Chapter 1545

Sic*cif"ic (?) , a. [L. siccificus ; siccus dry + facere to make. See -fy .] Causing dryness.

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Sic"ci*ty (?) , n. [L. siccitas , fr. siccus dry.] Dryness; aridity; destitution of moisture. [Obs.]

The siccity and dryness of its flesh. Sir T. Browne.

Sice <Xpage=1336>

Sice (?) , n. [F. six , fr. L. sex six. See Six .] The number six at dice.

Sicer <Xpage=1336>

Si"cer (?) , n. [L. sicera . See Cider .] A strong drink; cider. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Sich <Xpage=1336>

Sich (?) , a. Such. [Obs. or Colloq.]

Spenser.

Sicilian <Xpage=1336>

Si*cil"i*an (?) , a. Of or pertaining to Sicily or its inhabitants.

Sicilian vespers , the great massacre of the French in Sicily, in the year 1282, on the evening of Easter Monday, at the hour of vespers.

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Si*cil"i*an , n. A native or inhabitant of Sicily.

Siciliano <Xpage=1336>

Si*ci`li*a"no (?) , n. [It., Sicilian.] A Sicilian dance, resembling the pastorale, set to a rather slow and graceful melody in 12-8 or 6-8 measure; also, the music to the dance.

Sicilienne <Xpage=1336>

Si`ci`lienne" (?) , n. [F., fem. of sicilien Sicilian.] A kind of rich poplin.

Sick <Xpage=1336>

Sick (?) , a. [ Compar. Sicker (?) ; superl. Sickest .] [OE. sek , sik , ill, AS. se\'a2c ; akin to OS. siok , seoc , OFries. siak , D. ziek , G. siech , OHG. sioh , Icel. sj<?/kr , Sw. sjuk , Dan. syg , Goth. siuks ill, siukan to be ill.] 1. Affected with disease of any kind; ill; indisposed; not in health. See the Synonym under Illness .

Simon's wife's mother lay sick of a fever. Mark i. 30.

Behold them that are sick with famine. Jer. xiv. 18.

2. Affected with, or attended by, nausea; inclined to vomit; as, sick at the stomach; a sick headache.

3. Having a strong dislike; disgusted; surfeited; -- with of ; as, to be sick of flattery .

He was not so sick of his master as of his work. L'Estrange.

4. Corrupted; imperfect; impaired; weakned.

So great is his antipathy against episcopacy, that, if a seraphim himself should be a bishop, he would either find or make some sick feathers in his wings. Fuller.

Sick bay (Naut.) , an apartment in a vessel, used as the ship's hospital. -- Sick bed , the bed upon which a person lies sick. -- Sick berth , an apartment for the sick in a ship of war. -- Sick headache (Med.) , a variety of headache attended with disorder of the stomach and nausea. -- Sick list , a list containing the names of the sick. -- Sick room , a room in which a person lies sick, or to which he is confined by sickness. [These terms, sick bed , sick berth , etc., are also written both hyphened and solid.]

Syn. -- Diseased; ill; disordered; distempered; indisposed; weak; ailing; feeble; morbid.

Sick <Xpage=1336>

Sick , n. Sickness. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Sick <Xpage=1336>

Sick , v. i. To fall sick; to sicken. [Obs.]

Shak.

Sick-brained <Xpage=1336>

Sick"-brained` (?) , a. Disordered in the brain.

Sicken <Xpage=1336>

Sick"en (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Sickened (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Sickening .] 1. To make sick; to disease.

Raise this strength, and sicken that to death. Prior.

2. To make qualmish; to nauseate; to disgust; as, to sicken the stomach .

3. To impair; to weaken. [Obs.]

Shak.

Sicken <Xpage=1336>

Sick"en , v. i. 1. To become sick; to fall into disease.

The judges that sat upon the jail, and those that attended, sickened upon it and died. Bacon.

2. To be filled to disgust; to be disgusted or nauseated; to be filled with abhorrence or aversion; to be surfeited or satiated.

Mine eyes did sicken at the sight. Shak.

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3. To become disgusting or tedious.

The toiling pleasure sickens into pain. Goldsmith.

4. To become weak; to decay; to languish.

All pleasures sicken , and all glories sink. Pope.

Sickening <Xpage=1337>

Sick"en*ing (?) , a. Causing sickness; specif., causing surfeit or disgust; nauseating. -- Sick"en*ing*ly , adv.

Sicker <Xpage=1337>

Sick"er (?) , v. i. [AS. sicerian .] (Mining) To percolate, trickle, or ooze, as water through a crack. [Also written sigger , zigger , and zifhyr .] [Prov. Eng.]

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Sick"er , Sik"er , a. [OE. siker ; cf. OS. sikur , LG. seker , D. zeker , Dan. sikker , OHG. sihhur , G. sicher ; all fr. L. securus . See Secure , Sure .] Sure; certain; trusty. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

Burns.

When he is siker of his good name. Chaucer.

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Sick"er , Sik"er , adv. Surely; certainly. [Obs.]

Believe this as siker as your creed. Chaucer.

Sicker , Willye, thou warnest well. Spenser.

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Sick"er*ly , Sik"er*ly , adv. Surely; securely. [Obs.]

But sikerly , withouten any fable. Chaucer.

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Sick"er*ness , Sik"er*ness , n. The quality or state of being sicker, or certain. [Obs.]

Chaucer. Spenser.

Sickish <Xpage=1337>

Sick"ish , a. 1. Somewhat sick or diseased.

2. Somewhat sickening; as, a sickish taste .

-- Sick"ish*ly , adv. -- Sick"ish*ness , n.

Sickle <Xpage=1337>

Sic"kle (?) , n. [OE. sikel , AS. sicol ; akin to D. sikkel , G. sichel , OHG. sihhila , Dan. segel , segl , L. secula , fr. secare to cut; or perhaps from L. secula . See Saw a cutting instrument.] 1. A reaping instrument consisting of a steel blade curved into the form of a hook, and having a handle fitted on a tang. The sickle has one side of the blade notched, so as always to sharpen with a serrated edge. Cf. Reaping hook , under Reap .

When corn has once felt the sickle , it has no more benefit from the sunshine. Shak.

2. (Astron.) A group of stars in the constellation Leo. See Illust . of Leo .

Sickle pod (Bot.) , a kind of rock cress ( Arabis Canadensis ) having very long curved pods.

Sicklebill <Xpage=1337>

Sic"kle*bill` (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) (a) Any one of three species of humming birds of the genus Eutoxeres , native of Central and South America. They have a long and strongly curved bill. Called also the sickle-billed hummer . (b) A curlew. (c) A bird of the genus Epimachus and allied genera.

Sickled <Xpage=1337>

Sic"kled (?) , a. Furnished with a sickle.

Sickleman <Xpage=1337>

Sic"kle*man (?) , n. ; pl. Sicklemen (<?/) . One who uses a sickle; a reaper.

You sunburned sicklemen , of August weary. Shak.

Sickler <Xpage=1337>

Sic"kler (?) , n. One who uses a sickle; a sickleman; a reaper.

Sickless <Xpage=1337>

Sick"less (?) , a. Free from sickness. [R.]

Give me long breath, young beds, and sickless ease. Marston.

Sicklewort <Xpage=1337>

Sic"kle*wort` (?) , n. [AS. sicolwyrt .] (Bot.) (a) A plant of the genus Coronilla ( C. scorpioides ); -- so named from its curved pods. (b) The healall ( Brunella vulgaris ).

Sicklied <Xpage=1337>

Sick"lied (?) , a. Made sickly. See Sickly , v.

Sickliness <Xpage=1337>

Sick"li*ness (?) , n. The quality or state of being sickly.

Sickly <Xpage=1337>

Sick"ly (?) , a. [ Compar. Sicklier (?) ; superl. Sickliest .] 1. Somewhat sick; disposed to illness; attended with disease; as, a sickly body .

This physic but prolongs thy sickly days. Shak.

2. Producing, or tending to, disease; as, a sickly autumn; a sickly climate .

Cowper.

3. Appearing as if sick; weak; languid; pale.

The moon grows sickly at the sight of day. Dryden.

Nor torrid summer's sickly smile. Keble.

4. Tending to produce nausea; sickening; as, a sickly smell; sickly sentimentality.

Syn. -- Diseased; ailing; infirm; weakly; unhealthy; healthless; weak; feeble; languid; faint.

Sickly <Xpage=1337>

Sick"ly , adv. In a sick manner or condition; ill.

My people sickly [with ill will] beareth our marriage. Chaucer.

Sickly <Xpage=1337>

Sick"ly , v. t. To make sick or sickly; -- with over , and probably only in the past participle. [R.]

Sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought. Shak.

Sentiments sicklied over . . . with that cloying heaviness into which unvaried sweetness is too apt to subside. Jeffrey.

Sickness <Xpage=1337>

Sick"ness , n. [AS. se\'a2cness .] 1. The quality or state of being sick or diseased; illness; sisease or malady.

I do lament the sickness of the king. Shak.

Trust not too much your now resistless charms; Those, age or sickness soon or late disarms. Pope.

2. Nausea; qualmishness; as, sickness of stomach .

Syn. -- Illness; disease; malady. See Illness .

Sicle <Xpage=1337>

Si"cle (?) , n. [F., fr. L. silcus , Heb. shegel . See Shekel .] A shekel. [Obs.]

The holy mother brought five sicles and a pair of turtledoves to redeem the Lamb of God. Jer. Taylor.

Sida <Xpage=1337>

Si"da (?) , n. [NL., fr. Gr. <?/<?/<?/ a kind of plant.] (Bot.) A genus of malvaceous plants common in the tropics. All the species are mucilaginous, and some have tough ligneous fibers which are used as a substitute for hemp and flax.

Balfour (Cyc. of India).

Siddow <Xpage=1337>

Sid"dow (?) , a. Soft; pulpy. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

Side <Xpage=1337>

Side (?) , n. [AS. s\'c6de ; akin to D. zijde , G. seite , OHG. s\'c6ta , Icel. s\'c6<?/a , Dan. side , Sw. sida ; cf. AS. s\'c6d large, spacious, Icel. s\'c6<?/r long, hanging.] 1. The margin, edge, verge, or border of a surface; especially (when the thing spoken of is somewhat oblong in shape), one of the longer edges as distinguished from the shorter edges, called ends ; a bounding line of a geometrical figure; as, the side of a field, of a square or triangle, of a river, of a road, etc.

3. Any outer portion of a thing considered apart from, and yet in relation to, the rest; as, the upper side of a sphere ; also, any part or position viewed as opposite to or contrasted with another; as, this or that side . <-- any part of the surface which can be viewed from one vantage point. -->

Looking round on every side beheld A pathless desert. Milton.

4. (a) One of the halves of the body, of an animals or man, on either side of the mesial plane; or that which pertains to such a half; as, a side of beef; a side of sole leather. (b) The right or left part of the wall or trunk of the body; as, a pain in the side .

One of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side . John xix. 34.

5. A slope or declivity, as of a hill, considered as opposed to another slope over the ridge.

Along the side of yon small hill. Milton.

6. The position of a person or party regarded as opposed to another person or party, whether as a rival or a foe; a body of advocates or partisans; a party; hence, the interest or cause which one maintains against another; a doctrine or view opposed to another.

God on our side , doubt not of victory. Shak.

We have not always been of the . . . same side in politics. Landor.

Sets the passions on the side of truth. Pope.

7. A line of descent traced through one parent as distinguished from that traced through another.

To sit upon thy father David's throne, By mother's side thy father. Milton.

8. Fig.: Aspect or part regarded as contrasted with some other; as, the bright side of poverty .

By the side of , close at hand; near to. -- Exterior side . (Fort.) See Exterior , and Illust . of Ravelin . -- Interior side (Fort.) , the line drawn from the center of one bastion to that of the next, or the line curtain produced to the two oblique radii in front. H. L. Scott . -- Side by side , close together and abreast; in company or along with. -- To choose sides , to select those who shall compete, as in a game, on either side. -- To take sides , to attach one's self to, or give assistance to, one of two opposing sides or parties.

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Side (?) , a. 1. Of or pertaining to a side, or the sides; being on the side, or toward the side; lateral.

One mighty squadron with a side wind sped. Dryden.

2. Hence, indirect; oblique; collateral; incidental; as, a side issue; a side view or remark.

The law hath no side respect to their persons. Hooker.

3. [AS. s\'c6d . Cf Side , n. ] Long; large; extensive. [Obs. or Scot.]

Shak.

His gown had side sleeves down to mid leg. Laneham.

Side action , in breech-loading firearms, a mechanism for operating the breech block, which is moved by a lever that turns sidewise. -- Side arms , weapons worn at the side, as sword, bayonet, pistols, etc. -- Side ax , an ax of which the handle is bent to one side. -- Side-bar rule (Eng. Law.) , a rule authorized by the courts to be granted by their officers as a matter of course, without formal application being made to them in open court; -- so called because anciently moved for by the attorneys at side bar , that is, informally. Burril . -- Side box , a box or inclosed seat on the side of a theater.

To insure a side-box station at half price. Cowper.

-- Side chain , one of two safety chains connecting a tender with a locomotive, at the sides. -- Side cut , a canal or road branching out from the main one. [U.S.] -- Side dish , one of the dishes subordinate to the main course. -- Side glance , a glance or brief look to one side. -- Side hook (Carp.) , a notched piece of wood for clamping a board to something, as a bench. -- Side lever , a working beam of a side-lever engine. -- Side-lever engine , a marine steam engine having a working beam of each side of the cylinder, near the bottom of the engine, communicating motion to a crank that is above them. -- Side pipe (Steam Engine) , a steam or exhaust pipe connecting the upper and lower steam chests of the cylinder of a beam engine. -- Side plane , a plane in which the cutting edge of the iron is at the side of the stock. -- Side posts (Carp.) , posts in a truss, usually placed in pairs, each post set at the same distance from the middle of the truss, for supporting the principal rafters, hanging the tiebeam, etc. -- Side rod . (a) One of the rods which connect the piston-rod crosshead with the side levers, in a side-lever engine. (b) See Parallel rod , under Parallel . -- Side screw (Firearms) , one of the screws by which the lock is secured to the side of a firearm stock. -- Side table , a table placed either against the wall or aside from the principal table. -- Side tool (Mach.) , a cutting tool, used in a lathe or planer, having the cutting edge at the side instead of at the point. -- Side wind , a wind from one side; hence, an indirect attack, or indirect means. Wright.

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Side , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Sided ; p. pr.& vb. n. Siding .] 1. To lean on one side. [Obs.]

Bacon.

2. To embrace the opinions of one party, or engage in its interest, in opposition to another party; to take sides; as, to side with the ministerial party .

All side in parties, and begin the attack. Pope.

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Side , v. t. 1. To be or stand at the side of; to be on the side toward. [Obs.]

His blind eye that sided Paridell. Spenser.

2. To suit; to pair; to match. [Obs.]

Clarendon.

3. (Shipbuilding) To work (a timber or rib) to a certain thickness by trimming the sides.

4. To furnish with a siding; as, to side a house .

Sideboard <Xpage=1337>

Side"board` (?) , n. A piece of dining-room furniture having compartments and shelves for keeping or displaying articles of table service.

At a stately sideboard , by the wine, That fragrant smell diffused. Milton.

Sidebone <Xpage=1337>

Side"bone` (?) , n. (Far.) A morbid growth or deposit of bony matter and at the sides of the coronet and coffin bone of a horse.

J. H. Walsh.

Sided <Xpage=1337>

Sid"ed (?) , a. Having (such or so many) sides; -- used in composition; as, one- sided ; many- sided .

Sidehill <Xpage=1337>

Side"hill` (?) , n. The side or slope of a hill; sloping ground; a descent. [U. S.]

Sideling <Xpage=1337>

Side"ling (?) , adv. [OE. sideling , fr. side side. See Side , and cf. Sidelong , Headlong .] Sidelong; on the side; laterally; also, obliquely; askew.

A fellow nailed up maps . . . some sideling , and others upside down. Swift.

Sideling <Xpage=1337>

Side"ling , a. Inclining to one sidel directed toward one side; sloping; inclined; as, sideling ground .

Sidelong <Xpage=1337>

Side"long` (?) , adv. [See Sideling , adv .] 1. Laterally; obliquely; in the direction of the side.

2. On the side; as, to lay a thing sidelong . [See Sideling , adv. ]

Evelyn.

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