$H Seal.

Seal. A piece of metal or stone, circular, square, or ov= al, in which a design is hollowed out, and from which an impression in relief= can be taken upon melted wax. These impressions also bear the name of seal. Sometimes seals are fixed to wooden handles, as shown in one of our cuts,= or they are mounted in gold and hung from a chain. 2 ILLUS. seal1, seal2(1891a1)

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Seals. Ancient porce= lain seals, to which the Chinese attribute an antiquity of from 1000 to 2000 years, are met with in collections; and precisely identical specimens have been found in the bogs of Ireland. They are of a peculiar white or cream‑coloured= porcelain, such as has not been made in <= st1:place w:st=3D"on">China for several hundred y= ears. It is believed that the Irish specimens must have lain buried there from a period anterior to history. (Fort= une.) (See SIGILLUM, RINGS.)(1883m1)

$H Se-anhur. Egypt

According to some writers the more correct form of reading the Egyptian name Anhur-se. (1876c1)

$H Searched. Painting

(Paint.) An outline. silhouette or effect, which is not commonplace or vulgar, but is the result of accurate observation, and at = the same time displays a strongly marked character or style, is said to be searched.(1891a1)

$H Seascape. <= /span>

Pictures or drawings representing maritime scenes or vie= ws of the sea. Thus we speak of a seascape by Turner, Van de Velde, or Henry Moore.(1891a1)

$H Seax.

A Saxon sword.(1883m= 1)

$H Seb. Egypt

A city and nome in Upper Egyp= t which was called Oxyrynchus by the Greeks. It was sacred to the deity Anu= bis. (1876c1)

The son of Hui, the "Auditor of the Palace of Justice= " in the reign of an unnamed king of the XVIIIth dynasty. (1876c1)

Seb. "Time." In Egyptian mythology the dei= ty Seb was regarded as a kind of cosmical deity, and as such the oldest of and t= he father of the gods. In other words, he represented the earth, as his cons= ort the goddess Nut did the heavens. Seb was rarely figured, but when he was referred to it was as the "Great Cackler" or goose which laid t= he cosmic egg; hence the goose was both the symbol of his person and the Hieroglyphic of his name. Sometimes Seb was represented on the papyri as a human figure, sitting or lying on the ground, with vegetation either proceding from or covering his body, while his consort Nut is bending lik= e an arch over him. Occasionally, also, Seb was called the "Lord of Aliments," and was figured ithyphallically. Like Osiris and Horus he= was said to have reigned for a mystical period upon earth, and to have been o= ne of the first of the gods that did so: hence he was also often called on t= he monuments, "The Father of the Gods." (1876c1)

Seb or Qeb. The earth personified as a god. He was the son of Shu, the husband= of Nut, the sky, and father of Osiris, Set, Isis, and Nephthys. His symbol is a goose, and he is represented in human form = with that bird upon his head. He is called "the great cackler," and = by some was supposed to have laid the egg from which the earth and all things sprang. In the later texts "the back of Seb" is a common name f= or the earth. ILLUS. Seb.(1902b1)

$H Seba. Egypt

The Egyptian name of the single flute. (1876c1)

$H S= e-bast. Egypt

The second wife of Aa= hmes, of the XXVIth dynasty. (1876c1)

$H Sebastian, St.<= span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> Christianity

St. Sebastian, whose martyrdom has proved a favourite subject with artists of all schools, was a soldier in the Roman army. He = was tied to a tree and shot at with arrows, and in art he is generally represented undergoing this torture. This method of destruction, however, seems to have failed, and he was finally put to death with clubs.(1891a1)=

$H Sebek. Egypt

One of the solar deities of the Egyptians.= He was represented as a man with the head of a crocodile, surmounted by the solar disk and ram's horns of Amen Ra. He was regarded also as the son of= Osiris, and therefore assimilated to Horus in his character of Teti, "The Avenger.&= quot; The date of the cultus of Sebek goes back to a remote period in Egyptian history, and his chief temple wa= s at Ombos. It would seem, from the accounts of Herodotus, that his worship, in which the crocodile was sacred, was chief= ly local and led to severe conflicts with the men of Te= ntyra, by whom that animal was always destroyed. Statues of this divinity are ra= rely found, and his chief influence appears to have been under the XIIIth dynasty. (1876c1)=

A god represented either as a crocodile, or as human with the head of a crocodile. He seems to have played various roles, one especially as an ev= il deity in antagonism to the other deities, and as such at times confused w= ith Set. The double temple at Kom Ombo was partly dedicated to his cult, and the Fayû= m was also a great centre of his worship. That he was one of the oldest god= s of the Egyptian Pantheon is evidenced by the fact that his name has been incorporated into many royal names of the XIIIth Dynasty. The sacred lake of the temple to Sebek in the Fayûm contained numbers of the sacr= ed crocodiles, which, according to Strabo, were decorated with jewels and fed by the priests. Sukhos= is the Greek name of the god. ILLUS. Se= bek.(1902b1)

$H Sebek-ari. Egypt

The nephew of the cou= ncillor Sebek-hotep, and the son of the lady Sennu. Period uncertain. (1876c1)=

$H Sebekem. Egypt

A king of the XIIIth<= /span> dynasty, the successor of Sebekhotep V. He was succeeded by Ra-hotep. (1876c1)

$H Sebek-em-isis. (?) Egypt

The daughter of the lady Sotemheit, which see. (1876c1)

$H Sebek-em-of. Egypt

An uncertain king, possibly ofthe XXVth dynasty. (<= span class=3DSpellE>Leemans.) (1876c1)

$H Sebek-em-saf. Egypt

Sebek-em-saf. A king of the XIIIth dynasty. (1876c1)=

Sebek-em-saf = I. , = Ra-sekhem-uaz-khau . Probably a XIIIth Dynast= y king. His name is found at Hammamât, and a statue and statuette have been found bearing his name.(1902b1)

$H Sebek-em-sauf II. Egypt

, Ra-s= ekhem-s-shedi-taui . This king is only known to us from the Abbott and Amherst papyri. His queen was Nub-kha-s, he appears to have h= ad three children.(1902b1)

$H Sebek-hetep or Sebe= k-hotep I. Egypt

Sebek-hotep I= . "Peace of Sebek." = A king of Egypt of the XIIIth dynasty, of whom nothing is as yet known. (Brugsch.) (1876c= 1)

<= st2:Sn w:st=3D"on">Sebek-hetep I= . , Ra-sekhem-khu .(1902b1) [See Sebek-hetep II - Editor]

$H Sebek-hetep or Sebe= k-hotep II. Egypt

Sebek-hotep II. Another king of the XIIIth dynasty, who is also unrecorded in history. (Brugsch.)= (1876c1)

Sebek-hetep II.= , Ra-sekhem-suaz-taui . Two kings of Dynasty XIII., cir. 2420 B.C., whose names are of frequent occurrence, but of whom little is known at present.(1902b1)

$H Sebek-hetep or Sebe= k-hotep III. Egypt

Sebek-hotep III. A king of the XIIIth dynasty, of wh= om also nothing is known. (Brugsch.) (1876c1)

Sebek-hetep III. , = Ra-kha-nefer . A king of Dynasty XIII. = There are more monumental remains of this king than of any other of this dynasty.(1902b1)

$H Sebek-hetep IV. Egypt

Sebek-hotep IV. A king of the XIIIth dynasty. He succeeded Sebekhotep III. He recorded the annual risings of the Nile at Samneh, = from the first to the fourth year of his reign. His successor was Sebekhotep V= ., who was also called Sebekem. (Brugsch.) (1876c1)

$H Sebek-hetep V. Egypt

Sebek-hotep V. A king of the XIIIth dynasty. He succeeded Sebekhotep IV., and was succee= ded by Sebekem. This dynasty consisted of kings who seem to have been named Sebek-hotep and Mentu-hotep alternately. (Brugsch.) (1876c1)

$H Sebek-hotep I, II, III, IV, V. [See Sebek-het= ep- Editor]

$H Sebek-hotep. Egypt

A son of King Nefer-h= otep, of the XIIIth dynasty. (1876c1)

A grandson of King<= /st2:title> Sebek-hotep II. of the XIIIth dynasty. (1876c1)

The first Heb of an unnamed divinity, in the time of the XIIth or XIIIth dynasty. (1876c1)

An Egyptian officer. He was a member of the royal council of thirty, which was a kind of Egyptian parliament, as the members were elected by certain villages who possessed that privilege. His period is uncertain, possibly of the XIIIth dynasty. (1876c1)

$H Sebek-neferu (Queen). Egypt

Eighth and last monarch of Dynasty XII, circa 2569 B.C. She was the daughter of Amen-em-hat III. and sister of Amen-em-hat IV.(1902b1)

$H Sebek-nekht. Egypt

Sebek-nekht. "Strength of Sebek." An Egyptian offi= cial, of the family of Senbu, priest of Osiris, which see. (1876c1)

$H Sebek-tetu. Egypt

A "Chief of the Sacred Scribes,"= in the reign, probably, of one of the Sebek-hoteps. (1876c1)

$H Seben. Egypt

An Egyptian goddess who was worshipped at = Syene and Eilethya. She represented the upper country, and was sometimes called Nishem. (1876c1)

$H Sebennythos. Egypt

Greek name for Theb-netert, capital of the twelfth nome of Lower Egypt, the modern Samanhûd. The chief deity was Anher.(1902b1)

$H Sebennytus. Egypt

Sebennytus. A nome in the Delta of Lower Egypt, which according to Herodotus was held by the Calasirian class of warriors. (1876c1)

Sebennytus. A town in the = Delta, now called Semenood, the seat of empire of th= e XXXth, the last but one of the Egyptian dynasties. (1876c1)

$H Sebercheres. Egypt

According to the Greek lists the successor= of Bicheres, king of Memphis. He has not yet been certainly identified. (1876c1)

$H Sebichos. Egypt

Another fonn o= f the name of King Shabatuk, of the XXVth dynasty. (1876c1)

$H Seb-tet. Egypt

An uncertain Egyptian goddess. (1876c1)

$H Sebt-het. Egypt

A city and nome in Lower Egypt which was called by the Greeks the Memphite. It was sacred to the worship of the god Pt= hah-Sokari-Osiris. (1876c1)

$H Sebt-ihut. Egypt

Sebt-ihut. "City of White Walls." The Egyptian name = of the Acropolis of Memphis. (1876c1)

$H Secco.

It. Fresco‑pai= nting in secco= is that kind which absorbs the colours into the plaster, and gives them a dry sunken appearance. (Fairholt.)(1883m1)

$H Sechem. Egypt

A city and nome in Upper Egypt which was called by the Greeks Panopolis. It was sacred to the worship of the deit= y Min. (1876c1)

$H Séchiste. Engraving

(Engrav.) A barbarous word employed by some French art critics to designate engravers who execute pl= ates entirely with the dry point (la <= span class=3DSpellE>pointe séche), <= /i>without using any of the materials employed by etchers.(1891a1)=

$H Secondary Colours.

Secondary Colours. [See Colours, Secondary.] (1891a1)

The three primary colours= (containing nothing of any other colour) R= 09; blue, red, and yellow ‑ when mixed in equal proportions produce three secondary colours: ‑ blue a= nd yellow produce green; blue an= d red, violet; and yellow and red, orange. Mixed in unequal proportions they produce what are called TONES (q.v.).(1883m1)

$H Second Distance.

In a picture, the pa= rt of the middle distance next the foreground.(1883m1)

$H Secos.

Egyp. (F06`H[=3Dsekos]). The na= me for the NAOS in an Egyptian temple.(1883m1)

$H Secrétaire.

A piece of furniture, in which deeds and papers are kept, and a panel of which draws out horizontally, so as to form a table to wri= te upon.(1891a1)

$H Secretarium.

Chr. (secretum, secret). A sacristy (not a tabernacle, as maintai= ned by some authors) in the apse, at the side of the altar. In the ancient basil= icas there were two such recesses, one on each side of the altar.(1883m1)=

$H Secretum or Counter‑seal.

Counter‑seal or Secretum. A seal on the reverse or back of another seal. Early seals were gener= ally impressed on both sides.(1883m1)

$H Secti= lis. (See PAVIMENTUM.) (1883m1)

$H Section.

A drawing representing the interior of a building, which= is supposed to be cut through in a vertical plane, so as to show its length = and breadth. The thickness of the walls, the roof and the interior arrangemen= ts may thus be seen. The term sectio= n is also applied to a line so drawn= as to show the outline of a moulding. ILLUS. section(1891a1)

$H Sector.

A portion of a circle, included between two radii and an= arc of the circle. The term spherical sector is given to the solid figure produced by the rotation of a sector round a diameter as its axis. The different portions of a fortified enclosure are known as sectors. = ILLUS. sector(1891a1)

$H Securicula.

(diminutive of securis= ). In Architecture, a dove‑tail mortise.(1883m1)

$H Securis.

R. (seco, to cut). An axe or hatchet of any kind; but esp. that borne by the lict= ors in the FASCES. (See DOLABRA, BIPENNIS, FASCIS, &c.)(1883m1)

$H Securis Dannica. Med. (See BIPENNIS.) (1883m1)

$H Secutores.

R. Gladiators appoin= ted to fight with the Retiarii (whom they were constantly pursui= ng round the circus); or those who replaced others killed were so called.(1883m1)

$H Sedan Chair. [See Chair, = Sedan.] (1891a1)

$H Sedd-marib.

The present name of the ruins of the dyke = of Marib, which was constructed by Lokman, the Adite. See Lokman. (1876c1)

$H Sedes, Sedile. (dimin.= sedicula)= . Any kind of seat.(1883m1)

$H Sedilia.

Sedilia. (1) R. The rows of seats in the amphitheatre.= (2) Chr. In a Catholic church, the stone seats on the s= outh side of the altar, for the use of the clergy in the intervals of the services.(1883m1)

Sedilia. (Arch.) A term applie= d to the stone seats, set like niches in the south wall of the choir of church= es. They were used in Catholic times by the officiating clergy. They are generally surmounted by arches, which vary in form according to the style= and epoch to which they belong. ILLUS. sedilia(1891a1)

$H Sedir.

Sedir. "Dark (Month) of Sowing." The Accad= ian name of the intercalary month Arakh-makru, which see. (1876c1)

$H Seduri.

The king of Ararat or Armenia. A great and wise monarch, during the reign of Shalmaneser II. = He introduced the art of Cuneiform writing into Armenia, together with other arts, and considerably improved the condition of the country. Resisting t= he encroachments of the Assyrians, he was attacked by D= ayan-assur, the Tartan of Shalmaneser, and totally defeat= ed by him near the river Arzania. Seduri died shortly afterwards and was succeeded by his son Ispuni. (1876c1)

$H Seeztui. Egypt

A priest of King Psametik I. or II. (1876c1)

$H Sefkh. Egypt

Sefkh. "Capturer." A mystical divinity, wh= o is mentioned in the LXIVth chapter of the Ritual of the Dead. (1876c1)

$H Sefkhabu. Egypt

Sefkhabu. "Seven Rayed." A mystical goddes= s, who is mentioned in the LVIIth chapter of the Ritual of the Dead. (1876c1)

$H Seft. Egypt

A city and nome in Upper Egypt, which was called by the Greeks Heracleopolis. Its special deity is not at present = known. (1876c1)

$H Segar.

The Egyptian name for the Syrian city Zoar, of Hebrew history. (1876c1)=

$H Segestrium.

R. (lit. of straw). = A coarse wrapper made of skins or straw‑matting.(1883m1)

$H Seggar. Pottery

(Pot.) A kind of sheath or box of terra‑cotta, in which pieces of porcelain are placed, to be submitted to the action of the fire. ILLUS. seggar(1891a1)

$H Segment.

A portion of a circle included between an arc and chord = of a circle. A spherical segment is a portion of a sphere included between a curved surface and a plane cutting it. ILLUS. segment(1891a1)

$H Segmenta.

R. (seco, to cut off). Strips= of rich cloth or tissues of gold or silver worn as a border to the dresses of wealthy Roman ladies.(1883m1)

$H Segno. Music

In Music, a directio= n to repeat: ‑ al segno, as far as the sign; dal segno, from the sign.(1883m1)

$H Segreant. Heraldry

Her. A griffin or wy= vern rampant. (See Fig. 369.)(1883m1)

$H S= e-isi. Egypt

A royal scribe and superintendent of the granaries of a king of the XIXth dynasty. (18= 76c1)

$H Sejant. Heraldry

Her. Sitting: ‑= ; of a lion, at rest with his fore‑legs stretched on the ground, but awake, and his head and tail elevated. Fig. 606. Sejant. Fig. 607. Sejant Rampant.(1883m1)=

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--- $H S= ejant Rampant.

Seated like a cat, w= ith his fore‑legs erect.(1883m1)

$H Sejugis.

R. (sex, six, and jungo, to join). A chariot drawn by six horses abreast.(1883m1)

$H Seka. Egypt

An Egyptian official title, applied to functionaries of the royal court. Its meaning is not known. (1876c1)=

$H <= span class=3DSpellE>Seken-en-ra. <= /span> Egypt

Seken-en-ra. Or Rasekenen. The sacerdotal na= me of Tiakken, king of Thebes. See Apophis and Tiakken. (1876c1)

$H Seker. Egypt

See PTAH-SEKER-OSIRIS.(1902b1)

$H Seker-nefer-ka. Egypt

Eighth king of Dynasty II. According to tradition this king was a giant, being 5 cubits 3 palms in height, or just over 8 ft.(1902b1)

$H <= span class=3DSpellE>Seker-nefer-ke. Egypt

Another form of the name Neb-ka, which see. (1876c1)

$H <= span class=3DSpellE>Sekett. Egypt

The name of the sacred ark of the Egyptian gods. It was generally made of wood, richly inlaid and painted, and constructed in the form of an Egyptian doorway, with an uraeus cornice above. These arks held the sacred figures of the gods, and they w= ere covered over with a fine gauze curtain or canopy. The Seketts were placed in the centre of the sacred boats, called Ua, and they were general= ly carried with great pomp on the shoulders of the priests. Sometimes kneeli= ng statuettes of Isis and Nephthys were placed b= eside the ark as protecting it, with other sacred symbols also. A smaller speci= es of shrine was made in the shape of a rectangular box with a flat lid, upon which were placed either a statue of the deity or models of sacred trees. These were borne in procession by means of two long staves which passed through rings, affixed to the side, in a manner precisely similar to the = ark of the covenant of Hebrew writers. (1876c1)

$H Sekhem. Egypt

The most sacred place in an Egyptian temple, in which was placed the shrine containing the emblem of the titular deity.(1902b1)

$H Se-khem-ka. Egypt

Another form of the Egyptian royal name Skhem-ka, which see. (1876c1)

$H Se-kher-ta. Egypt

A high Egyptian officer, a "Functiona= ry of the Interior," in the reign of an unnamed king of the XIIth dynasty. His wife's name was Ankhes. His own name can also be read Kher-ta-se. (18= 76c1)

$H Sekhet. Egypt

Sekhet. An Egyptian prie= stess of Amen Ra, the sister of the great officer Rere, of the XIXth dynasty. (1876c1)

Sekhet. A goddess, second person of the triad at Memph= is, who was considered to be the wife of Ptah and mother of Nefer Tum and Im-hetep. She is represented with a lioness' head w= ith the disk and uraeus. Like the other lioness- = or cat-headed deities, she represented the power of the sun. But Sekhet must have represented its great heat, for a = text at Philae says of Isis= that she is "terrible as Sekhet." I= n the legend of the destruction of mankind, it was Sekhet<= /span> who helped to destroy them. ILLUS. Se= khet.(1902b1)

Sekhet. This goddess, = whose name was formerly written Pasht, was the daug= hter of Ra, and the consort of the god Pthah, when= ce one of her chief titles was derived, "The First Friend of Pthah." She was represented as a lion-headed w= oman, having upon her head the lunar horns and solar disk, and holding in her h= ands either the crux ansata, and the papyrus staff= of the goddesses, or else a kind of shield or aegis, and a basket. She was a destroying deity, and seemed to symbolise the deathly power of the sun's rays. She had also as an infernal deity the ca= re of the Egyptian hell, and the direction of the torture of the souls immur= ed therein. Sekhet had a variety of offices and attributes, and bore different names in them all. As the goddess of North= ern Egypt she was Ouati; as the consort of the god Shu, and his associate in the destruction of mankin= d at the command of Ra, she was named Tefnut; as t= he creatress of the Asiatic or yellow race, a race des= pised by the Egyptians and regarded as impure, she was called Pasht (?) and in her more favourable aspect, as the= protectress of mankind, she was called Beset, from = whence was derived the Bubastis of the Greek writers= . In this last characteristic she was figured as holding a sistrum or a vase for libation, and the cat was especially sacred to her. The Gre= eks equated her with Diana, and possibly Latona. = Seti= I. built a temple for her adoration at = Speos Artemidos, after = his return from his Syrian victories. (1876c1)

$H Sekhet-hotep-et. Egypt

An Egyptian lady, the mother of Iusenb, which see. (1876c1)

$H Sekhmakh. Egypt

The queen of Nastosen= en, a king of the XXVth dynasty. (1876c1)

$H Sekisit. "Sowing of Seed."

The Accadian n= ame of the twelfth month Addaru, which see. (1876c1)=

$H Sekhtet. Egypt

The boat of the sun in the morning. (See SACRED BARKS.)(1902b1)

$H Selah.

Selah. "Stone" or "Stony." The capital city of the Nabatheans. It = was often attacked, and was completely destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar, but was a= fterwards restored under the reigns of the Persian kings Cyrus and Darius. (1876c1)=

$H Selinon. Egypt

A chief town of the P= anopolite nome of the Thebaid in Upper Egypt. (1876c1)

$H Seliquastrum. Christianity

Chr. A seat of highly archaic character met with on certain monuments of Christian art.(1883m1)

$H Selk. Egypt

Selk or Serqet. A goddess of like nature with Isis, also a protectress of the cano= pic jars. She is figured with a scorpion on the top of her head, or sometimes= as a scorpion with a human head. She was a daughter of Ra, is at times identified with Safekh, and perhaps symbolized the scorching heat of the = sun. ILLUS. Selk.(1902b1)

Selk. An Egyptian go= ddess, an unidentified form of the goddess Isis. She was also one of the protect= ing goddesses of the human body, and as such her name was placed on the vase = of Kabhsenuf. Selk was gen= erally represented as a woman with a scorpion upon her head, that insect being h= er emblem. (1876c1)

$H Sella.

R. (sedeo, to sit). A low seat without back, a stool; sella curulis= , a curule chair; its feet were of ivory, and took the = form of an X, and it folded like a camp‑stool; sella castrensis, a real camp‑st= ool; sella balnearis, a bath‑seat, we possess a specimen in ancient red marble of the greatest beauty, another name for it was sella pertusa; sella tonsoria, a barber's chair. Agai= n, the term sella was applied to a sedan‑chair (sella portatoria, gestatoria, fertoria), and a pack‑saddle for beasts of burde= n (sella bajulatoria), and to a riding‑saddle (sella equestris).(1883m1)

$H Sellaria.

R. A large reception= ‑room, so called because it was furnished with a number of = sellae.(1883m1)

$H Sellaris.

(sc. equus), R. A saddle‑= ;horse.(1883m1)

$H Sellula.

R. (dimin. Of SELLA). A small sedan‑chair.(1883m1)

$H Se-maut. Egypt

The son of Toti, a flabellum-bearer of the XVIIIth dynasty. (187= 6c1)

A noble priest in the reign of Thothmes III. See Maut-nefer. (1876c1)

$H Sembella.

R. A nominal subdivi= sion of the denarius= , of which it was worth a twentieth part, or about fiv= epence.(1883m1)

$H = Sémé or Semée. = Heraldry

Sémé. (Her.) In heraldry a shield is said to be= sémé when it is covered with small ob= jects, such as hearts, fleurs‑de‑lis, &c.(1891a1)

Semée or Aspersed, Her. Sown broadcast, or scattered, without any fixed number, over the field. (Fig. 608.) Fig. 608. Fleu= r‑de‑lis (semée). Ancient France.(1883m1)

$H Semempses. Egypt

According to the Greek lists the seventh k= ing of Egypt, in whose time a dreadful plague prevailed. He reigned eighteen years. (1876c1)

$H Sementivae.

R. (sementis, a sowing). A fe= stival which took place at seed‑time in honour= of Ceres and Tellus.(1883m1)

$H Semer. Egypt

An Egyptian hierarchical title, of which t= he precise significance is unknown. = See Smer. (1876c1)

$H Semet. Egypt

The wife of King Her-= hor-si-amen of the XXIst dynasty. (1876c1)

$H Semi‑.

(º:4‑[=3Dhemi‑), as an adjunct, is the = Greek form of demi= =3D half.(1883m1)

$H Semibreve.

In Music, half a breve; the longest note in modern music, marked= .(1883m1)

$H Semicinctium. Costume

R. (semi, half, and cingo, to gird). A short kilt worn by men when going through violent exercises or severe bodily labour; it reached from the waist to the knees.(1883m1)

$H Semidiapason. Music

In Music, an octave = lessened by a semitone.(1883m1)

$H Semiquaver. Music

A sixteenth of a sem= ibreve - = .(1883m1)

$H Semiramis.

The Greek form of the Assyrian royal name = Sammuramat, which see. (1876c1)

$H Semis, Semissis.

The half of an As, o= r six ounces; hence Semisses =3D six per cent. interest.(1883m1)

$H <= span class=3DSpellE>Semit. Egypt

An Egyptian prefix signifying West. It was sometimes represented as a goddess. (1876c1)

$H Semita.

R. (se and meo, i.e. going aside). A pathway in a field; a narrow lane in a town.(1883m1)=

$H Semitarge.

Med. Fr. A scimitar.= (See TARGE.)(1883m1)

$H Semitone. =

In Music; the smalle= st interval in modern music; the ancients had quarter‑tones (q.v.).(1883m1)

$H Semi‑tran= sparent.

A term used to describe the incomplete transparency of certain precious stones and fine pottery.(1891a1)

$H Semi‑uncials. &nbs= p;

During the 6th and 7= th centuries, a transition style of illuminating prevailed, the letters of w= hich have been termed semi‑uncia= ls. This, in a further transition, became more like the old Roman cursive, wh= ich was called then minuscule; it= began to prevail over uncials about= the 8th century, and in the 10th its use was established. (See UNCIAL LETTERS.)(1883m1)

$H Semneh. Egypt

Semneh. A crude brick fort still standing on the west bank of the Nile, erected by Usertsen III. for the protection of his southern frontier from= the raids of the Nubians. It stands on an artificial platform of commanding height. (See KUMMEH.)(1902b1)=

Samneh. Or Semneh. A town and fortress which was erected by the Egyptian kings of the XIIth dynasty to repress the Cushites of Ethiopia. It was for some time t= he Southern boundary of the kingdom of Egypt. (1876c1= )

$H Sem-sem.

The rebel commander of the troops in Pi-thoth-apre-hu-hu. He submitted and made offerings t= o Piankhi-Meramen of the XXIInd<= /span> dynasty. (1876c1)

$H Semt-mut. Egypt

Another form of the name of Muts-netem, a queen of Egypt in the reign of Har-em-hebi of the XVIIIth dynasty. (1876c1)

$H Semt-mut. Egypt

A daughter of Rameses= II. of the XIXth dynasty. (1876c1)=

$H Semuncia.

Half an ounce.(1883m= 1)

$H Semut. Egypt

The father of Amen-ua= hsu, an Egyptian sacerdotal officer of the XVIIIth dynasty. (1876c1)