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SCYTHAE (Gr. ZKbOac)

SCYTHIA (Gr. EKuOia)

SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)

COMMAND OF THE SEA

SAMUEL SEABURY (1729-1796)

SEADIAH (or SAADIA; in Arabic Said) BEN JOSEPH (892-942)

EARLS OF SEAFIELD

EARL OF SEAFORTH

CHARLES SEALSFIELD

OWEN SEAMAN (1861– )

LAWS RELATING TO SEAMEN

SEARCH, or VISIT AND SEARCH

SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

SIR JOHN COLBORNE SEATON

COUNT HORACE FRANCOIS BASTIEN SEBASTIANI (1772–1851)

SEBASTIANO DEL PIOMBO (1485-1547)

SEBENICO (Serbo-Croatian, Sibenik)

ANGELO SECCHI (1818-1878)

COUNT VON FRIEDRICH HEINRICH SECKENDORF (1673-1763)

VEIT LUDWIG VON SECKENDORF (1626-1692)

THOMAS SECKER (1693-1768)

SECOND (through Fr. from Lat. secundus, following, sequi, to follow)

SECRET (Lat. secretum, hidden, concealed)

SECRETARY OF STATE

SECTION (Lat. sectio, cutting, secare, to cut)

SECTION IN CENTRAL

SECTION OF SHIP AT ORDINARY

SECTION OF SHIPAT TRANVERSE WATERTIGHT BULKHEAD

SECTION ON CENTRE

SECTION OP WCIR

SECULAR (Lat. saecularis, of or belonging to an age or generation, saeculum)

SECULAR GAMES (Lodi Saeculares, originally Terentini)

SECUND (Lat. secundus, following)

JOHANNES SECUNDUS

PUBLIUS POMPONIUS SECUNDUS

SECURITY (Lat. securus, free from care, safe)

MICHEL JEAN SEDAINE (1719-1797)

RICHARD JOHN SEDDON (1845-1906)

THOMAS SEDDON (1821-1856)

ACT OF SEDERUNT

ADAM SEDGWICK (1785-1873)

JOHN SEDGWICK (1813–1864)

SEDILIA (the plural of Lat. sedile, seat)

SEDITION (Lat. se or sed, apart, and ire, to go, a going apart, dissension)

SIR CHARLES SEDLEY (c. 1639-1701)

SEDUCTION (from Lat. seducere, to lead astray)

COELIUS SEDULIUS

SEE (Lat. sedes, a seat)

SEE (mil + S Z E (sp)

MARIE SEEBACH (183o-1897)

SEED (from the root seen in Lat. serere, to sow)

SIR JOHN ROBERT SEELEY (1834–1895)

ULRICH JASPER SEETZEN (1767-1811)

GIOVANNI SEGANTINI (1858-1899)

SEGESTA (Gr. "Eyeara)

SEGESVAR (Ger. Schdssburg)

COMTE DE LOUIS PHILIPPE SEGUR (1753-1830)

MARQUIS DE PHILIPPE HENRI SEGUR (1724-18o1)

COMTE DE PHILIPPE PAUL SEGUR (1780-1873)

SEGURA (anc. Tader)

SEGUSIO (mod. Susa, q.v.)

HANNIBAL SEHESTED (16o9-1666)

SEICHE (Fr. seche, fem. of sec, dry)

ANTON SEIDL (1850-1898)

SEIGNEURS AND COUNTS OF LAVAL

SEIGNORY, or SEIGNIORY (Fr. seigneur, lord; Lat. senior, elder)

SEINE (Lat. Sequana)

SEINE, or SEAN (O. Fr. seigne, mod. seine, Lat. sagena, Gr. vaytivrl, a draw-net)

SEISIN (from M. Eng. saysen, seysen, in the legal sense of to put in possession of, or to take possession of, hence, to grasp, to seize; the O. Fr. seisir, saisir, is from Low Lat. satire, generally referred to the same source as Goth. satjan, O. Eng. set

SEISMOMETER (from Gr. veurp6s, earthquake, and µfpov, a measure)

SEISTAN, or SISTAN (SEJISTAN)

LUCIUS AELIUS SEJANUS

ST RO PHOMENI DAE SEL LIDAE

SELACHIANS, or ELASMOBRANCHII

1ST EARL ROUNDELL PALMER SELBORNE

2ND EARL OF WILLIAM WALDEGRAVE PALMER SELBORNE (18J9- )

WILLIAM COURT GULLY SELBY

JOHN SELDEN (1584–1654)

SELECTED AUTHORITIES

atomic weight 79.2 SELENIUM [symbol Se (O=16)]

SELEUCIA (Gr. EeXeimeta)

SELEUCID DYNASTY

SELF (O.Eng. seolf, silf, &c., cf. Dutch zelf, Ger. selbe, selbst)

SELINUS (EeXsvoiis)

SELJUKS SELJOKS

SELKIRK (or SELCRA1G), ALEXANDER (1676-1721)

SELKIRK MOUNTAINS

5TH EARL OF THOMAS DOUGLAS SELKIRK (1771–1820)

QUINTINO SELLA (1827-1884)

WILLIAM YOUNG SELLAR (1825-1890)

FREDERICK COURTNEY SELOUS (1851- )

ODET DE SELVE (c. 1504-1563)

ALFRED RICHARD CECIL SELWYN (1824-1902)

GEORGE AUGUSTUS SELWYN (1719-1791)

GEORGE AUGUSTUS SELWYN (1809-1878)

SEMAPHORE (Gr. oiva, sign, and (Popa, carrying, from &ea)

SEMEN ROMANOVICH VORONTSOV (1744–1832)

SEMENDRIA (Smederevo)

SEMINARY (Lat. seminarium, from semen, seed)

SEMINOLE (properly Simanoli, " renegade," " runaway," in allusion to their secession from the Creek confederacy)

SEMIRAMIS (c. 800 B.C.)

SEMITIC LANGUAGES

JOHANN SALOMO SEMLER (1725-179I)

SEMLIN (Hungarian, Zimony; Servian, Zemun)

IGNATZ PHILIPP SEMMELWEISS (1818-1865)

SEMOIS (also spelt SEMOY and SEnzoYS)

GOTTFRIED SEMPER (1803–1879)

SEMPILL (OR SEMPLE), SIR JAMES, ROBERT AND FRANCIS

ROBERT [the elder] SEMPILL (c. 1530-1595)

ETIENNE PIVERT DE SENANCOUR (177o-,846)

ALEXANDRE ANTOINE HUREAU DE SENARMONT (r769-181o)

HENRI HUREAU DE SENARMONT (1808-1862)

SENATE (Lat. senatus, from root sen-, as in senex, old; the root is the Sanskrit sana, cf. Gr. 'vos; the same element appears in senor, seigneur, seneschal)

JEAN SENEBIER (1742–1809)

ALOIS SENEFELDER (1771-1834)

SENESCHAL (the O. Fr. form, mod. senechal, of the Low Lat. senescalcus, a word of Teutonic origin, meaning " old or senior servant," Goth. sini- old; cf. Lat. senex and stalks, servant; Du Cange's derivation from seneste, flock, herd, must be rejected)

SENIGALLIA, or SINIGAGLIA (anc. Sena Gallica)

SENILE INSANITY

NASSAU WILLIAM SENIOR (1790-1864)

SENNA (Arab. sand)

SENNACHERIB (Ass. Sin-akhi-erba, " the Moon-god has increased the brethren ")

FILMS AND SENSITIVE PLATES

SENTENCE (Lat. sententia, a way of thinking, opinion, judgment; vote, sentire, to feel, think)

SENTINEL, or SENTRY

SENUSSI [SANUSI]

SEOUL (Han-yang)

SEPIA (Gr. a iria, cuttlefish)

SIR ROBERT SEPPINGS (1767-1840)

SEPSIS (Gr. Qi7,/iss, putrefaction), or SEPTIC INFECTION

SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

THE SEPTUAGINT (Gr. of 0', Lat. LXX.)

CANONS REGULAR OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE

EASTER SEPULCHRE

THE HOLY SEPULCHRE

DOMINGO SEQUEIRA

VIBIUS SEQUESTER (4th or 5th century, A.D.)

SEQUIN (the French form of Ital. zecchino, zecchino d'oro)

SERAJEVO (pronounced SERAJEVO, " the city of palaces "; Turkish, Bosna Serai; Ger. Sarajewo; Ital. Seraglio)

MATILDA SERAO (1856– )

SERAPION, or SARAPION

SERENA, or LA SERENA

SERENADE (from Ital. serenata, Lat. serenus, bright; the Italian term being applied, partly by confusion with serus, late, and partly through the use of Serena—cf. Gr. ve?i7vri—as an epithet for the moon, to a form of courting music played at night in the

SAMMONICUS SERENUS

SERFDOM (from Fr. serf, Lat. servus, a servant or slave)

JOHAN TOBIAS SERGEL (1740-1814)

SERGIPE (originally SERGIPE D'EL-REY)

SERIEMA, or CARIAMA

SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

SERIES OF FIGURES ILLUSTRATIVE OF IRREGULARDIVISION OF CELLS

SERINGAPATAM, or SRIRANGAPATANA

SERMON (Lat. sermo, a discourse)

SEROW, or SARAU

ALEXANDRE ALBERTO DE LA ROCHA SERPA PINTO (1846–1900)

SERPENT (Lat. serpens, creeping, from serpere; cf. "reptile " from repere, Gr.4 ml-eta)

DUKE DE LA TORRE AND COUNT OF SAN ANTONIO FRANCISCO SERRANO Y DOMINGUEZ (1810-1885)

OLIVIA SERRES (1772-1834)

QUINTUS SERTORIUS

COMTE JEAUME MATHIEU PHILIBERT SERURIER (1742--1819)

SERVAL (Felis serval)

SERVAN (or SERVANDO known as SERVANDONI), JEAN NICOLAS (1695–1766)

JOSEPH MICHEL ANTOINE SERVAN (1737-1807)

MICHAEL [MIGUEL SERVETO] SERVETUS (1511-1553)

SERVIA 1 [Srbiya]

SERVITUDE (Lat. servitus, from service, to serve)

MAURUS SERVIUS HONORATUS (or MARCUS)

SERVIUS TULLIUS

SESTRI LEVANTE (anc. Segesta Tiguliorum)

SETH (Egyptian Set, Sth~~~{{{or Sts)

SETH (I* according to Dillmann, " setting " or " slip "; Septuagint, Philo and New Testament, fie, but r Chron. i. 1 Ells in A ; Josephus, EfjOor, Vulg. Seth)

SETIA (mod. Sezze, 52 M. by rail S.E. of Rome)

LUIGI SETTEMBRINI (1813–1877)

ELKANAH SETTLE (1648–1724)

ACT OF SETTLEMENT

SETUBAL (formerly called in English St Ubes and in French St Yves)

JOHANN GOTTFRIED SEUME (1763–181o)

SEVASTOPOL, or SEBASTOPOL

SEVEN CHAMPIONS OF CHRISTENDOM

THE SEVEN SLEEPERS OF EPHESUS

THE SEVEN WISE MASTERS

THE SEVEN WISE MEN OF GREECE

SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD

SEVERN TUNNEL (4 M. 281 chains in length)

JOSEPH SEVERN (1793-1879)

SULPICIUS SEVERUS (c. 363–c. 425)

SEVERY (probably connected with the English word" sever ")

JOHN SEVIER (1745-1815)

MARIE DE SEVIGNE

SEVILLE (Span. Sevilla, Lat. Ispalis or Hispalis, Moorish Ishbiliya)

SAMUEL SEWALL (1652-1730)

ANNA SEWARD (1747-1809)

WILLIAM HENRY SEWARD (180r-1872)

WILLIAM SEWELL (1804-1874)

SEWING 1 MACHINES

SEX (Lat. sexes; possibly connected with secure, to cut)

EDWARD SEXBY (d. 1658)

SEXTON (an early corruption of " sacristan," properly the keeper of sacred vessels and vestments, Med. Lat. sacristanus or sacrista)

SEXTUS EMPIRICUS (2nd1and 3rd centuries A.D.)

HORATIO SEYMOUR (1810-1886)

SEYMOUR, or ST MAUR

SEYNE SUR MER, or LA SEYNE

SFAX (Arabic Asfakis or Safakus, the cucumbers)

CATERINA SFORZA (1463-1509)

GIOVANNI SGAMBATI (1843– )

SHABATS (also written Shabatz and Sabac)

SHADDOCK (Citrus decumana)

SHADOW (0. Eng. Schadewe, sceadu; a form of " shade "; connected with Gr. 6-Ore's, darkness)

THOMAS SHADWELL (c. 1642-1692)

BARON PETER PAVLOVICH SHAFIROV (1670-1739)

SHAFT (O. Eng., sceaft, from scafan, to shave; the word is common to Teutonic languages)

1ST EARL OF ANTHONY ASHLEY COOPER SHAFTESBURY (1621-1683)

7TH EARL OF ANTHONY ASHLEY COOPER SHAFTESBURY (1801–1885)

3RD EARL OF ANTHONYASHLEY COOPER SHAFTESBURY (1671-1713)

SHAGIA (SHAIGIA, SHAIKIYEH)

SHAH ALAM (1728-1806)

SHAH JAHAN (fl. 1627-1658)

SHAH SHUJA (178o?—1842)

SHAHRASTANI [Abu'l-Fath Mahommed ibn `Abdalkarim ush-Shahrastani] (1076 or 1086—1153)

JOHN CAMPBELL SHAIRP (1819-1885)

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (1564-1616)

SHALMANESER III

" the god Sulman SHALMANESER [Ass. Sulmanu-afarid (Solomon) is chief "]

SHAMASH, or AMAS

SHAMYL (c. 1797-1871)

JAGANNATH SHANKARSETT (1800-1865)

CHARLES HAZELWOOD SHANNON (1865- )

JAMES JEBUSA SHANNON (1862- )

SHAPUR (Pahlavi, Shahpuhre, " son of the king "; Greek Sapores, commonly Sapor)

SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

GRANVILLE SHARP (1735-1813)

JAMES SHARP (1618-1679)

JOHN SHARP (1645-1714)

RICHARD SHARP (1759-1835)

WILLIAM SHARP (1749-1824)

WILLIAM SHARP (1856-1905)