3. (Logic)
Defn: Existing by itself; single; individual. The idea which represents one . . . determinate thing, is called a singular idea, whether simple, complex, or compound. I. Watts.
4. (Law)
Defn: Each; individual; as, to convey several parcels of land, all and singular.
5. (Gram.)
Defn: Denoting one person or thing; as, the singular number; — opposed to dual and Ant: plural.
6. Standing by itself; out of the ordinary course; unusual; uncommon; strange; as, a singular phenomenon. So singular a sadness Must have a cause as strange as the effect. Denham.
7. Distinguished as existing in a very high degree; rarely equaled; eminent; extraordinary; exceptional; as, a man of singular gravity or attainments.
8. Departing from general usage or expectations; odd; whimsical; — often implying disapproval or consure. His zeal None seconded, as out of season judged, Or singular and rash. Milton. To be singular in anything that is wise and worthy, is not a disparagement, but a praise. Tillotson.
9. Being alone; belonging to, or being, that of which there is but one; unique. These busts of the emperors and empresses are all very scarce, and some of them almost singular in their kind. Addison. Singular point in a curve (Math.), a point at which the curve possesses some peculiar properties not possessed by other points of the curve, as a cusp point, or a multiple point. — Singular proposition (Logic), a proposition having as its subject a singular term, or a common term limited to an individual by means of a singular sign. Whately. — Singular succession (Civil Law), division among individual successors, as distinguished from universal succession, by which an estate descended in intestacy to the heirs in mass. — Singular term (Logic), a term which represents or stands for a single individual.
Syn. — Unexampled; unprecedented; eminent; extraordinary; remarkable; uncommon; rare; unusual; peculiar; strange; odd; eccentric; fantastic.
SINGULARSin"gu*lar, n.
1. An individual instance; a particular. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
2. (Gram)
Defn: The singular number, or the number denoting one person or thing; a word in the singular number.
SINGULARISTSin"gu*lar*ist, n.
Defn: One who affects singularity. [Obs.]A clownish singularist, or nonconformist to ordinary usage. Borrow.
SINGULARITYSin`gu*lar"i*ty, n.; pl. Singularities. Etym: [L. singularitas: cf.F. singularité.]
1. The quality or state of being singular; some character or quality of a thing by which it is distinguished from all, or from most, others; peculiarity. Pliny addeth this singularity to that soil, that the second year the very falling down of the seeds yieldeth corn. Sir. W. Raleigh. I took notice of this little figure for the singularity of the instrument. Addison.
2. Anything singular, rare, or curious. Your gallery Have we passed through, not without much content In many singularities. Shak.
3. Possession of a particular or exclusive privilege, prerogative, or distinction. No bishop of Rome ever took upon him this name of singularity [universal bishop]. Hooker. Catholicism . . . must be understood in opposition to the legal singularity of the Jewish nation. Bp. Pearson.
4. Celibacy. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.
SINGULARIZESin"gu*lar*ize, v. t.
Defn: To make singular or single; to distinguish. [R.]
SINGULARLYSin"gu*lar*ly, adv.
1. In a singular manner; in a manner, or to a degree, not common to others; extraordinarily; as, to be singularly exact in one's statements; singularly considerate of others. "Singularly handsome." Milman.
2. Strangely; oddly; as, to behave singularly.
3. So as to express one, or the singular number.
SINGULTSin"gult, n.Etym: [L. singultus.]
Defn: A sigh or sobbing; also, a hiccough. [Obs.] Spenser. W. Browne.
SINGULTOUSSin*gul"tous, a. (Med.)
Defn: Relating to, or affected with, hiccough. Dunglison.
SINGULTUSSin*gul"tus, n. Etym: [L.] (Med.)
Defn: Hiccough.
SINICSin"ic, a. [See Sinologue.] (Ethnol.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the Chinese and allied races; Chinese.
SINICALSin"i*cal, a. Etym: [From Sine.] (Trig.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to a sine; employing, or founded upon, sines; as, a sinical quadrant.
SINICISMSin"i*cism, n. (Ethnol.)
Defn: Anything peculiar to the Chinese; esp., a Chinese peculiarity in manners or customs.
SINIGRINSin"i*grin, n. Etym: [From NL. Sinapis nigra.] (Chem.)
Defn: A glucoside found in the seeds of black mustard (Brassica nigra, formerly Sinapis nigra) It resembles sinalbin, and consists of a potassium salt of myronic acid.
SINISTER Sin"is*ter, a. Etym: [Accented on the middle syllable by the older poets, as Shakespeare, Milton, Dryden.] Etym: [L. sinister: cf. F. sinistre.]
1. On the left hand, or the side of the left hand; left; — opposed to dexter, or right. "Here on his sinister cheek." Shak. My mother's blood Runs on the dexter cheek, and this sinister Bounds in my father's Shak.
Note: In heraldy the sinister side of an escutcheon is the side which would be on the left of the bearer of the shield, and opposite the right hand of the beholder.
2. Unlucky; inauspicious; disastrous; injurious; evil; — the left being usually regarded as the unlucky side; as, sinister influences. All the several ills that visit earth, Brought forth by night, with a sinister birth. B. Jonson.
3. Wrong, as springing from indirection or obliquity; perverse; dishonest; corrupt; as, sinister aims. Nimble and sinister tricks and shifts. Bacon. He scorns to undermine another's interest by any sinister or inferior arts. South. He read in their looks . . . sinister intentions directed particularly toward himself. Sir W. Scott.
4. Indicative of lurking evil or harm; boding covert danger; as, a sinister countenance. Bar sinister. (Her.) See under Bar, n. — Sinister aspect (Astrol.), an appearance of two planets happening according to the succession of the signs, as Saturn in Aries, and Mars in the same degree of Gemini. — Sinister base, Sinister chief. See under Escutcheon.
SINISTER-HANDEDSin"is*ter-hand"ed, a.
Defn: Left-handed; hence, unlucky. [Obs.] Lovelace.
SINISTERLYSin"is*ter*ly, adv.
Defn: In a sinister manner. Wood.
SINISTRADSin"is*trad, adv. Etym: [L. sinistra the left hand + ad tp.] (Anat. &Zoöl.)
Defn: Toward the left side; sinistrally.
SINISTRALSin"is*tral, a.
1. Of or pertaining to the left, inclining to the left; sinistrous; - - opposed to dextral.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having the whorls of the spire revolving or rising to the left; reversed; — said of certain spiral shells.
SINISTRALITYSin`is*tral"i*ty, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being sinistral.
SINISTRALLYSin"is*tral*ly, adv.
Defn: Toward the left; in a sinistral manner. J. Le Conte.
SINISTRINSin"is*trin, n. Etym: [L. sinister left.] (Chem.)
Defn: A mucilaginous carbohydrate, resembling achroödextrin, extracted from squill as a colorless amorphous substance; — so called because it is levorotatory.
SINISTRORSAL Sin`is*tror"sal, a. Etym: [L.sinistrorsus, sinistroversus, turned toward the left side; sinister left + vertere, vortere, versum, vorsum, to turn.]
Defn: Rising spirally from right to left (of the spectator); sinistrorse.
SINISTRORSESin"is*trorse`, a. Etym: [See Sinistrolsal.]
Defn: Turning to the left (of the spectator) in the ascending line; - - the opposite of dextrorse. See Dextrorse.
SINISTROUSSin"is*trous, a. Etym: [See Sinister.]
1. Being on the left side; inclined to the left; sinistral. "Sinistrous gravity." Sir T. Browne.
2. Wrong; absurd; perverse. A knave or fool can do no harm, even by the most sinistrous and absurd choice. Bentley.
SINISTROUSLYSin"is*trous*ly, adv.
1. In a sinistrous manner; perversely; wrongly; unluckily.
2. With a tendency to use the left hand. Many, in their infancy, are sinistrously disposed, and divers continue all their life left-handed. Sir T. Browne.
SINK Sink, v. i. [imp. Sunk, or (Sank (); p. p. Sunk (obs. Sunken, — now used as adj.); p. pr. & vb. n. Sinking.] Etym: [OE. sinken, AS. sincan; akin to D. zinken, OS. sincan, G. sinken, Icel. sökkva, Dan. synke, Sw. sjunka, Goth. siggan, and probably to E. silt. Cf. Silt.]
1. To fall by, or as by, the force of gravity; to descend lower and lower; to decline gradually; to subside; as, a stone sinks in water; waves rise and sink; the sun sinks in the west. I sink in deep mire. Ps. lxix. 2.
2. To enter deeply; to fall or retire beneath or below the surface; to penetrate. The stone sunk into his forehead. 1 San. xvii. 49.
3. Hence, to enter so as to make an abiding impression; to enter completely. Let these sayings sink down into your ears. Luke ix. 44.
4. To be overwhelmed or depressed; to fall slowly, as so the ground, from weakness or from an overburden; to fail in strength; to decline; to decay; to decrease. I think our country sinks beneath the yoke. Shak. He sunk down in his chariot. 2 Kings ix. 24. Let not the fire sink or slacken. Mortimer.
5. To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become diminished in volume or in apparent height. The Alps and Pyreneans sink before him. Addison.
Syn. — To fall; subside; drop; droop; lower; decline; decay; decrease; lessen.
SINKSink, v. t.
1. To cause to sink; to put under water; to immerse or submerge in afluid; as, to sink a ship.[The Athenians] fell upon the wings and sank a single ship. Jowett(Thucyd.).
2. Figuratively: To cause to decline; to depress; to degrade; hence, to ruin irretrievably; to destroy, as by drowping; as, to sink one's reputation. I raise of sink, imprison or set free. Prior. If I have a conscience, let it sink me. Shak. Thy cruel and unnatural lust of power Has sunk thy father more than all his years. Rowe.
3. To make (a depression) by digging, delving, or cutting, etc.; as, to sink a pit or a well; to sink a die.
4. To bring low; to reduce in quantity; to waste. You sunk the river repeated draughts. Addison.
5. To conseal and appropriate. [Slang] If sent with ready money to buy anything, and you happen to be out of pocket, sink the money, and take up the goods on account. Swift.
6. To keep out of sight; to suppress; to ignore. A courtly willingness to sink obnoxious truths. Robertson.
7. To reduce or extinguish by payment; as, to sink the national debt.
SINKSink, n.
1. A drain to carry off filthy water; a jakes.
2. A shallow box or vessel of wood, stone, iron, or other material, connected with a drain, and used for receiving filthy water, etc., as in a kitchen.
3. A hole or low place in land or rock, where waters sink and are lost; — called also sink hole. [U. S.] Sink hole. (a) The opening to a sink drain. (b) A cesspool. (c) Same as Sink, n., 3.
SINKERSink"er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, sinks. Specifically: (a) A weight on something, as on a fish line, to sink it. (b) In knitting machines, one of the thin plates, blades, or other devices, that depress the loops upon or between the needles. Dividing sinker, in knitting machines, a sinker between two jack sinkers and acting alternately with them. — Jack sinker. See under Jack, n. — Sinker bar. (a) In knitting machines, a bar to which one set of the sinkers is attached. (b) In deep well boring, a heavy bar forming a connection between the lifting rope and the boring tools, above the jars.
SINKINGSink"ing, a & n.
Defn: from Sink. Sinking fund. See under Fund. — Sinking head (Founding), a riser from which the mold is fed as the casting shrinks. See Riser, n., 4. — Sinking pump, a pump which can be lowered in a well or a mine shaft as the level of the water sinks.
SINLESSSin"less, a.
Defn: Free from sin. Piers Plowman.— Sin"less*ly, adv.— Sin"less*ness, n.
SINNERSin"ner, n.
Defn: One who has sinned; especially, one who has sinned without repenting; hence, a persistent and incorrigible transgressor; one condemned by the law of God.
SINNERSin"ner, v. i.
Defn: To act as a sinner. [Humorous]Whether the charmer sinner it or saint it. Pope.
SINNERESSSin"ner*ess, n.
Defn: A woman who sins. [Obs.]
SINNETSin"net, n.
Defn: See Sennit .
SINOLOGICALSin`o*log"ic*al, a. Etym: [See Sinilogue.]
Defn: Relating to the Chinese language or literature.
SINOLOGISTSi*nol"o*gist, n.
Defn: A sinilogue.
SINOLOGUESin"o*logue, n. Etym: [From L. Sinae, an Oriental people mentioned byPtolemy, or Ar. Sin China or the Chinese + Gr. theologue: cf. F.sinologue.]
Defn: A student of Chinese; one versed in the Chinese language, literature, and history.
SINOLOGYSi*nol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Cf. F. sinologie.]
Defn: That branch of systemized knowledge which treats of theChinese, their language, literature, etc.
SINOPERSin"o*per, n. (Min.)
Defn: Sinople.
SINOPIA; SINOPISSi*no"pi*a, Si*no"pis, n.
Defn: A red pigment made from sinopite.
SINOPITESin"o*pite, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. sinopis (sc. terra), a red earth orocher found in Sinope, a town in Paphlagoma, on the Black Sea, Gr.(Min.)
Defn: A brickred ferruginous clay used by the ancients for red paint.
SINOPLESin"o*ple, n. (Min.)
Defn: Ferruginous quartz, of a blood-red or brownish red color, sometimes with a tinge of yellow.
SINOPLESin"o*ple, n. Etym: [F., fr. LL. sinopis. See Sinople a mineral.](Her.)
Defn: The tincture vert; green.
SINQUESinque, n.
Defn: See Cinque. [Obs.] Beau & Fl.
SINSRINGSins"ring, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Same as Banxring.
SINTERSin"ter, n. Etym: [G. Cf. Cinder.] (Min.)
Defn: Dross, as of iron; the scale which files from iron when hammered; — applied as a name to various minerals. Calcareous sinter, a loose banded variety of calcite formed by deposition from lime-bearing waters; calcareous tufa; travertine. — Ceraunian sinter, fulgurite. — Siliceous sinter, a light cellular or fibrous opal; especially, geyserite (see Geyserite). It has often a pearly luster, and is then called pearl sinter.
SINTO; SINTU; SINTOISM; SINTOISTSin"to, or Sin"tu, Sin"to*ism, Sin"to*ist.
Defn: See Shinto, etc.
SINTOCSin"toc, n.
Defn: A kind of spice used in the East Indies, consisting of the bark of a species of Cinnamomum. [Written also sindoc.]
SINUATE Sin"u*ate, a. Etym: [L. sinuatus, p. p. of sinuare to wind, bend, fr. sinus a bend.]
Defn: Having the margin alternately curved inward and outward; having rounded lobes separated by rounded sinuses; sinuous; wavy.
SINUATESin"u*ate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sinuated; p. pr. & vb. n. Sinuating.]
Defn: To bend or curve in and out; to wind; to turn; to be sinusous.Woodward.
SINUATEDSin"u*a`ted, a.
Defn: Same as Sinuate.
SINUATIONSin`u*a"tion, n. Etym: [L. sinuatio.]
Defn: A winding or bending in and out.
SINUOSESin"u*ose`, a.
Defn: Sinuous. Loudon.
SINUOSITYSin`u*os"i*ty, n.; pl. Sinuosities. Etym: [Cf. F. sinuosité.]
1. Quality or state of being sinuous.
2. A bend, or a series of bends and turns; a winding, or a series of windings; a wave line; a curve. A line of coast certainly amounting, with its sinuosities, to more than 700 miles. Sydney Smith.
SINUOUS Sin"u*ous, a. Etym: [L. sinuosus, fr. sinus a bent surface, a curve: cf. F. sinueux. See Sinus.]
Defn: Bending in and out; of a serpentine or undulating form;winding; crooked.— Sin"u*ous*ly, adv.Streaking the ground with sinuous trace. Milton.Gardens bright with sinuous rills. Coleridge.
SINUPALLIATESi`nu*pal"li*ate, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having a pallial sinus. See under Sinus.
SINUS Si"nus, n.; pl. L. Sinus, E. Sinuses. Etym: [L., a bent surface, a curve, the folds or bosom of a garment, etc., a bay. Cf. Sine, n.]
1. An opening; a hollow; a bending.
2. A bay of the sea; a recess in the shore.
3. (Anat. & Zoöl.)
Defn: A cavity; a depression. Specifically: (a) A cavity in a bone or other part, either closed or with a narrow opening. (b) A dilated vessel or canal.
4. (Med.)
Defn: A narrow, elongated cavity, in which pus is collected; an elongated abscess with only a small orifice.
5. (Bot.)
Defn: A depression between adjoining lobes.
Note: A sinus may be rounded, as in the leaf of the white oak, or acute, as in that of the red maple. Pallial sinus. (Zoöl.) See under Pallial. — Sinus venosus. Etym: [L., venous dilatation.] (Anat.) (a) The main part of the cavity of the right auricle of the heart in the higher vertebrates. (b) In the lower vertebrates, a distinct chamber of the heart formed by the union of the large systematic veins and opening into the auricle.
SINUSOIDSi"nus*oid, n. Etym: [Sinus + -oid.] (Geom.)
Defn: The curve whose ordinates are proportional to the sines of the abscissas, the equation of the curve being y = a sin x. It is also called the curve of sines.
SINUSOIDALSi`nus*oid"al, a. (Geom.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to a sinusoid; like a sinusoid.
SIOGOONSio"goon, n.
Defn: See Shogun.
SIOGOONATESio*goon"ate, n.
Defn: See Shogunate.
SIOUXSioux, n. sing. & pl. (Ethnol.)
Defn: See Dakotas.
SIOUX STATESioux State.
Defn: North Dakota; — a nickname.
SIPSip, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sipped; p. pr. & vb. n. Sipping.] Etym: [OE.sippen; akin to OD. sippen, and AS. s to sip, suck up, drink. SeeSup, v. t.]
1. To drink or imbibe in small quantities; especially, to take in with the lips in small quantities, as a liquid; as, to sip tea. "Every herb that sips the dew." Milton.
2. To draw into the mouth; to suck up; as, a bee sips nectar from the flowers.
3. To taste the liquor of; to drink out of. [Poetic] They skim the floods, and sip the purple flowers. Dryden.
SIPSip, v. i.
Defn: To drink a small quantity; to take a fluid with the lips; to take a sip or sips of something. [She] raised it to her mouth with sober grace; Then, sipping, offered to the next in place. Dryden.
SIPSip, n.
1. The act of sipping; the taking of a liquid with the lips.
2. A small draught taken with the lips; a slight taste. One sip of this Will bathe the drooping spirits in delight Beyond the bliss of dreams. Milton. A sip is all that the public ever care to take from reservoirs of abstract philosophy. De Quincey.
SIPAGESip"age, n.
Defn: See Seepage. [Scot. & U.S.]
SIPESipe, v. i.
Defn: See Seep. [Scot. & U.S.]
SIPHILISSiph"i*lis, n. (Med.)
Defn: Syphilis.
SIPHOIDSi"phoid, n. Etym: [L. sipho a siphon + -oid: cf. F. vase siphoïde.]
Defn: A siphon bottle. See under Siphon, n.
SIPHONSi"phon, n. Etym: [F. siphon, L. sipho, -onis, fr. Gr.
1. A device, consisting of a pipe or tube bent so as to form two branches or legs of unequal length, by which a liquid can be transferred to a lower level, as from one vessel to another, over an intermediate elevation, by the action of the pressure of the atmosphere in forcing the liquid up the shorter branch of the pipe immersed in it, while the continued excess of weight of the liquid in the longer branch (when once filled) causes a continuous flow. The flow takes place only when the discharging extremity of the pipe ia lower than the higher liquid surface, and when no part of the pipe is higher above the surface than the same liquid will rise by atmospheric pressure; that is, about 33 feet for water, and 30 inches for mercury, near the sea level.
2. (Zoöl.) (a) One of the tubes or folds of the mantle border of a bivalve or gastropod mollusk by which water is conducted into the gill cavity. See Illust. under Mya, and Lamellibranchiata. (b) The anterior prolongation of the margin of any gastropod shell for the protection of the soft siphon. (c) The tubular organ through which water is ejected from the gill cavity of a cephaloid. It serves as a locomotive organ, by guiding and confining the jet of water. Called also siphuncle. See Illust. under Loligo, and Dibranchiata. (d) The siphuncle of a cephalopod shell. (e) The sucking proboscis of certain parasitic insects and crustaceans. (f) A sproutlike prolongation in front of the mouth of many gephyreans. (g) A tubular organ connected both with the esophagus and the intestine of certain sea urchins and annelids.
3. A siphon bottle. Inverted siphon, a tube bent like a siphon, but having the branches turned upward; specifically (Hydraulic Engineering), a pipe for conducting water beneath a depressed place, as from one hill to another across an intervening valley, following the depression of the ground. — Siphon barometer. See under Barometer. — Siphon bottle, a bottle for holding aërated water, which is driven out through a bent tube in the neck by the gas within the bottle when a valve in the tube is opened; — called also gazogene, and siphoid. — Siphon condenser, a condenser for a steam engine, in which the vacuum is maintained by the downward flow of water through a vertical pipe of great height. — Siphon cup, a cup with a siphon attached for carrying off any liquid in it; specifically (Mach.), an oil cup in which oil is carried over the edge of a tube in a cotton wick, and so reaches the surface to be lubricated. — Siphon gauge. See under Gauge. — Siphon pump, a jet pump. See under Jet, n.
SIPHONSi"phon, v. t. (Chem.)
Defn: To convey, or draw off, by means of a siphon, as a liquid from one vessel to another at a lower level.
SIPHONAGESi"phon*age, n.
Defn: The action of a siphon.
SIPHONALSi"phon*al, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to a siphon; resembling a siphon. Siphonal stomach (Zoöl.), a stomach which is tubular and bent back upon itself, like a siphon, as in the salmon.
SIPHONARIDSi`pho*na"rid, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any one of numerous species of limpet-shaped pulmonate gastropods of the genus Siphonaria. They cling to rocks between high and low water marks and have both lunglike organs and gills. — Si`pho*na"rid, a.
SIPHONATASi`pho*na"ta, n. pl. Etym: [NL.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A tribe of bivalve mollusks in which the posterior mantle border is prolonged into two tubes or siphons. Called also Siphoniata. See Siphon, 2 (a), and Quahaug.
SIPHONATESi"phon*ate, a.
1. Having a siphon or siphons.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Belonging to the Siphonata.
SIPHONETSi"phon*et, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the two dorsal tubular organs on the hinder part of the abdomen of aphids. They give exit to the honeydew. See Illust. under Aphis.
SIPHONIASi*pho"ni*a, n. Etym: [NL.] (Bot.)
Defn: A former name for a euphorbiaceous genus (Hevea) of SouthAmerican trees, the principal source of caoutchouc.
SIPHONIATASi*pho`ni*a"ta, n. pl. Etym: [NL.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Same as Siphonata.
SIPHONICSi*phon"ic, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to a siphon.
SIPHONIFER Si*phon"i*fer, n. Etym: [NL., fr. L. sipho, -onis, siphon + ferre to bear.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any cephalopod having a siphonate shell.
SIPHONIFEROUSSi"phon*if"er*ous, a. Etym: [Siphon + -ferous.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Siphon-bearing, as the shell of the nautilus and other cephalopods.
SIPHONIUMSi*pho"ni*um, n.; pl. Siphonia. Etym: [NL., from Gr. Siphon.] (Anat.)
Defn: A bony tube which, in some birds, connects the tympanium with the air chambers of the articular piece of the mandible.
SIPHONOBRANCHIATASi`pho*no*bran`chi*a"ta, n. pl. Etym: [NL. See Siphon, and Branchia.](Zoöl.)
Defn: A tribe of gastropods having the mantle border, on one or both sides, prolonged in the form of a spout through which water enters the gill cavity. The shell itself is not always siphonostomatous in this group.
SIPHONOBRANCHIATESi`pho*no*bran"chi*ate, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having a siphon, or siphons, to convey water to the gills; belonging or pertaining to the Siphonobranchiata. — n.
Defn: One of the Siphonobranchiata.
SIPHONOGLYPHESi`pho*nog"ly*phe, n. Etym: [Siphon + Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A gonidium.
SIPHONOPHORASi`pho*noph"o*ra, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: An order of pelagic Hydrozoa including species which form complex free-swimming communities composed of numerous zooids of various kinds, some of which act as floats or as swimming organs, others as feeding or nutritive zooids, and others as reproductive zooids. See Illust. under Physallia, and Porpita.
SIPHONOPHORANSi`pho*noph"o*ran, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Belonging to the Siphonophora.— n.
Defn: One of the Siphonophora.
SIPHONOPHORESi*phon"o*phore, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the Siphonophora.
SIPHONOPODASi`pho*nop"o*da, n. pl. Etym: [NL. See Siphon, and -poda.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A division of Scaphopoda including those in which the foot terminates in a circular disk.
SIPHONOSTOMATA Si`pho*no*stom"a*ta, n. pl. Etym: [NL. See Siphon, and Stoma.] (Zoöl.) (a) A tribe of parasitic copepod Crustacea including a large number of species that are parasites of fishes, as the lerneans. They have a mouth adapted to suck blood. (b) An artificial division of gastropods including those that have siphonostomatous shells.
SIPHONOSTOMATOUS Si`pho*no*stom"a*tous, a. (Zoöl.) (a) Having the front edge of the aperture of the shell prolonged in the shape of a channel for the protection of the siphon; — said of certain gastropods. (b) Pertaining to the Siphonostomata.
SIPHONOSTOME Si`pho*nos"tome, n. Etym: [Gr. (Zoöl.) (a) Any parasitic entomostracan of the tribe Siphonostomata. (b) A siphonostomatous shell.
SIPHORHINALSi`pho*rhi"nal, a. Etym: [Siphon + rhinal.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having tubular nostrils, as the petrels.
SIPHORHINIANSi`pho*rhin"i*an, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A siphorhinal bird.
SIPHUNCLESi"phun`cle, n. Etym: [L. siphunculus, sipunculus, dim. of sipho. SeeSiphon.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The tube which runs through the partitions of chambered cephalopod shells.
SIPHUNCLEDSi"phun`cled, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having a siphuncle; siphunculated.
SIPHUNCULARSi*phun"cu*lar, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the siphuncle.
SIPHUNCULATEDSi*phun"cu*la`ted, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having a siphuncle. Huxley.
SIPIDSip"id, a. Etym: [See Insipid, Sapid.]
Defn: Having a taste or flavorl savory; sapid. [Obs.] Cockeram.
SIPPERSip"per, n.
Defn: One whi sips.
SIPPETSip"pet, n. Etym: [See Sip, Sop.]
Defn: A small sop; a small, thin piece of toasted bread soaked in milk, broth, or the like; a small piece of toasted or fried bread cut into some special shape and used for garnishing. Your sweet sippets in widows' houses. Milton.
SIPPLESip"ple, v. i. Etym: [Freq. of sip.]
Defn: To sip often. [Obs. or Scot.]
SIPPLINGSip"pling, a.
Defn: Sipping often. [Obs.] "Taken after a sippling sort." Holland.
SIPUNCULACEA Si*pun`cu*la"ce*a, n. pl. Etym: [NL., from Sipunculus, the typical genus. See Siphuncle.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A suborder of Gephyrea, including those which have the body unarmed and the intestine opening anteriorly.
SIPUNCULOIDSi*pun"cu*loid, a. Etym: [NL. Sipunculus, the typical genus + -oid.](Zoöl.)
Defn: Pertaining to the Sipunculoidea.— n.
Defn: One of the Sipunculoidea.
SIPUNCULOIDEA Si*pun`cu*loi"de*a, n. pl. Etym: [NL.] (Zoöl.) (a) Same as Gephyrea. (b) In a restricted sense, same as Sipunculacea.
SI QUISSi` quis". Etym: [L., if any one (the first words of the notice inLatin).] (Ch. of Eng.)
Defn: A notification by a candidate for orders of his intention to inquire whether any impediment may be alleged against him.
SIR Sir, n. Etym: [OE. sire, F. sire, contr. from the nominative L. senior an elder, elderly person, compar. of senex,senis, an aged person; akin to Gr. sana, Goth. sineigs old, sinista eldest, Ir. & Gael. sean old, W. hen. Cf. Seignior, Senate, Seneschal, Senior, Senor, Signor, Sire, Sirrah.]
1. A man of social authority and dignity; a lord; a master; a gentleman; — in this sense usually spelled sire. [Obs.] He was crowned lord and sire. Gower. In the election of a sir so rare. Shak.
2. A title prefixed to the Christian name of a knight or a baronet. Sir Horace Vere, his brother, was the principal in the active part. Bacon.
3. An English rendering of the LAtin Dominus, the academical title of a bachelor of arts; — formerly colloquially, and sometimes contemptuously, applied to the clergy. Nares. Instead of a faithful and painful teacher, they hire a Sir John, which hath better skill in playing at tables, or in keeping of a garden, than in God's word. Latimer.
4. A respectful title, used in addressing a man, without being prefixed to his name; — used especially in speaking to elders or superiors; sometimes, also, used in the way of emphatic formality. "What's that to you, sir" Sheridan.
Note: Anciently, this title, was often used when a person was addressed as a man holding a certain office, or following a certain business. "Sir man of law." "Sir parish priest." Chaucer. Sir reverance. See under Reverence, n.
SIRASKIERSi*ras"kier, n.
Defn: See Seraskier.
SIRASKIERATESi*ras"kier*ate, n.
Defn: See Seraskierate.
SIRBONIANSir*bo"ni*an, a.
Defn: See Serbonian.
SIRCAR Sir*car", n. Etym: [Hind. & Per. sarkar a superintendant, overseer, chief; Per. sar the head + kar action, work.]
1. A Hindoo clerk or accountant. [India]
2. A district or province; a circar. [India]
3. The government; the supreme authority of the state. [India]
SIRDAR Sir*dar", n Etym: [Hind. & Per. sardar a chief, general; sar the head, top + dar holding, possessing.]
Defn: A native chief in Hindostan; a headman. Malcom.
SIRESire, n. Etym: [F. sire, originally, an older person. See Sir.]
1. A lord, master, or other person in authority. See Sir. [Obs.] Pain and distress, sickness and ire, And melancholy that angry sire, Be of her palace senators. Rom. of R.
2. A tittle of respect formerly used in speaking to elders and superiors, but now only in addressing a sovereign.
3. A father; the head of a family; the husband. Jankin thet was our sire [i.e., husband]. Chaucer. And raise his issue, like a loving sire. Shak.
4. A creator; a maker; an author; an originator. [He] was the sire of an immortal strain. Shelley.
5. The male parent of a beast; — applied especially to horses; as, the horse had a good sire.
Note: Sire is often used in composition; as in grandsire, grandfather; great-grandsire, great-grandfather.
SIRESire, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sired; p. pr. & vb. n. Siring.]
Defn: To beget; to procreate; — used of beasts, and especially of stallions.
SIREDONSi*re"don, n. Etym: [NL., from Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The larval form of any salamander while it still has external gills; especially, one of those which, like the axolotl (Amblystoma Mexicanum), sometimes lay eggs while in this larval state, but which under more favorable conditions lose their gills and become normal salamanders. See also Axolotl.
SIRENSi"ren, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. sirène.]
1. (Class. Myth.)
Defn: One of three sea nymphs, — or, according to some writers, of two, — said to frequent an island near the coast of Italy, and to sing with such sweetness that they lured mariners to destruction. Next where the sirens dwell you plow the seas; Their song is death, and makes destruction please. Pope.
2. An enticing, dangerous woman. Shak.
3. Something which is insidious or deceptive. Consumption is a siren. W. Irving.
4. A mermaid. [Obs.] Shak.
5. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any long, slender amphibian of the genus Siren or family Sirenidæ, destitute of hind legs and pelvis, and having permanent external gills as well as lungs. They inhabit the swamps, lagoons, and ditches of the Southern United States. The more common species (Siren lacertina) is dull lead-gray in color, and becames two feet long.
6. Etym: [F. sirène, properly, a siren in sense 1.] (Acoustics)
Defn: An instrument for producing musical tones and for ascertaining the number of sound waves or vibrations per second which produce a note of a given pitch. The sounds are produced by a perforated rotating disk or disks. A form with two disks operated by steam or highly compressed air is used sounding an alarm to vessels in fog. [Written also sirene, and syren.]
SIRENSi"ren, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to a siren; bewitching, like a siren; fascinating; alluring; as, a siren song.
SIRENESi*rene", n.
Defn: See Siren, 6.
SIRENIASi*re"ni*a, n. pl. Etym: [NL.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: An order of large aquatic herbivorous mammals, including the manatee, dugong, rytina, and several fossil genera.
Note: The hind limbs are either rudimentary or wanting, and the front ones are changed to paddles. They have horny plates on the front part of the jaws, and usually flat-crowned molar teeth. The stomach is complex and the intestine long, as in other herbivorous mammals. See Cetacea (b).
SIRENIANSi*re"ni*an, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any species of Sirenia.
SIRENICALSi*ren"ic*al, a.
Defn: Like, or appropriate to, a siren; fascinating; deceptive.Here's couple of sirenical rascals shall enchant ye. Marton.
SIRENIZESi"ren*ize, v. i.
Defn: To use the enticements of a siren; to act as a siren; to fascinate.
SIRIASIS Si*ri"a*sis, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. (Med.) (a) A sunstroke. (b) The act of exposing to a sun bath. [Obs.] Cf. Insolation.
SIRIUSSir"i*us, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. (Astron.)
Defn: The Dog Star. See Dog Star.
SIRKEERSir"keer, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any one of several species of Asiatic cuckoos of the genusTaccocua, as the Bengal sirkeer (T. sirkee).
SIRLOINSir"loin`, n. Etym: [A corruption of surloin. Not so called becausethis cut of beaf was once jocosely knighted (dubbed Sir Loin) by anEnglish king, as according to a popular story.]
Defn: A loin of beef, or a part of a loin. [Written also surloin.]
SIRNAMESir"name`, n.
Defn: See Surname.
SIROCSi"roc, n.
Defn: See Sirocco. [Poetic] Emerson.
SIROCCO Si*roc"co, n.; pl. Siroccos(). Etym: [It. sirocco, scirocco, Ar. shorug, fr. sharq the rising of the sun, the east, fr, sharaca to rise as the sun. Cf. Saracen.]
Defn: An oppressive, relaxing wind from the Libyan deserts, chiefly experienced in Italy, Malta, and Sicily.
SIRRAHSir"rah, n. Etym: [Probably from Icel. sira, fr. F. sire. See Sir.]
Defn: A term of address implying inferiority and used in anger, contempt, reproach, or disrespectful familiarity, addressed to a man or boy, but sometimes to a woman. In sililoquies often preceded by ah. Not used in the plural. "Ah, sirrah mistress." Beau & Fl. Go, sirrah, to my cell. Shak.
SIRTSirt, n. Etym: [See Syrt.]
Defn: A quicksand. [Obs.]
SIRUP; SYRUP Sir"up Syr"up, n. Etym: [F. sirop (cf. It. siroppo, Sp. jarabe, jarope, LL. siruppus, syrupus), fr. Ar. sharab a drink, wine, coffee, sirup. Cf. Sherbet.]
1. A thick and viscid liquid made from the juice of fruits, herbs, etc., boiled with sugar.
2. A thick and viscid saccharine solution of superior quality (as sugarhouse sirup or molasses, maple sirup); specifically, in pharmacy and often in cookery, a saturated solution of sugar and water (simple sirup), or such a solution flavored or medicated. Lucent sirups tinct with cinnamon. Keats. Mixing sirup. See the Note under Dextrose.
SIRUPED; SYRUPEDSir"uped, Syr"uped, a.
Defn: Moistened, covered, or sweetened with sirup, or sweet juice.
SIRUPY; SYRUPYSir"up*y, Syr"up*y, a.
Defn: Like sirup, or partaking of its qualities. Mortimer.
SIRVENTE Sir`vente", n. Etym: [F. sirvente, fr. Pr. sirventes, sirventesc, originally, the poem of, or concerning, a sirvent, fr. sirvent, properly, serving, n., one who serves (e. g., as a soldier), fr. servir to serve, L. servire.]
Defn: A peculiar species of poetry, for the most part devoted to moral and religious topics, and commonly satirical, — often used by the troubadours of the Middle Ages.
SISSis, n.
Defn: A colloquial abbreviation of Sister.
SISSis, n.
Defn: Six. See Sise. [Obs.] Chaucer.
SISAL GRASS; SISAL HEMPSi*sal" grass`, Si*sal" hemp`,
Defn: The prepared fiber of the Agave Americana, or American aloe, used for cordage; — so called from Sisal, a port in Yucatan. See Sisal hemp, under Hemp.
SISCOWETSis"co*wet, n. Etym: [OF American Indian origin.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A large, fat variety of the namaycusa found in Lake Superior; - - called also siskawet, siskiwit.
SISESise, n. Etym: [From Assize.]
Defn: An assize. [Obs.]
SISESise, n. Etym: [See Sice.]
Defn: Six; the highest number on a die; the cast of six in throwingdice.In the new casting of a die, when ace is on the top, sise must needsbe at the bottom. Fuller.
SISELSis"el, n. Etym: [Cf. G. ziesel. Cf. Zizel.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The suslik.
SISERSi"ser, n.
Defn: Cider. See Sicer. [Obs.] Chaucer.
SISERARA; SISERARYSis"e*ra*ra, Sis"e*ra*ry, n.
Defn: A hard blow. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
SISKIN Sis"kin, n. Etym: [Dan. sisgen; cf. Sw. siska, G. zeisig, D. sijsje; of Slav. origin; cf. Pol. czy.] (Zoöl.) (a) A small green and yellow European finch (Spinus spinus, or Carduelis spinus); — called also aberdevine. (b) The American pinefinch (S. pinus); — called also pine siskin. See Pinefinch.
Note: The name is applied also to several other related species found in Asia and South America. Siskin green, a delicate shade of yellowish green, as in the mineral torbernite.
SISKIWITSis"ki*wit, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The siscowet.
SISMOGRAPHSis"mo*graph, n.
Defn: See Seismograph.
SISMOMETERSis*mom"e*ter, n.
Defn: See Seismometer.
SISSSiss, v. i. Etym: [Of imitative origin; cf. D. sissen, G. zischen.]
Defn: To make a hissing sound; as, a flatiron hot enough to siss when touched with a wet finger. [Colloq. U. S.; Local, Eng.]
SISSSiss, n.
Defn: A hissing noise. [Colloq. U. S.]
SISSOOSis*soo", n. Etym: [Hind. sis.] (Bot.)
Defn: A leguminous tree (Dalbergia Sissoo) of the northern parts of India; also, the dark brown compact and durable timber obtained from it. It is used in shipbuilding and for gun carriages, railway ties, etc.
SISTSist, v. t. Etym: [L. sistere to bring to a stand, to stop.]
1. (Scots Law)
Defn: To stay, as judicial proceedings; to delay or suspend; to stop.
2. To cause to take a place, as at the bar of a court; hence, to cite; to summon; to bring into court. [Scot.] Some, however, have preposterously sisted nature as the first or generative principle. Sir W. Hamilton.
SISTSist, n. (Scots Law)
Defn: A stay or suspension of proceedings; an order for a stay of proceedings. Burril.
SISTERSis"ter, n. Etym: [OE. sister, fr. Icel. systir; also suster, fromAS. sweostor, sweoster, swuster, akin to OFries. sweester, suster,LG. süster, suster, D. zuster, OS. & OHG. swestar, G. schwester,Icel. systir, Sw. syster, Dan. söster, Goth. swistar, Lith. ses,Russ. sestra, Pol. siostra, L. soror, Skr. svasr. sq. root298. Cf.Cousin.]
1. A female who has the same parents with another person, or who has one of them only. In the latter case, she is more definitely called a half sister. The correlative of brother. I am the sister of one Claudio. Shak.
2. A woman who is closely allied to, or assocciated with, another person, as in the sdame faith, society, order, or community. James ii. 15.
3. One of the same kind, or of the same condition; — generally used adjectively; as, sister fruits. Pope. Sister Block (Naut.), a tackle block having two sheaves, one above the other. — Sister hooks, a pair of hooks fitted together, the shank of one forming a mousing for the other; — called also match hook. — Sister of charity, Sister of mercy. (R. C. Ch.) See under Charity, and Mercy.
SISTERSis"ter, v. t.
Defn: To be sister to; to resemble closely. [Obs.] Shak.
SISTERHOODSis"ter*hood, n. Etym: [Sister + hood.]
1. The state or relation of being a sister; the office or duty of a sister. She . . . abhorr'd Her proper blood, and left to do the part Of sisterhood, to do that of a wife. Daniel.
2. A society of sisters; a society of women united in one faith or order; sisters, collectively. "A sisterhood of holy nuns." Shak. The fair young flowers . . . a beauteous sisterhood. Bryant.
SISTERINGSis"ter*ing, a.
Defn: Contiguous. [Obs.] Shak.
SISTER-IN-LAWSis"ter-in-law`, n; pl. Sisters-in-law(
Defn: The sister of one's husband or wife; also, the wife of one's brother; sometimes, the wife of one's husband's or wife's brother.
SISTERLYSis"ter*ly, a.
Defn: Like a sister; becoming a sister, affectionate; as, sisterly kindness; sisterly remorse. Shak.
SISTINESis"tine, a.Etym: [It. sistino.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to Pope Sixtus. Sistine chapel, a chapel in the Vatican at Rome, built by Pope Sixtus IV., and decorated with frescoes by Michael Angelo and others.
SISTRENSis"tren, n. pl.
Defn: Sisters. [Obs.] Chaucer.
SISTRUMSis"trum, Etym: [L., fr. Gr. (Mus.)
Defn: An instrument consisting of a thin metal frame, through which passed a number of metal rods, and furnished with a handle by which it was shaken and made to rattle. It was peculiarly Egyptian, and used especially in the worship of Isis. It is still used in Nubia.
SISYPHEANSis`y*phe"an, a.
Defn: Relating to Sisyphus; incessantly recurring; as, Sisyphean labors.
SISYPHUSSis"y*phus, n. Etym: [L. Sisyphus, Sisyphus, fr. Gr. (Class. Myth.)
Defn: A king of Corinth, son of Æolus, famed for his cunning. He was killed by Theseus, and in the lower world was condemned by Pluto to roll to the top of a hill a huge stone, which constantly rolled back again, making his task incessant.
SITSit,
Defn: obs. 3d pers. sing. pres. of Sit, for sitteth.
SIT Sit, v. i. [imp. Sat (Sate, archaic); p. p. Sat (Sitten, obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Sitting.] Etym: [OE. sitten, AS. sittan; akin to OS. sittian, OFries. sitta, D. zitten, G. sitzen, OHG. sizzen, Icel. sitja, SW. sitta, Dan. sidde, Goth. sitan, Russ. sidiete, L. sedere, Gr. sad. sq. root154. Cf. Assess,Assize, Cathedral, Chair, Dissident, Excise, Insidious, Possess, Reside, Sanhedrim, Seance, Seat, n., Sedate, 4th Sell, Siege, Session, Set, v. t., Sizar, Size, Subsidy.]
1. To rest upon the haunches, or the lower extremity of the trunk of the body; — said of human beings, and sometimes of other animals; as, to sit on a sofa, on a chair, or on the ground. And he came and took the book put of the right hand of him that sate upon the seat. Bible (1551) (Rev. v. 7.) I pray you, jest, sir, as you sit at dinner. Shak.
2. To perch; to rest with the feet drawn up, as birds do on a branch, pole, etc.
3. To remain in a state of repose; to rest; to abide; to rest in any position or condition. And Moses said to . . . the children of Reuben, Shall your brothren go to war, and shall ye sit here Num. xxxii. 6. Like a demigod here sit I in the sky. Shak.
4. To lie, rest, or bear; to press or weigh; — with on; as, a weight or burden sits lightly upon him. The calamity sits heavy on us. Jer. Taylor.
5. To be adjusted; to fit; as, a coat sts well or ill. This new and gorgeous garment, majesty, Sits not so easy on me as you think. Shak.
6. To suit one well or ill, as an act; to become; to befit; — used impersonally. [Obs.] Chaucer.
7. To cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood; to incubate. As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not. Jer. xvii. 11.
8. To have position, as at the point blown from; to hold a relative position; to have direction. Like a good miller that knows how to grind, which way soever the wind sits. Selden. Sits the wind in that quarter Sir W. Scott.
9. To occupy a place or seat as a member of an official body; as, to sit in Congress.
10. To hold a session; to be in session for official business; — said of legislative assemblies, courts, etc.; as, the court sits in January; the aldermen sit to-night.
11. To take a position for the purpose of having some artistic representation of one's self made, as a picture or a bust; as, to sit to a painter. To sit at, to rest under; to be subject to. [Obs.] "A farmer can not husband his ground so well if he sit at a great rent". Bacon. — To sit at meat or at table, to be at table for eating. — To sit down. (a) To place one's self on a chair or other seat; as, to sit down when tired. (b) To begin a siege; as, the enemy sat down before the town. (c) To settle; to fix a permanent abode. Spenser. (d) To rest; to cease as satisfied. "Here we can not sit down, but still proceed in our search." Rogers. — To sit for a fellowship, to offer one's self for examination with a view to obtaining a fellowship. [Eng. Univ.] — To sit out. (a) To be without engagement or employment. [Obs.] Bp. Sanderson. (b) To outstay. — To sit under, to be under the instruction or ministrations of; as, to sit under a preacher; to sit under good preaching. — To sit up, to rise from, or refrain from, a recumbent posture or from sleep; to sit with the body upright; as, to sit up late at night; also, to watch; as, to sit up with a sick person. "He that was dead sat up, and began to speak." Luke vii. 15.
SITSit, v. t.
1. To sit upon; to keep one's seat upon; as, he sits a horse well. Hardly the muse can sit the headstrong horse. Prior.
2. To cause to be seated or in a sitting posture; to furnish a seat to; — used reflexively. They sat them down to weep. Milton. Sit you down, father; rest you. Shak.
3. To suit (well or ill); to become. [Obs. or R.]
SITE Site, n. Etym: [L. situs, fr. sinere, situm, to let, p. p. situs placed, lying, situate: cf. F. site. Cf. Position.]
1. The place where anything is fixed; situation; local position; as, the site of a city or of a house. Chaucer.
2. A place fitted or chosen for any certain permanent use or occupation; as, a site for a church.
3. The posture or position of a thing. [R.] The semblance of a lover fixed In melancholy site. Thomson.
SITEDSit"ed, a.
Defn: Having a site; situated. [Obs.][The garden] sited was in fruitful soil. Chaucer.
SITFASTSit"fast`, a. Etym: [Sit + fast.]
Defn: Fixed; stationary; immovable. [R.] 'T is good, when you have crossed the sea and back, To find the sitfast acres where you left them. Emerson.
SITFASTSit"fast`, n. (Far.)
Defn: A callosity with inflamed edges, on the back of a horse, under the saddle.
SITHSith, prep., adv., & conj. Etym: [See Since.]
Defn: Since; afterwards; seeing that. [Obs.]We need not fear them, sith Christ is with us. Latimer.Sith thou art rightful judge. Chaucer.
SITH; SITHESith, Sithe, n. Etym: [AS.
Defn: Time. [Obs.] Chaucer.And humbly thanked him a thousand sithes. Spenser.
SITHESithe, v. i. Etym: [Cf. Sigh.]
Defn: To sigh.
Note: [A spelling of a corrupt and provincial pronunciation.]
SITHESithe, n.
Defn: A scythe. [Obs.] Milton.
SITHESithe, v. t.
Defn: To cut with a scythe; to scythe. [Obs.]
SITHEDSithed, a.
Defn: Scythed. [Obs.] T. Warton.
SITHEMANSithe"man, n.
Defn: A mower. [Obs.] Marston.
SITHENSith"en, adv. & conj. Etym: [See Since.]
Defn: Since; afterwards. See 1st Sith. [Obs.]Fortune was first friend and sithen foe. Chaucer.
SITHENCE; SITHENSSith"ence, Sith"ens, adv. & conj.
Defn: Since. See Sith, and Sithen. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.
SITHTHENSith"then, adv. & conj.
Defn: See Sithen. [Obs.]Siththen that the world began. Chaucer.
SITOLOGYSi*tol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. -logy.]
Defn: A treatise on the regulation of the diet; dietetics. [Written also sitiology.]
SITOPHOBIASi`to*pho"bi*a, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.)
Defn: A version to food; refusal to take nourishment. [Written also sitiophobia.]
SITTENSit"ten, obs.
Defn: p. p. of Sit, for sat.
SITTERSit"ter, n.
1. One who sits; esp., one who sits for a portrait or a bust.
2. A bird that sits or incubates.
SITTINESit"tine, a. Etym: [NL. sitta the nuthatch, from Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the family Sittidæ, or nuthatches.
SITTINGSit"ting, a.
Defn: Being in the state, or the position, of one who, or that which, sits.
SITTINGSit"ting, n.
1. The state or act of one who sits; the posture of one who occupies a seat.
2. A seat, or the space occupied by or allotted for a person, in a church, theater, etc.; as, the hall has 800 sittings.
3. The act or time of sitting, as to a portrait painter, photographer, etc.
4. The actual presence or meeting of any body of men in their seats, clothed with authority to transact business; a session; as, a sitting of the judges of the King's Bench, or of a commission. The sitting closed in great agitation. Macaulay.
5. The time during which one sits while doing something, as reading a book, playing a game, etc. For the understanding of any one of St. Paul's Epistles I read it all through at one sitting. Locke.
6. A brooding over eggs for hatching, as by fowls. The male bird . . . amuses her [the female] with his songs during the whole time of her sitting. Addison. Sitting room, an apartment where the members of a family usually sit, as distinguished from a drawing-room, parlor, chamber, or kitchen.
SITUATE; SITUATED Sit"u*ate, Sit"u*a`ted, a. Etym: [LL. situatus, from situare to place, fr. L. situs situation, site. See Site.]
1. Having a site, situation, or location; being in a relative position; permanently fixed; placed; located; as, a town situated, or situate, on a hill or on the seashore.
2. Placed; residing. Pleasure situate in hill and dale. Milton.
Note: Situate is now less used than situated, but both are well authorized.
SITUATESit"u*ate, v. t.
Defn: To place. [R.] Landor.
SITUATIONSit`u*a"tion, n. Etym: [LL. situatio: cf. F. situation.]
1. Manner in which an object is placed; location, esp. as related to something else; position; locality site; as, a house in a pleasant situation.
2. Position, as regards the conditions and circumstances of the case. A situation of the greatest ease and tranquillity. Rogers.
3. Relative position; circumstances; temporary state or relation at a moment of action which excites interest, as of persons in a dramatic scene. There's situation for you! there's an heroic group! Sheridan.
4. Permanent position or employment; place; office; as, a situation in a store; a situation under government.
Syn. — State; position; seat; site; station; post; place; office; condition; case; plight. See State.
SITUSSi"tus, n. Etym: [L., situation.] (Bot.)
Defn: The method in which the parts of a plant are arranged; also, the position of the parts. Henslow.
SITZ BATHSitz" bath`. Etym: [G. sitzbad.]
Defn: A tub in which one bathes in a sitting posture; also, a bath so taken; a hip bath.
SIVASi"va, n. Etym: [Skr. Civa, properly, kind, gracious.] (Hindoo Myth.)
Defn: One of the triad of Hindoo gods. He is the avenger or destroyer, and in modern worship symbolizes the reproductive power of nature.
SIVANSi"van, n. Etym: [Heb. sivan.]
Defn: The third month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year; — supposed to correspond nearly with our month of June.