Chapter 1546

Side"long` , a. Lateral; oblique; not being directly in front; as, a sidelong glance .

The bashful virgin's sidelong looks of love. Goldsmith.

Sidepiece <Xpage=1337>

Side"piece` (?) , n. (Joinery) The jamb, or cheek, of an opening in a wall, as of door or window.

Sider <Xpage=1337>

Sid"er (?) , n. One who takes a side.

Sider <Xpage=1337>

Si"der (?) , n. Cider. [Obs.]

Sideral <Xpage=1337>

Sid"er*al (?) , a. [L. sideralis . See Sidereal .] 1. Relating to the stars.

2. (Astrol.) Affecting unfavorably by the supposed influence of the stars; baleful. " Sideral blast."

Milton.

Siderated <Xpage=1337>

Sid"er*a`ted (?) , a. [L. sideratus , p. p. of siderari to be blasted by a constellation, fr. sidus , sideris , a constellation.] Planet-struck; blasted. [Obs.]

Sideration <Xpage=1337>

Sid`er*a"tion , n. [L. sideratio .] The state of being siderated, or planet-struck; esp., blast in plants; also, a sudden and apparently causeless stroke of disease, as in apoplexy or paralysis. [Obs.]

Ray.

Sidereal <Xpage=1337>

Si*de"re*al (?) , a. [L. sidereus , from sidus , sideris , a constellation, a star. Cf. Sideral , Consider , Desire .] 1. Relating to the stars; starry; astral; as, sidereal astronomy .

2. (Astron.) Measuring by the apparent motion of the stars; designated, marked out, or accompanied, by a return to the same position in respect to the stars; as, the sidereal revolution of a planet; a sidereal day.

Sidereal clock , day , month , year . See under Clock , Day , etc. -- Sideral time , time as reckoned by sideral days, or, taking the sidereal day as the unit, the time elapsed since a transit of the vernal equinox, reckoned in parts of a sidereal day. This is, strictly, apparent sidereal time , mean sidereal time being reckoned from the transit, not of the true , but of the mean , equinoctial point.

Siderealize <Xpage=1337>

Si*de"re*al*ize (?) , v. t. To elevate to the stars, or to the region of the stars; to etherealize.

German literature transformed, siderealized , as we see it in Goethe, reckons Winckelmann among its initiators. W. Pater.

Sidereous <Xpage=1337>

Si*de"re*ous (?) , a. [L. sidereus .] Sidereal. [Obs.]

Siderite <Xpage=1337>

Sid"er*ite , n. [L. sideritis loadstone, Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/, <?/<?/<?/<?/, of iron, from <?/<?/<?/<?/ iron.] 1. (Min.) (a) Carbonate of iron, an important ore of iron occuring generally in cleavable masses, but also in rhombohedral crystals. It is of a light yellowish brown color. Called also sparry iron , spathic iron . (b) A meteorite consisting solely of metallic iron. (c) An indigo-blue variety of quartz. (d) Formerly, magnetic iron ore, or loadstone.

2. (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Sideritis ; ironwort.

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Sid`er*o*graph"ic (?) , Sid`er*o*graph"ic*al (?) , a. Of or pertaining to siderography; executed by engraved plates of steel; as, siderographic art; siderographic impressions.

Siderographist <Xpage=1337>

Sid`er*og"ra*phist (?) , n. One skilled in siderography.

Siderography <Xpage=1337>

Sid`er*og"ra*phy (?) , n. [Gr. <?/<?/<?/ iron + -graphy .] The art or practice of steel engraving; especially, the process, invented by Perkins, of multiplying facsimiles of an engraved steel plate by first rolling over it, when hardened, a soft steel cylinder, and then rolling the cylinder, when hardened, over a soft steel plate, which thus becomes a facsimile of the original. The process has been superseded by electrotypy .

Siderolite <Xpage=1337>

Sid"er*o*lite (?) , n. [Gr. <?/<?/<?/ iron + -lite .] A kind of meteorite. See under Meteorite .

Sideromancy <Xpage=1337>

Sid"er*o*man`cy (?) , n. [Gr. <?/<?/<?/ iron + -mancy .] Divination by burning straws on red-hot iron, and noting the manner of their burning.

Craig.

Sideroscope <Xpage=1337>

Sid"er*o*scope (?) , n. [Gr. <?/<?/<?/ iron + -scope .] An instrument for detecting small quantities of iron in any substance by means of a very delicate combination of magnetic needles.

Siderosis <Xpage=1337>

Sid`e*ro"sis (?) , n. [NL., fr. Gr. <?/<?/<?/ iron.] (Med.) A sort of pneumonia occuring in iron workers, produced by the inhalation of particles of iron.

Siderostat <Xpage=1337>

Sid"er*o*stat (?) , n. [L. sidus , sideris , a star + Gr. <?/<?/<?/ standing, fixed, fr. <?/<?/<?/<?/ to place.] (Astron.) An apparatus consisting essentially of a mirror moved by clockwork so as to throw the rays of the sun or a star in a fixed direction; -- a more general term for heliostat .

Sideroxylon <Xpage=1337>

Sid`e*rox"y*lon (?) , n. [NL., fr. Gr. <?/<?/<?/ iron + <?/<?/<?/ wood.] (Bot.) A genus of tropical sapotaceous trees noted for their very hard wood; ironwood.

Sidesaddle <Xpage=1337>

Side"sad`dle (?) , n. A saddle for women, in which the rider sits with both feet on one side of the animal mounted.

Sidesaddle flower (Bot.) , a plant with hollow leaves and curiously shaped flowers; -- called also huntsman's cup . See Sarracenia .

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Sidesman <Xpage=1338>

Sides"man (?) , n. ; pl. Sidesmen (<?/) . 1. A party man; a partisan.

Milton.

2. An assistant to the churchwarden; a questman.

Side-taking <Xpage=1338>

Side"-tak`ing (?) , n. A taking sides, as with a party, sect, or faction.

Bp. Hall.

Sidewalk <Xpage=1338>

Side"walk` (?) , n. A walk for foot passengers at the side of a street or road; a foot pavement. [U.S.]

Sideways <Xpage=1338>

Side"ways` (?) , adv. Toward the side; sidewise.

A second refraction made sideways . Sir I. Newton.

His beard, a good palm's length, at least, . . . Shot sideways , like a swallow's wings. Longfellow.

Side-wheel <Xpage=1338>

Side"-wheel` , a. Having a paddle wheel on each side; -- said of steam vessels; as, a side-wheel steamer .

Sidewinder <Xpage=1338>

Side"wind`er (?) , n. 1. (Zo\'94l.) See Horned rattler, under Horned .

2. A heavy swinging blow from the side, which disables an adversary. [Slang.] Sidewise <Xpage=1338>

Side"wise` (?) , adv. On or toward one side; laterally; sideways.

I saw them mask their awful glance Sidewise meek in gossamer lids. Emerson.

<-- the informal name of a specific type of heat-seeking air-to-air missile. Also, sidewinder missile. -->

Siding <Xpage=1338>

Sid"ing (?) , n. 1. Attaching one's self to a party.

2. A side track, as a railroad; a turnout.

3. (Carp.) The covering of the outside wall of a frame house, whether made of weatherboards, vertical boarding with cleats, shingles, or the like.

4. (Shipbuilding) The thickness of a rib or timber, measured, at right angles with its side, across the curved edge; as, a timber having a siding of ten inches .

Sidle <Xpage=1338>

Si"dle (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Sidled (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Sidling (?) .] [From Side .] To go or move with one side foremost; to move sidewise; as, to sidle through a crowd or narrow opening .

Swift.

He . . . then sidled close to the astonished girl. Sir W. Scott.

Siege <Xpage=1338>

Siege (?) , n. [OE. sege , OF. siege , F. si\'8age a seat, a siege; cf. It. seggia , seggio , zedio , a seat, asseggio , assedio , a siege, F. assi\'82ger to besiege, It. & LL. assediare , L. obsidium a siege, besieging; all ultimately fr. L. sedere to sit. See Sit , and cf. See , n. ] 1. A seat; especially, a royal seat; a throne. [Obs.] "Upon the very siege of justice."

Shak.

A stately siege of sovereign majesty, And thereon sat a woman gorgeous gay. Spenser.

In our great hall there stood a vacant chair . . . And Merlin called it "The siege perilous." Tennyson.

2. Hence, place or situation; seat. [Obs.]

Ah! traitorous eyes, come out of your shameless siege forever. Painter (Palace of Pleasure).

3. Rank; grade; station; estimation. [Obs.]

I fetch my life and being From men of royal siege . Shak.

4. Passage of excrements; stool; fecal matter. [Obs.]

The siege of this mooncalf. Shak.

5. The sitting of an army around or before a fortified place for the purpose of compelling the garrison to surrender; the surrounding or investing of a place by an army, and approaching it by passages and advanced works, which cover the besiegers from the enemy's fire. See the Note under Blockade .

6. Hence, a continued attempt to gain possession.

Love stood the siege , and would not yield his breast. Dryden.

7. The floor of a glass-furnace.

8. A workman's bench.

Knught.

Siege gun , a heavy gun for siege operations. -- Siege train , artillery adapted for attacking fortified places.

Siege <Xpage=1338>

Siege , v. t. To besiege; to beset. [R.]

Through all the dangers that can siege The life of man. Buron.

Siegework <Xpage=1338>

Siege"work` (?) , n. A temporary fort or parallel where siege guns are mounted.

Siemens-Martin process <Xpage=1338>

Sie"mens-Mar`tin proc"ess (?) . See Open-hearth process , etc., under Open .

Sienite <Xpage=1338>

Si"e*nite (?) , n. (Min.) See Syenite .

Sienitic <Xpage=1338>

Si`e*nit"ic (?) , a. See Syenitic .

Sienna <Xpage=1338>

Si*en"na (?) , n. [It. terra di Siena , fr. Siena in Italy.] (Chem.) Clay that is colored red or brown by the oxides of iron or manganese, and used as a pigment. It is used either in the raw state or burnt.

Burnt sienna , sienna made of a much redder color by the action of fire. -- Raw sienna , sienna in its natural state, of a transparent yellowish brown color.

Siennese <Xpage=1338>

Si`en*nese" (?) , a. Of or pertaining to Sienna, a city of Italy.

Sierra <Xpage=1338>

Si*er"ra (?) , n. [Sp., properly, a saw, fr. L. serra a saw. See Serrate .] A ridge of mountain and craggy rocks, with a serrated or irregular outline; as, the Sierra Nevada .

The wild sierra overhead. Whitter.

Siesta <Xpage=1338>

Si*es"ta (?) , n. [Sp., probably fr. L. sessitare to sit much or long, v. freq. of sedere , sessum , to sit. See Sit .] A short sleep taken about the middle of the day, or after dinner; a midday nap.

Sieur <Xpage=1338>

Sieur (?) , n. [F., abbrev. from seigneur. Cf. Monsieur , Seignior .] Sir; -- a title of respect used by the French.

Sieva <Xpage=1338>

Sie"va (?) , n. (Bot.) A small variety of the Lima bean ( Phaseolus lunatus ).

Sieve <Xpage=1338>

Sieve (?) , n. [OE. sive , AS. sife ; akin to D. zeef , zift , OHG. sib , G. sieb . &root;151 a . Cf. Sift .] 1. A utensil for separating the finer and coarser parts of a pulverized or granulated substance from each other. It consist of a vessel, usually shallow, with the bottom perforated, or made of hair, wire, or the like, woven in meshes. "In a sieve thrown and sifted."

Chaucer.

2. A kind of coarse basket.

Simmonds.

Sieve cells (Bot.) , cribriform cells. See under Cribriform .

Sifac <Xpage=1338>

Si"fac (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) The white indris of Madagascar. It is regarded by the natives as sacred.

Sifflement <Xpage=1338>

Sif"fle*ment (?) , n. [F., a whistling or hissing.] The act of whistling or hissing; a whistling sound; sibilation. [Obs.]

A. Brewer.

Sifilet <Xpage=1338>

Sif"i*let (?) , n. [Cf. F. siflet .] (Zo\'94l.) The six-shafted bird of paradise. See Paradise bird , under Paradise .

Sift <Xpage=1338>

Sift (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Sifted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Sifting .] [AS. siftan , from sife sieve. &root;151 a . See Sieve .] 1. To separate with a sieve, as the fine part of a substance from the coarse; as, to sift meal or flour; to sift powder; to sift sand or lime.

2. To separate or part as if with a sieve.

When yellow sands are sifted from below, The glittering billows give a golden show. Dryden.

3. To examine critically or minutely; to scrutinize.

Sifting the very utmost sentence and syllable. Hooker.

Opportunity I here have had To try thee, sift thee. Milton.

Let him but narrowly sift his ideas. I. Taylor.

To sift out , to search out with care, as if by sifting.

Sifter <Xpage=1338>

Sift"er (?) , n. 1. One who, or that which, sifts.

2. (Zo\'94l.) Any lamellirostral bird, as a duck or goose; -- so called because it sifts or strains its food from the water and mud by means of the lamell<?/ of the beak.

Sig <Xpage=1338>

Sig (?) , n. [Akin to AS. s\'c6gan to fall. &root;151 a. See Sink , v. t. ] Urine. [Prov. Eng.]

Sigaultian <Xpage=1338>

Si*gaul"ti*an (?) , a. (Surg.) Pertaining to Sigault , a French physician. See Symphyseotomy .

Sigger <Xpage=1338>

Sig"ger , v. i. Same as Sicker . [Prov. Eng.]

Sigh <Xpage=1338>

Sigh (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Sighed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Sighing .] [OE. sighen , si<?/en ; cf. also OE. siken , AS. s\'c6can , and OE. sighten , si<?/ten , sichten , AS. siccettan ; all, perhaps, of imitative origin.] 1. To inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it; to make a deep single audible respiration, especially as the result or involuntary expression of fatigue, exhaustion, grief, sorrow, or the like.

2. Hence, to lament; to grieve.

He sighed deeply in his spirit. Mark viii. 12.

3. To make a sound like sighing.

And the coming wind did roar more loud, And the sails did sigh like sedge. Coleridge.

The winter winds are wearily sighing . Tennyson.

&hand; An extraordinary pronunciation of this word as s\'c6th is still heard in England and among the illiterate in the United States.

Sigh <Xpage=1338>

Sigh , v. t. 1. To exhale (the breath) in sighs.

Never man sighed truer breath. Shak.

2. To utter sighs over; to lament or mourn over.

Ages to come, and men unborn, Shall bless her name, and sigh her fate. Pior.

3. To express by sighs; to utter in or with sighs.

They . . . sighed forth proverbs. Shak.

The gentle swain . . . sighs back her grief. Hoole.

Sigh <Xpage=1338>

Sigh , n. [OE. sigh ; cf. OE. sik . See Sigh , v. i. ] 1. A deep and prolonged audible inspiration or respiration of air, as when fatigued or grieved; the act of sighing.

I could drive the boat with my sighs . Shak.

2. Figuratively, a manifestation of grief; a lan<?/ent.

With their sighs the air Frequenting, sent from hearts contrite. Milton.

Sigh-born <Xpage=1338>

Sigh"-born` (?) , a. Sorrowful; mournful. [R.] " Sigh-born thoughts."

De Quincey.

Sigher <Xpage=1338>

Sigh"er (?) , n. One who sighs.

Sighing <Xpage=1338>

Sigh"ing , a. Uttering sighs; grieving; lamenting. " Sighing millions." Cowper . -- Sigh"ing*ly , adv.

Sight <Xpage=1338>

Sight (?) , n. [OE. sight , si<?/t , siht , AS. siht , ge siht , ge sih<?/ , ge sieh<?/ , ge syh<?/ ; akin to D. ge zicht , G. sicht , ge sicht , Dan. sigte , Sw. sigt , from the root of E. see . See See , v. t. ] 1. The act of seeing; perception of objects by the eye; view; as, to gain sight of land .

A cloud received him out of their sight . Acts. i. 9.

2. The power of seeing; the faculty of vision, or of perceiving objects by the instrumentality of the eyes.

Thy sight is young, And thou shalt read when mine begin to dazzle. Shak.

O loss of sight , of thee I most complain! Milton.

3. The state of admitting unobstructed vision; visibility; open view; region which the eye at one time surveys; space through which the power of vision extends; as, an object within sight .

4. A spectacle; a view; a show; something worth seeing.

Moses said, I will now turn aside and see this great sight , why the bush is not burnt. Ex. iii. 3.

They never saw a sight so fair. Spenser.

5. The instrument of seeing; the eye.

Why cloud they not their sights ? Shak.

6. Inspection; examination; as, a letter intended for the sight of only one person .

7. Mental view; opinion; judgment; as, in their sight it was harmless .

Wake.

That which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God. Luke xvi. 15.

8. A small aperture through which objects are to be seen, and by which their direction is settled or ascertained; as, the sight of a quadrant .

Thier eyes of fire sparking through sights of steel. Shak.

9. A small piece of metal, fixed or movable, on the breech, muzzle, center, or trunnion of a gun, or on the breech and the muzzle of a rifle, pistol, etc., by means of which the eye is guided in aiming.

Farrow.

10. In a drawing, picture, etc., that part of the surface, as of paper or canvas, which is within the frame or the border or margin. In a frame or the like, the open space, the opening.

11. A great number, quantity, or sum; as, a sight of money . [ Now colloquial]