sedesn.
Obsolete. rare.
1. = seat n. 26b.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > disorders of bones > [noun] > fractures > fracture of skull
seat1634
sedes1634
countercleft1638
counter-fissure1656
contrafissure1783
counter-fracture1839
1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. x. i. 337 Hippocrates..in his Booke..seemes to have made 4. or 5. kinds of fractures of the Scull... The 4. is named Sedes, or a seat.
1676 R. Wiseman Severall Chirurg. Treat. v. ix. 376 Next to these are Wounds made by any sharp Weapon, which, according to the force, cutteth into the Bone many ways, which Cuts are called Sedes, and are reckoned amongst the Fractures.
2. = seat n. 22.
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the world > space > relative position > low position > [noun] > condition of being placed under > that which lies under > base on which a thing rests
staddlea900
groundc950
base?c1335
standinga1382
foundation1398
basingc1400
bottom1440
subjecta1500
groundworka1557
basis?a1560
pedestal1563
understand1580
footwork1611
centrea1616
underwork1624
skaddle1635
substructure1641
foot piece1657
pediment1660
seat1661
sedes1662
under-warp1668
plantationa1680
terrace1735
substructure1789
footing1791
seating1805
1662 J. Ray Three Itin. iii. 182 A few fibres or stringy roots at the bases or sedes of it.
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