Season

se'zn, n. One of the 4 divisions of the year, spring, summer, autumn, winter; a suitable or convenient time; proper conjuncture; a certain period of time not very long; a while; time. — v. [seasoned (-znd), -soning.] To render suitable or appropriate, prepare; to habituate, accustom; to prepare by drying or hardening, or removal of natural juices; to render palatable, give zest or relish to, spice; to for enjoyment, render agreeable; to qualify by admixture, temper; to imbue; to communicate first instruction to. — v. To become mature, grow for use, become adapted to a climate to become dry and hard, as timber. [OF. seson, LL. satio, a season, time of year, L. satio, a sowing, planting, f serere, solum, to sow, q. v.] — In season. In good time, or sufficiently early for the purpose. — Out of Beyond or out of the proper or usual time. — Seasonable, a. Occurring in good time, in due season, or in proper time for the purpose; opportune; timely; convenient.— SeaSonablene , w. — Seasonably, adv. In due time; in time convenient; sufficiently early. — Sea'- aonor. n. — Seasoning, n. That which is added to food, to give a higher relish; a condiment; some- 5m, fame, far, pa or opera, fare end, SECRET thing added or mixed, to enhance the pleasure of enjoyment. set, n. The place or thing upon which one sits; place where anything is situated, resides, or abides: station; site; abode; something made to be set in or upon; that part of a thing on which a person sits; a right to regular place of sitting; posture or way of sitting of a person on horseback. (Mach.) A part on which another part rests. — v. To place on a seat, cause to down; to station, locate, establish, fix; to a ign a seat to, or the seats of; to fix, set firm; to repair bv making the seat new. [AS. setl (= E. settle), 1c. eti; q. v.] se-baSh us, a. Made of, pert, to, containing, or secreting tallow or fat. (Bot.) Looking like wax, tallow, or grease. fL. sebum, tallow, suet.] See under Section. se-sed'', v. To withdraw from fellowship, communion, or a ociation; esp., in the U. S., to withdraw, as a State, from the National Union. [L. secedere, sece um, se (short for sed, without; L. se, Skr. sva, one's own self), away, apart, aside, and cedere, to go, move.] — SecedSr, n. — Sece ion, -sesh'un, n. Act of seceding separation from fellowship or a ociation. (U. S. Hist.) The attempt to withdraw from the National Union. [L. sece io.] — Sece ionist, n. One who takes part in or upholds sece ion. se-sern \ v. [-cerned (-sernd'), -cerning/j To separate, distinguish. (Physiol.) To secrete. [L. secernere, to separate: see Secret.]— Secern'ment. n. Proce or act of secreting. sek'l, n. A small, pulpy variety of pear. se-klud r v. To shut up apart from others; to withdraw into solitude; to shut out, prevent from entering, exclude. [L. secludere, -clusum, aside (see Secede), and claudere, to shut.] — Seclu'- sion, -zhun, n. Act of, or state of being, etc.; separation from society or connection; solitude; retirement; privacv. sek'und, a. Immediately following the 1st: next to the 1st in order of place or time; next in — value, power, excellence, dignity, or rank. n. One who follows or comes after; one next and inferior in place, time, rank, etc.- one who attends another for his support and aid; one who acts as another's aid in a duel; the l-60th of a minute of time or of a degree, that the second regular division next to the hour or degrees. (Mus.) The interval between any tone and the tone represented on the degree of the next above the 2d part in a concerted piece, — often popularly applied to the alto. pi. A coarse kind of flour. — v. To follow or attend for the purpose of a isting: to support, back, a ist, forward, encourage to support (a motion or proposal) by adding one's voice to that of the mover or proposer. [F. L. secund us, the 2d, f sequi, to follow, — the only ordinal number of F. etym. sequence, sect, sept.]— Sec'ondary, -und-a-rT, a. Succeeding next in order to the 1st; of 2d place, origin, rank, etc.; acting by deputation or delegated authority second-rate subordinate inferior.— n. One who occupies a subordinate, inferior, or auxiliary place. (Astron.) A satellite. (Oi-nith.) A quill growing on the 2d bone of a bird's wing. — Secondary color. One formed by equal mixture of the pigments of any 2 primary colors. — Stint. Any subdued tint, — as gray. — Secondarily, adv. In a secondary manner or degree not primarily. — Seconder, n. One who seconds or supports what another attempts, affirms, moves, or proposes. — Secondly, adv. In the 2d place. — SeCond-hand, The hand marking the seconds in a clock or watch; po e ion obtained by transfer from a previous owner. — a. Not original or primary; not new; previously po e ed or used by another. — Sec'ondrate, a. Of the second size, rank, quality, or value. sight, n. The power of seeing things future or distant; prophetic vision. — Sec^undine, -din, n. (Bot.) The 2d coat of an ovule, pi. (Ohstet.) The membranes in which the fetus is wrapped in the womb; the after-birth.