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442 Séréd, to trail along the ground. To lug or drag along the ground.

Sérédan, a sledge, a contrivance for dragging anything along the ground.

Sĕrĕg, fitting stifly or close into a hole or case. Jammed fast. Fitting so close in a hole, that it has to be forced or driven in.

Séréh, lemon grass. A sweet scented grass used to boil with curry stuff. Andropogon Schaenanthum.

Sĕrénkĕn, to surrender; to give or hand over, to transfer.

Sĕrĕp or di sĕrĕp-sĕrĕp, to investigate slyly, to gain private information. To try to find out quietly, by gaining private information.

Sĕrĕt, said of food which will not pass down the throat, unless with the help of a little water. Sticking in the throat.

Sĕrĕud, to sting as a wasp. A sting.

Sĕri, the protectress of the rice fields. A mystic name for paddy. Ceres! Clough, page 779, gives Sri, from Sri, to serve, to worship, and the vowel made long — the goddess Lakshmi, the deity of plenty and prosperity; fortune, prosperity. There is also a form of incantation in which the following words occur — Sĕri, Kala, Baya, Pati, Hurip, which respectively mean East, South, West, North, and the Earth, and which are in some way supposed to be connected with the week of five days, and correspond to the days, each for each, in following order, Manis, Pahing, Pon, Wagé, Kaliwon, —see the various words for further information. In Bali the people have still small constructions amongst the sawahs, and by the side of the roads, dedicated to Sri, the consort of Siwa. Passers-by are careful always to strew a few grains of rice in such constructions, if they happen to have any with them. FRIEDERICH, Bat. Trans, vol. 22, page 33/34.

Sĕri Wanadi, the primative rice brought to Java, and thought to have come from Mĕsir or Egypt. —Sĕri, paddy, Ceres. —Wana, C. 621, a forest, a wood, a grove. —Di, C. 273, milk coagulated by means of an acid. Thus coagulated milk of the forests — from the rice having been originally planted in a piece of forest cleared for the purpose.

Sĕrih, quits, even, in a contest or struggle. Neither winning nor overcome.

Sérip, Arabic, a sherif, a nobleman, especially a descendant of Mohammed.

Sĕrit, a thin piece of wood inserted in a joist to hold the joining firm, and even together. A sĕrit is usually inserted with the axle which fixes immoveable in a pedaty wheel. The partial filling up of the hole in any handle, so that the blade may be firmly set.

Séro, a kind of otter, Lutra Leptonyx, found about the mountain streams.

Séro, fishing stakes and nets set in the sea near the shore.

Sérong, aslew, at an angle, not straight forward. Oblique. Prevaricating, not doing what is right.

Sĕrta, together and along with, with. Sārtiha, C. 728, Sa for Saha, with, artiha, wealth, meaning a company of traders, a caravan. Multitude in general. Of like meaning.