same (sam)

[ The very same man that beguiled Master Slender of his chain cozened him of it. Shak., M. W. of W., iv. 5. 37. built by the same man Coryat , Crudities, I. 29. There was another bridge. at the same time. The very same dragoons ran away at Falkirk that ran away at Preston Pans. Walpole , Letters, II. 3. 2. Of one nature or general character; of one kind, degree, or amount: as, we see in men everywhere the same pa ions and the same vices; two flames that are the same in temperature; two bodies of the same dimensions; boxes that occupy the same space. Same, used in this way, expre es le a different meaning from def. 1, than a different (and often loose) mode of thinking: the thought is often that of equality rather than that of identity. Those things, says the Philosopher, are the same whose e ence are one and the same . Those things are said ... same to be the same, says the Philosopher, in number, whose 5324 or other fine earth. The vases are of a bright-red or black rately molded ornaments attached to them. same in species whose ratio of e ence is one. Burgersdicius , tr. by a Gentleman, i. 20. I rather pity than hate Turk and Infidel, for they are of the same Metal and bear the same Stamp as I do, though the Inscriptions differ. Howell, Letters, I. vi. 32. It hath bin inevitably prov'd that the natural and fundamental causes of political happines in all governments Milton, Reformation in Eng., ii. are the same. Ignatius Loyola... in the great Catholic reaction bore the same part which Luther bore in the great Protestant movement. Macaulay , Von Ranke's Hist. Popes. Bigotry is the same in every faith and every age. Pre scott, Ferd. and Isa., ii. 6. The same sentiment which fits us for freedom itself makes us free. H. Spencer , Social Statics, p. 467. This ambiguity in the word same , whereby it means either individual identity or indistinguishable resemblance, has been often noticed, and from a logical or ob II. n. A native or an inhabitant of Samos. Also Samiot , Samiote . Samide (sam'i-dē), n . pl . [NL., -idæ . ] A family of sponges, typified by the genus Samus , whose characteristic mega scleres or skeletal spicules are trifid at both ends. samiel (sā'mi-el), n. [ samyeli , a poisonous wind, samm , semm ( samm ), poison, + yel , wind. Cf. simoom.] The simoom. Burning and headlong as the Samiel wind. Moore, Lalla Rookh. The cold wind that frequently during winter sweeps the continent of North America from north to south is more deadly than any hot wind, even than the half-fabulous Samiel or Simoom. ing fallacies in otherwise enlightened understandings." J. Ward, Encyc. Brit., XX. 81. 3. Just mentioned, or just about to be mentioned or denoted: often used for the sake of emphasis or to indicate contempt or vexation. Who is the same, which at my window peepes?. Is it not Cinthia? Spenser, Epithalamion, 1. 372. For that same word, rebellion, did divide The action of their bodies from their souls. Shak., 2 Hen. IV., i. 1. 194. Afterwards they flea him, and, obseruing certaine cere monies about the flesh, eat the same . Purchas , Pilgrimage, p. 425. No one was there that could compare With this same Andrew Lammie. Andrew Lammie (Child's Ballads, II. 191). All the same, neverthele ; notwithstanding; in spite We see persons make good fortunes by them all the Disraeli, Coningsby, iv. 9. same. At the same time. (a) At one time; not later. (b) However; neverthele ; still; yet: used to introduce a reservation, explanation, or fact not in conflict but in con trast with what has been said. Sir Peter. We shall now be the happiest couple Lady T. And never differ again? Sir Peter. No, never! - though, at the same time, indeed, my dear Lady Teazle, you must watch your temper very seriously. Sheridan, School for Scandal, iii. 1. samel-brick (sam'el-brik), n. Same as place brick.