , pa. par. of serro =to saw.] 1. Ord . Lang .: Notched on the edge, like a saw; toothed. 2. Bot . ( of a leaf , & c.): Having sharp, straight edged teeth, pointing to the apex. [BISERRATE.] serrated-suture, s. [DENTATED-SUTURE.] ser-rā-tion, s . [SERRATE.] Formation in the shape of a saw. ser-răt-u-la, s. [Mod. Lat., from serrula =a little saw, referring to the serrated margins of the leaves. In Cla . Lat. serratula betony, a differ- ent genus.] imbricated with straight unarmed scales; recept a- cle chatfy; the scales split into linear bristles; corolla regular, tubular; pappus persistent, pilose; hairs filiform, in several rows, the interior the longest; filaments papillose; anthers with a short blunt appendage, ecaudate at the base. Known species about thirty. ser-ra-tu-lě-æ, s.pl. [Mod. Latin serratul ( a ) ; Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff.-eœ.] 2. Bot. (pl.): The teeth of a serrated leaf. ser-ri-corn, a . & s . [SERRICORNES.] A. As adj .: Pertaining or relating to the group or tribe Serricorn i a (q. v.); having serrated anten- Campanula rid a, group has been named Calyp- toblastea ( Allman ), Sertularina ( Ehren .), Sertu- lariæ ( Aga . ) , Skenotoka ( Carus ), or The caph or a ( Hincks ). 2. Palæont .: Not certainly known to occur fo il, but several genera now ranked with the Grapto- lites are not improbably Sertularids. (DENDRO- GRAPTUS.] cis: gonozoõids always fixed. Several genera, widely distributed. ser-tu-lum, s. [Mod. Latin, dim in. from Latin sertum a wreath, a garland.] Bot .: A simple umbel. ( Louis C. Richard . ) sër-ŭm, s. [Lat.=whey, serum; cogn. with Gr. oros whey.] of diphtheria, the almost unanimous verdict of the profes- sion is in favor of this treatment."- British Medical Journal, Aug. 8, 1896. IMG:content-1246.png:[ocr errors] servage *serv-age (age as Ig), s. [Eng. serv(e); -age .] Serfage, servitude. ser-val, s. [Native name.] Zool.: Felis serval , the Bush Cat, or African Tiger cat, distributed over Africa, abounding in the south. Its body is proportionately longer and its tail shorter than those of the True Cats, in this respect approaching the Lynxes, from which it is differentiated by the absence of ear-tufts. Body about forty inches, tail sixteen inches, fur tawny, spotted with black. It is found in the extensive gra y plains, where it preys on antelopes and other small game.