Samian ware
         n 1: earthenware made from the reddish-brown clay found on the
               Aegean island of Lemnos [syn: {terra sigillata}, {Samian
               ware}]

English Dictionary: Simon Marks	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
scammonyroot n tropical American prostrate or climbing herbaceous perennial having an enormous starchy root; sometimes held to be source of the sweet potato Synonym(s): wild potato vine, wild sweet potato vine, man-of-the-earth, manroot, scammonyroot, Ipomoea panurata, Ipomoea fastigiata
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
seminar n any meeting for an exchange of ideas a course offered for a small group of advanced students
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
seminarian n a student at a seminary (especially a Roman Catholic seminary) Synonym(s): seminarian, seminarist
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
seminarist n a student at a seminary (especially a Roman Catholic seminary) Synonym(s): seminarian, seminarist
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
seminary n a private place of education for the young a theological school for training ministers or priests or rabbis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Senna marilandica n North American perennial herb; leaves are used medicinally; sometimes placed in genus Cassia Synonym(s): wild senna, Senna marilandica, Cassia marilandica
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Simon Marks n English businessman who created a retail chain (1888-1964) Synonym(s): Marks, Simon Marks, First Baron Marks of Broughton
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Samian \Sa"mi*an\, a. [L. Samius.]       Of or pertaining to the island of Samos.                   Fill high the cup with Samian wine.         --Byron.          {Samian earth}, a species of clay from Samos, formerly used             in medicine as an astringent.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Seminar \Sem`i*nar"\, n. [G. See {Seminary}, n.]       A group of students engaged, under the guidance of an       instructor, in original research in a particular line of       study, and in the exposition of the results by theses,       lectures, etc.; -- called also {seminary}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Seminarian \Sem`i*na"ri*an\, Seminarist \Sem"i*na*rist\, n. [Cf.       F. s[82]minariste.]       A member of, or one educated in, a seminary; specifically, an       ecclesiastic educated for the priesthood in a seminary.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Seminary \Sem"i*na*ry\, n.; pl. {Seminaries}. [L. seminarium,       fr. seminarius belonging to seed, fr. semon, seminis, seed.       See {Seminal}.]       1. A piece of ground where seed is sown for producing plants             for transplantation; a nursery; a seed plat. [Obs.]             --Mortimer.                         But if you draw them [seedling] only for the                      thinning of your seminary, prick them into some                      empty beds.                                       --Evelyn.          2. Hence, the place or original stock whence anything is             brought or produced. [Obs.] --Woodward.          3. A place of education, as a scool of a high grade, an             academy, college, or university.          4. Seminal state. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.          5. Fig.: A seed bed; a source. [Obs.] --Harvey.          6. A Roman Catholic priest educated in a foreign seminary; a             seminarist. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Seminarian \Sem`i*na"ri*an\, Seminarist \Sem"i*na*rist\, n. [Cf.       F. s[82]minariste.]       A member of, or one educated in, a seminary; specifically, an       ecclesiastic educated for the priesthood in a seminary.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Seminary \Sem"i*na*ry\, n.; pl. {Seminaries}. [L. seminarium,       fr. seminarius belonging to seed, fr. semon, seminis, seed.       See {Seminal}.]       1. A piece of ground where seed is sown for producing plants             for transplantation; a nursery; a seed plat. [Obs.]             --Mortimer.                         But if you draw them [seedling] only for the                      thinning of your seminary, prick them into some                      empty beds.                                       --Evelyn.          2. Hence, the place or original stock whence anything is             brought or produced. [Obs.] --Woodward.          3. A place of education, as a scool of a high grade, an             academy, college, or university.          4. Seminal state. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.          5. Fig.: A seed bed; a source. [Obs.] --Harvey.          6. A Roman Catholic priest educated in a foreign seminary; a             seminarist. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Seminary \Sem"i*na*ry\, a. [L. seminarius.]       Belonging to seed; seminal. [R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Seminar \Sem`i*nar"\, n. [G. See {Seminary}, n.]       A group of students engaged, under the guidance of an       instructor, in original research in a particular line of       study, and in the exposition of the results by theses,       lectures, etc.; -- called also {seminary}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Seminary \Sem"i*na*ry\, n.; pl. {Seminaries}. [L. seminarium,       fr. seminarius belonging to seed, fr. semon, seminis, seed.       See {Seminal}.]       1. A piece of ground where seed is sown for producing plants             for transplantation; a nursery; a seed plat. [Obs.]             --Mortimer.                         But if you draw them [seedling] only for the                      thinning of your seminary, prick them into some                      empty beds.                                       --Evelyn.          2. Hence, the place or original stock whence anything is             brought or produced. [Obs.] --Woodward.          3. A place of education, as a scool of a high grade, an             academy, college, or university.          4. Seminal state. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.          5. Fig.: A seed bed; a source. [Obs.] --Harvey.          6. A Roman Catholic priest educated in a foreign seminary; a             seminarist. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Seminary \Sem"i*na*ry\, a. [L. seminarius.]       Belonging to seed; seminal. [R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Seminar \Sem`i*nar"\, n. [G. See {Seminary}, n.]       A group of students engaged, under the guidance of an       instructor, in original research in a particular line of       study, and in the exposition of the results by theses,       lectures, etc.; -- called also {seminary}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Purchase \Pur"chase\ (?; 48), n. [OE. purchds, F. pourchas eager       pursuit. See {Purchase}, v. t.]       1. The act of seeking, getting, or obtaining anything. [Obs.]                         I'll . . . get meat to have thee, Or lose my life in                      the purchase.                                    --Beau. & Fl.          2. The act of seeking and acquiring property.          3. The acquisition of title to, or properly in, anything for             a price; buying for money or its equivalent.                         It is foolish to lay out money in the purchase of                      repentance.                                       --Franklin.          4. That which is obtained, got, or acquired, in any manner,             honestly or dishonestly; property; possession;             acquisition. --Chaucer. B. Jonson.                         We met with little purchase upon this coast, except                      two small vessels of Golconda.            --De Foe.                         A beauty-waning and distressed widow . . . Made                      prize and purchase of his lustful eye. --Shak.          5. That which is obtained for a price in money or its             equivalent. [bd]The scrip was complete evidence of his             right in the purchase.[b8] --Wheaton.          6. Any mechanical hold, or advantage, applied to the raising             or removing of heavy bodies, as by a lever, a tackle,             capstan, and the like; also, the apparatus, tackle, or             device by which the advantage is gained.                         A politician, to do great things, looks for a power                      -- what our workmen call a purchase.   --Burke.          7. (Law) Acquisition of lands or tenements by other means             than descent or inheritance, namely, by one's own act or             agreement. --Blackstone.          {Purchase criminal}, robbery. [Obs.] --Spenser.          {Purchase money}, the money paid, or contracted to be paid,             for anything bought. --Berkeley.          {Worth, [or] At}, {[so many] years' purchase}, a phrase by             which the value or cost of a thing is expressed in the             length of time required for the income to amount to the             purchasing price; as, he bought the estate at a twenty             years' purchase. To say one's life is not worth a day's             purchase in the same as saying one will not live a day, or             is in imminent peril.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sommonour \Som"mon*our\, n.       A summoner. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Summoner \Sum"mon*er\, n. [OE. somner, sompnour, OF. semoneor,       F. semonneur. See {Summon}, v. t.]       One who summons; one who cites by authority; specifically, a       petty officer formerly employed to summon persons to appear       in court; an apparitor.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Beadle \Bea"dle\, n. [OE. bedel, bidel, budel, OF. bedel, F.       bedeau, fr. OHG. butil, putil, G. b[81]ttel, fr. OHG. biotan,       G. bieten, to bid, confused with AS. bydel, the same word as       OHG. butil. See. {Bid}, v.]       1. A messenger or crier of a court; a servitor; one who cites             or bids persons to appear and answer; -- called also an             {apparitor} or {summoner}.          2. An officer in a university, who precedes public             processions of officers and students. [Eng.]          Note: In this sense the archaic spellings bedel (Oxford) and                bedell (Cambridge) are preserved.          3. An inferior parish officer in England having a variety of             duties, as the preservation of order in church service,             the chastisement of petty offenders, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Summoner \Sum"mon*er\, n. [OE. somner, sompnour, OF. semoneor,       F. semonneur. See {Summon}, v. t.]       One who summons; one who cites by authority; specifically, a       petty officer formerly employed to summon persons to appear       in court; an apparitor.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Beadle \Bea"dle\, n. [OE. bedel, bidel, budel, OF. bedel, F.       bedeau, fr. OHG. butil, putil, G. b[81]ttel, fr. OHG. biotan,       G. bieten, to bid, confused with AS. bydel, the same word as       OHG. butil. See. {Bid}, v.]       1. A messenger or crier of a court; a servitor; one who cites             or bids persons to appear and answer; -- called also an             {apparitor} or {summoner}.          2. An officer in a university, who precedes public             processions of officers and students. [Eng.]          Note: In this sense the archaic spellings bedel (Oxford) and                bedell (Cambridge) are preserved.          3. An inferior parish officer in England having a variety of             duties, as the preservation of order in church service,             the chastisement of petty offenders, etc.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Seminary, MS (town, FIPS 66400)       Location: 31.55920 N, 89.49531 W       Population (1990): 231 (126 housing units)       Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 39479