n. [ L. assare to roast + amarus, bitter. ] (Chem.) The peculiar bitter substance, soft or liquid, and of a yellow color, produced when meat, bread, gum, sugar, starch, and the like, are roasted till they turn brown. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of imparting balsamic properties. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The art or process of embalming. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Hind. samāj meeting, assembly, fr. Skr. samāja a community. ] A society or congregation; a church or religious body. [ India ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ } n. A society; a congregation, a worshiping assembly, or church, esp. of the Brahmo-somaj. [ India ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. samara, samera, the seed of the elm. ] (Bot.) A dry, indehiscent, usually one-seeded, winged fruit, as that of the ash, maple, and elm; a key or key fruit. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Simar. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Samaritanus. ] Of or pertaining to Samaria, in Palestine. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Samaria; also, the language of Samaria. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., fr. E. samarskite. ] (Chem.) A rare metallic element of doubtful identity. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Samarium was discovered, by means of spectrum analysis, in certain minerals (samarskite, cerite, etc.), in which it is associated with other elements of the earthy group. It has been confounded with the doubtful elements decipium, philippium, etc., and is possibly a complex mixture of elements not as yet clearly identified. Symbol Sm. Provisional atomic weight 150.2. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Samara + -oid. ] (Bot.) Resembling a samara, or winged seed vessel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Simar. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ After Samarski, a Russian. ] (Min.) A rare mineral having a velvet-black color and submetallic luster. It is a niobate of uranium, iron, and the yttrium and cerium metals. [ 1913 Webster ]