se bastes

[Gr. sebastos =august.] Ichthyol.: A genus of Scorpænide (q. v.), with about twenty species, widely distributed in temperate seas. Head and body compre ed; body covered with scales of moderate or small size, without appendages, villiform teeth in jaws, on vomer, and palatine bones. They range from one to four pounds in weight, in general appearance resemble the Sea-perches (q. v.), and are esteemed as food. tsě-băs-to-mā-nią, subst. [ Gr.sebastos =reverenced, reverend, and English mania.] Religious insanity. ( Wharton.) se-bāte, s. [Eng.seb(ic); -ate.] 1. Botany ( pl . ) : (1) The nuts of Cordia myra and C. latifolia , believed to be the Persea of Dioscorides, and the trees themselves. The nuts are sweet, and when cut have a heavy smell. They are eaten in India. (2) The Cordiacee. ( Lindley .) 2. Pharm .: Sebestens are very mucilaginous, and the mucilage is given in diseases of the chest and urethra, and as an astringent gargle; the kernel is considered good for ringworm, and the bark a mild tonic. (Lindley, Ainslie , .)