Vocabulary : Samoyedes to Samurai

Samoyedes : An Turanian tribe which occupies a portion of Northern Russia and a part of Siberia.
Samp : An article of food consisting of maize broken or bruised, which is cooked by boiling, and usually eaten with milk; coarse hominy. ;; An article of food consisting of maize broken or bruised, which is cooked by boiling, and usually eaten with milk; coarse hominy.
Sampan : A Chinese boat from twelve to fifteen feet long, covered with a house, and sometimes used as a permanent habitation on the inland waters.
Samphire : A fleshy, suffrutescent, umbelliferous European plant (Crithmum maritimum). It grows among rocks and on cliffs along the seacoast, and is used for pickles. ;; The species of glasswort (Salicornia herbacea); -- called in England marsh samphire. ;; A seashore shrub (Borrichia arborescens) of the West Indies.
Sample : Example; pattern. ;; A part of anything presented for inspection, or shown as evidence of the quality of the whole; a specimen; as, goods are often purchased by samples. ;; To make or show something similar to; to match. ;; To take or to test a sample or samples of; as, to sample sugar, teas, wools, cloths.
Sampler : One who makes up samples for inspection; one who examines samples, or by samples; as, a wool sampler. ;; A pattern; a specimen; especially, a collection of needlework patterns, as letters, borders, etc., to be used as samples, or to display the skill of the worker.
Samshoo : Alt. of Samshu
Samshu : A spirituous liquor distilled by the Chinese from the yeasty liquor in which boiled rice has fermented under pressure.
Samson : An Israelite of Bible record (see Judges xiii.), distinguished for his great strength; hence, a man of extraordinary physical strength.
Samurai : In the former feudal system of Japan, the class or a member of the class, of military retainers of the daimios, constituting the gentry or lesser nobility. They possessed power of life and death over the commoners, and wore two swords as their distinguishing mark. Their special rights and privileges were abolished with the fall of feudalism in 1871.
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