Sepia

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sepia \Se"pi*a\, n.; pl. E. {Sepias}, L. {Sepiae}. [L., fr. Gr.
     ??? the cuttlefish, or squid.]
     1. (Zool.)
        (a) The common European cuttlefish.
        (b) A genus comprising the common cuttlefish and numerous
            similar species. See Illustr. under {Cuttlefish}.


            [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A pigment prepared from the ink, or black secretion, of
        the sepia, or cuttlefish. Treated with caustic potash, it
        has a rich brown color; and this mixed with a red forms
        {Roman sepia}. Cf. {India ink}, under {India}.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     {Sepia drawing} or {Sepia picture}, a drawing in monochrome,
        made in sepia alone, or in sepia with other brown
        pigments.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sepia \Se"pi*a\, a.
     Of a dark brown color, with a little red in its composition;
     also, made of, or done in, sepia.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sepia
       n 1: a shade of brown with a tinge of red [syn: {reddish brown},
            {burnt sienna}, {Venetian red}]
       2: rich brown pigment prepared from the ink of cuttlefishes
       3: type genus of the Sepiidae [syn: {genus Sepia}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  40 Moby Thesaurus words for "sepia":
     beige, brown, brownish, brownish-yellow, brunet, chocolate,
     cinnamon, cocoa, cocoa-brown, coffee, coffee-brown, drab, dun,
     dun-brown, dun-drab, ecru, fawn, fawn-colored, fuscous, grege,
     hazel, khaki, lurid, nut-brown, olive-brown, olive-drab, seal,
     seal-brown, snuff-colored, sorrel, tan, taupe, tawny, toast,
     toast-brown, umber, umber-colored, walnut, walnut-brown,
     yellowish-brown
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  SEPIA
       
          Standard ECRC Prolog Integrating Applications.  Prolog with
          many extensions including attributed variables ("metaterms")
          and declarative coroutining.  "SEPIA", Micha Meier
           et al, TR-LP-36 ECRC, March 1988.  Version 3.1
          available for Suns and VAX.  (See ECRC-Prolog).  E-mail:
          .