Sardonic

sur-duit'ik, adj. forced, heartle , or bitter, stud of a laugh. [Fr.--L sardoutns, sardouicus --G sardamos, icfeited to sardonum, a plant of Sardinia iGr S-irde), which was said to screw up the* face of the uutci, but more ptob. from Gi sa/re, to grin Sardonyx. sJtr'don-iks, n. a ied»Ush-y«*rv.u-iety of chalcedony, said to have been found ong at Sardis in Asia Minor, and to be so called because its colour resembles that of the flesh under the nail [Gr —Sardio\, Sardian, and pny.x, a nail Sarsaparilla, sut-sa-na Sarsa, sui'm, n. a twining shrub like the bramble, found chiefly in Mexico, used in medicine. [Sp. za> zafaritla - zarza bramble, and parilia, a hide vine, and so sig 'a thorny vine