seaslug (seslug)

1. A marine opisthobranch i ate gastropod whose shell is rudimentary or wanting; a nudibranch, as a doridoid. These creatures resemble the terrestrial pulmonates known as slugs, whence the name. There are many species, of different genera and families, some of them known as sea hares, sea-lemons, etc. See cuts under Polycera, Hermæa, and Ægirus. 2. A holothurian of any kind. sea-snail (sē'snāl), n. [ L. vulgar is, the unctuous sucker, a few inches long. See cut under snail - fish. 2. In conch., a marine gastropod whose shell resembles a helix, as those of the family Littorinidæ, of which the periwinkle, Littorina littorea, is a familiar form, and those of the family Naticidæ, of which Lu natia heros and related species are good examples. See also winkle cuts under Natica, Littorinidæ, littorea), Nerita, and Neritidæ. sea-snake (sē'snāk), n. A sea-serpent, in any sense. Sea-snail or Peri(Littorina natural That great sea - snake under the sea. Tennyson, The Mermaid. sea-snipe (sē'snīp), n. 1. Tringa alpinc : same as dunlin . [North of Eng. and East Lothian.] North -2. The knot, a sandpiper, sandpip and piper, Tringa canutus. [Ireland.]-3. The snipe-fish, Centriscus sco lopax . sea-soldiert (sē ́sōlőjér), n . A marine. Six hundred sea - soldiers , under the conduct of Sir Richard Levison. Holland, tr. of Camden, ii. 136. ( Davies .) season (sē'zn), n. [ seysoun , seson , sesun , sesoun , cesoun , seson , seis on , sais on , F. sai son = Pr. sadons , saz on , sasos , sazos = Sp. saz on = Pg. sazão , satio ( n- ), a sowing, planting, ML. sowing-time, i. e. spring, regarded as the chief season for sowing crops, hence any season, serere , pp. sat us , sow, prob. orig. * sesere , redupl. of ✔ sa, sow: see sow1 . Cf. sation , a doublet of season . In def. 3 the noun is from the verb.] 1. A particular period of time. Specifically-( a ) One of the periods into which the year is naturally divided by the annual motion of the sun in declination, or by the resulting characteristics of temperature, moisture, conditions of vegetation, and the like. Astronomically the year is divided into four nearly equal seasons, spring, summer, autumn, and winter, reckoned solely with respect to the sun's motion - spring beginning when the sun cro es the equator going northward, summer when it reaches the summer solstice, autumn when it cro es the equator going southward, and winter when it reaches the winter solstice But popularly and historically the seasons refer to the four well-marked periods which in temperate regions are exhibited in the annual changes of climate and stages of vegetation. In consequence, the times of division and the duration of the seasons are entirely conventional, and are adjusted in terms of the monthly calendar in accordance with the local cli season IMG:content-0463.png:[graphic] mate. In the United States and Canada spring is considered to begin with the first of March, and summer, autumn, and winter with the first of June, September, and December respectively. In Great Britain spring is regarded as beginning with February, summer with May, etc. In the southern hemisphere the summer season is simultaneous with the northern winter, and the periods of the other seasons are similarly interchanged. Within the tropics the annual variation of temperature is not so marked as that of humidity and rainfall, and, according to the local ity, sometimes two, sometimes three, and sometimes four climatic seasons are distinguished, termed the rainy season, the dry season, etc. In a somer seson , whan soft was the sonne. Piers Plowman (B), Prol., 1. 1. The Turks do custom ably bring their galleys on shore every year in the winter season . 5448 The good gardiner seasons his soyle by sundrie sorts of compost. Putten ham , Arte of Eng. Poesie, p. 254. Men are more curious what they put into a new ve el than into a ve el seasoned . Bacon, Advancement of Learning, i. 28. A clave stock and rabbet stock carpenters crave, And seasoned timber for pinwood to have. Tu er, Husbandly Furniture, st. 20. 4. To fit for the taste; render palatable, or give a higher relish to, by the addition or mixture of another substance more pungent or pleasant: as, to season meat with salt; to sea son anything with spices. And every oblation of thy meat offering shalt thou sea son with salt. Lev. ii. 13. Munday (Arber's Eng. Garner, I. 204). 5. To render more agreeable, pleasant, or de I shall not intend this hot season to bid you the base through the wide and dusty champaine of the Councels. Milton , On Def. of Humb. Remonst. (b) The period of the year in which something is more in vogue than at others, as that in which a particular place is most frequented by visitors, or shows most bustling activity, or when a particular trade, busine , or profe ion is in its greatest state of activity: as, the holiday season; the hop-picking season; the London season; the Newport season; the theatrical season; the peach season. The season was advanced when I first put the play into Mr. Harris's hands: it was at that time at least double the length of any acting comedy. Sheridan, The Rivals, Pref. The London season extended from October to May, leaving four months during which the theatres were closed and all forms of di ipation suspended. Lecky, Eng. in 18th Cent., iv. (c) A convenient or suitable time; the right time; period of time that is natural, proper, or suitable. See phrases below. 2. A period of time, in general; a while; a time. Than stode y stille a litile sesone , And const red this lettres or y wente thens. Political Poems , etc. (ed. Furnivall), p. 1. Thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season . lightful; give a relish or zest to by something that excites, animates, or exhilarates. You season still with sports your serious hours. Dryden , To John Dryden, 1. 60. She had an easy fluency of discourse, which, though generally of a serious complexion, was occasionally sea soned with agreeable sallies. Pre scott, Ferd. and Isa., ii. 16. 6. To render more agreeable or le rigorous and severe; temper; moderate; qualify by admixture. Earthly power doth then show likest God's When mercy seasons justice. 'Tis a pride becomes 'em, A little season'd with ambition To be respected, reckon'd well, and honour'd For what they have done. Fletcher, Loyal Subject, ii. 1. 7. To gratify; tickle. Let their beds Be made as soft as yours, and let their palates Be season'd with such viands. Shak., M. of V., iv. 1. 97. Acts xiii. 11. 8. To imbue; tinge or taint. You may be favoured with those ble ed seasons of universal light and strength of which good men have often spoken. Channing, Perfect Life, p. 24. 3t. Seasoning; that which gives relish, or preserves vigor or freshne . Salt too little which may season give To her foul-tainted flesh. Shak., Much Ado, iv. 1. 144. All fresh humours Bearing no season , much le salt of goodne . B. Jonson, Cynthia's Revels, v. 1. Close-season, Same as close - time. In season. ( a ) Ready for use; on the market; usable; edible: as, cherries are now in season; oysters are not in season during May, June, July, and August. In that Contree, and in othere also, Men fynden longe Apples to selle, in hire cesoun ; and Men clepen hem Apples of Paradys. Mandeville , Travels, p. 49. Now cometh May, when as the eastern morn Doth with her summer robes the fields adorn: Delightful month, when cherries and green peason, Custards, cheese-cakes, and ki es are in season . Poor Robin (1705). ( Nares.) (6) Having the pelage in good order, as fur-bearing animals. This is usually in winter. (c) In good flesh, as IMG:content-0464.png:[blocks in formation] 10t. To impregnate. Holland . - Seasoning fever. See fever1 . II. in trans. 1. To become mature; grow fit for use; become adapted to a climate, as the human body. 2. To become dry and hard by the escape of the natural juices, or by being penetrated with other substance. Carpenters rough plane boards for flooring, that they may set them by to season. Moxon, Mechanical Exercises. beasts, birds, fishes, shell-fish, etc. (d) Affording good 3t. To give token; smack; savor. sport, as birds well grown and strong of wing. (e) Migrating, and therefore numerous, or found where not occurring at some other time, as birds or fish. (f) Allowed by law to be killed, as any game. (9) Seasonably; oppor tunely; at the right time; soon enough: as, to go theater in season for the overture. In season and out of season, at all times; always. A Church-mans jurisdiction is no more but to watch over his flock in season and out of season. Milton , On Def. of Humb. Remonst. Out of season. (a) Unseasonable; inopportune. (b) Not in season, as game; not in good condition for the table. In general, animals are out of season when breeding.Season ticket. See ticket. - The Four Seasons ( eccles.), the ember days. - To take a seasont, to stay for a time. From heuen til erthe his sone be sent In mankinde to take a cesoun . Hymns to Virgin , etc. (E. E. T. S.), p. 42. season (sē'zn), v. [= F. saisonner , have a good season, = Sp. Pg. sazonar , season with condiments; from the noun.] I. trans. 11. To render suitable or appropriate; prepare; fit. And am I then revenged, To take him in the purging of his soul, When he is fit and season'd for his pa age? Shak., Hamlet, iii. 3. 84. 2. To fit for any use by time or habit; habituate; accustom; mature; inure; acclimatize. How many things by season season'd are To their right praise and true perfection! Shak., M. of V., v. 1. 107. Lose not your labour and your time together; It seasons of a fool. Fletcher , The Chances, i. 9. seasonable (sē'zn-a-bl), a. [ Thay sailed furth soundly with seasonable wyndes. Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. Š.), 1. 2810. Then the sonne reneweth his finished course, and the seasonable spring refresh eth the earth. Spenser, Shep. Cal., Gen. Arg. 'Tis not seasonable to call a Man Traitor that has an Army at his Heels. Selden, Table-Talk, p. 111. seasonablene (sē'zn-a-bl-nes), n. Seasonable character or quality; the quality of fitting the time or the circumstances; opportunene of occurrence. Seasonablene is best in all these things, which have their ripene and decay. Bp . Hall , Holy Observations, § 15. seasonably (sē'zn-a-bli), adv. In due time or season; in time convenient; sufficiently early: Time was wanting; the agents of Plymouth could not be seasonably summoned, and the subject was deferred. Bancroft, Hist. U. S., I. 339. as, to sow or plant seasonably. A man should... harden and season himself beyond the degree of cold wherein he lives. season a get (sēʼzn-āj), n. [ season + -age .] Add is on , Guardian, No. 102. Seasoning; sauce. 3. To bring to the best state for use by any Charity is the grand season age of every Christian duty. proce : as, to season a cask by keeping liquor South , Sermons, IX. v. in it; to season a tobacco-pipe by frequently [ season + -al .] Of smoking it; to season timber by drying or hard or pertaining to the seasons; relating to a seaening, or by removing its natural sap. seasonal (sē'zn-al), a. son or seasons. There are many vegetable substances used by mankind as seasonings which abound with a highly exalted aromatick oil, as thyme and savoury and all spices. Arbuthnot , Aliments, iii. 4. 3. Something added or mixed to enhance pleasure or enjoyment, or give spice and relish: as, wit or humor serves as a seasoning to elo quence. Political speculations. are of so dry and austere a nature that they will not go down with the public without frequent seasonings [of mirth and humour]. Add is on, Freeholder, No. 46. There was a seasoning of wisdom unaccountably mixed up with his strangest whims. Sterne, Tristram Shandy, v. 42. 4. In diamond - cutting , the charging of the laps or wheels with diamond-dust and oil. seasoning-tub (sē ́zn-ing-tub), n. In baking , a trough in which dough is set to rise. seasonle (sē'zn-les), a . [ season + -le .] 1. Unmarked by a succe ion of seasons.-21. Without seasoning or relish; insipid. And when the stubborne stroke of my harsh song Shall seasonle e glide through almightie eares, Vouchsafe to sweet it with thy ble ed tong. G. Markham , Tragedy of Sir R. Grinuile.