Chapter 1555

Si`pho*nos"tome (?) , n. [Gr. <?/<?/<?/ a siphon + <?/<?/<?/ mouth.] (Zo\'94l.) (a) Any parasitic entomostracan of the tribe Siphonostomata. (b) A siphonostomatous shell.

Siphorhinal <Xpage=1346>

Si`pho*rhi"nal (?) , a. [ Siphon + rhinal .] (Zo\'94l.) Having tubular nostrils, as the petrels.

Siphorhinian <Xpage=1346>

Si`pho*rhin"i*an (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) A siphorhinal bird.

Siphuncle <Xpage=1346>

Si"phun`cle (?) , n. [L. siphunculus , sipunculus , dim. of sipho . See Siphon .] (Zo\'94l.) The tube which runs through the partitions of chambered cephalopod shells.

Siphuncled <Xpage=1346>

Si"phun`cled (?) , a. (Zo\'94l.) Having a siphuncle; siphunculated.

Siphuncular <Xpage=1346>

Si*phun"cu*lar (?) , a. (Zo\'94l.) Of or pertaining to the siphuncle.

Siphunculated <Xpage=1346>

Si*phun"cu*la`ted (?) , a. (Zo\'94l.) Having a siphuncle.

Huxley.

Sipid <Xpage=1346>

Sip"id (?) , a. [See Insipid , Sapid .] Having a taste or flavorl savory; sapid. [Obs.]

Cockeram.

Sipper <Xpage=1346>

Sip"per (?) , n. One whi sips.

Sippet <Xpage=1346>

Sip"pet (?) , n. [See Sip , Sop .] 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.

Sipple <Xpage=1346>

Sip"ple (?) , v. i. [Freq. of sip .] To sip often. [Obs. or Scot.]

Sippling <Xpage=1346>

Sip"pling (?) , a. Sipping often. [Obs.] "Taken after a sippling sort."

Holland.

Sipunculacea <Xpage=1346>

Si*pun`cu*la"ce*a (?) , n. pl. [NL., from Sipunculus , the typical genus. See Siphuncle .] (Zo\'94l.) A suborder of Gephyrea, including those which have the body unarmed and the intestine opening anteriorly.

Sipunculoid <Xpage=1346>

Si*pun"cu*loid (?) , a. [NL. Sipunculus , the typical genus + -oid .] (Zo\'94l.) Pertaining to the Sipunculoidea. -- n. One of the Sipunculoidea.

Sipunculoidea <Xpage=1346>

Si*pun`cu*loi"de*a (?) , n. pl. [NL.] (Zo\'94l.) (a) Same as Gephyrea . (b) In a restricted sense, same as Sipunculacea .

Si quis <Xpage=1346>

Si` quis" (?) . [L., if any one (the first words of the notice in Latin).] (Ch. of Eng.) A notification by a candidate for orders of his intention to inquire whether any impediment may be alleged against him.

Sir <Xpage=1346>

Sir (?) , n. [OE. sire , F. sire , contr. from the nominative L. senior an elder, elderly person, compar. of senex , senis , an aged person; akin to Gr. <?/<?/<?/ old, Skr. 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.

&hand; 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.

Siraskier <Xpage=1346>

Si*ras"kier (?) , n. See Seraskier .

Siraskierate <Xpage=1346>

Si*ras"kier*ate (?) , n. See Seraskierate .

Sirbonian <Xpage=1346>

Sir*bo"ni*an (?) , a. See Serbonian .

Sircar <Xpage=1346>

Sir*car" (?) , n. [Hind. & Per. sark\'ber a superintendant, overseer, chief; Per. sar the head + k\'ber 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 <Xpage=1346>

Sir*dar" (?) , n [Hind. & Per. sard\'ber a chief, general; sar the head, top + d\'ber holding, possessing.] A native chief in Hindostan; a headman.

Malcom.

Sire <Xpage=1346>

Sire (?) , n. [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 .

&hand; Sire is often used in composition; as in grand sire , grandfather; great-grand sire , great-grandfather.

Sire <Xpage=1346>

Sire , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Sired (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Siring .] To beget; to procreate; -- used of beasts, and especially of stallions.

Siredon <Xpage=1346>

Si*re"don (?) , n. [NL., from Gr. <?/<?/<?/ a siren.] (Zo\'94l.) 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 .

Siren <Xpage=1346>

Si"ren (?) , n. [L., fr. Gr. <?/<?/<?/: cf. F. sir\'8ane .] 1. (Class. Myth.) 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. (Zo\'94l.) Any long, slender amphibian of the genus Siren or family Sirenid\'91 , 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. [F. sir\'8ane , properly, a siren in sense 1.] (Acoustics) 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 .]

Siren <Xpage=1346>

Si"ren , a. Of or pertaining to a siren; bewitching, like a siren; fascinating; alluring; as, a siren song .

Sirene <Xpage=1346>

Si*rene" (?) , n. See Siren , 6.

Sirenia <Xpage=1346>

Si*re"ni*a (?) , n. pl. [NL.] (Zo\'94l.) An order of large aquatic herbivorous mammals, including the manatee, dugong, rytina, and several fossil genera.

&hand; 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) .

Sirenian <Xpage=1346>

Si*re"ni*an (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) Any species of Sirenia.

Sirenical <Xpage=1346>

Si*ren"ic*al (?) , a. Like, or appropriate to, a siren; fascinating; deceptive.

Here's couple of sirenical rascals shall enchant ye. Marton.

Sirenize <Xpage=1346>

Si"ren*ize (?) , v. i. To use the enticements of a siren; to act as a siren; to fascinate.

Siriasis <Xpage=1346>

Si*ri"a*sis (?) , n. [L., fr. Gr. <?/<?/<?/, fr. <?/<?/<?/ the Dog Star, properly, scorching.] (Med.) (a) A sunstroke. (b) The act of exposing to a sun bath. [Obs.] Cf. Insolation .

Sirius <Xpage=1346>

Sir"i*us (?) , n. [L., fr. Gr. <?/<?/<?/, properly, scorching.] (Astron.) The Dog Star. See Dog Star .

Sirkeer <Xpage=1346>

Sir"keer (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) Any one of several species of Asiatic cuckoos of the genus Taccocua , as the Bengal sirkeer ( T. sirkee ).

Sirloin <Xpage=1346>

Sir"loin` (?) , n. [A corruption of surloin . Not so called because this cut of beaf was once jocosely knighted (dubbed Sir Loin) by an English king, as according to a popular story.] A loin of beef, or a part of a loin. [Written also surloin .]

Sirname <Xpage=1346>

Sir"name` (?) , n. See Surname .

Siroc <Xpage=1346>

Si"roc (?) , n. See Sirocco . [Poetic]

Emerson.

Sirocco <Xpage=1346>

Si*roc"co (?) , n. ; pl. Siroccos (?) . [It. sirocco , scirocco , Ar. shorug , fr. sharq the rising of the sun, the east, fr, sharaca to rise as the sun. Cf. Saracen .] An oppressive, relaxing wind from the Libyan deserts, chiefly experienced in Italy, Malta, and Sicily.

Sirrah <Xpage=1346>

Sir"rah (?) , n. [Probably from Icel. s\'c6ra , fr. F. sire . See Sir .] 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." <-- archaic -->

Beau & Fl.

Go, sirrah , to my cell. Shak.

Sirt <Xpage=1346>

Sirt (?) , n. [See Syrt .] A quicksand. [Obs.]

Sirup Syrup <Xpage=1346>

Sir"up (?) Syr"up , n. [F. sirop (cf. It. siroppo , Sp. jarabe , jarope , LL. siruppus , syrupus ), fr. Ar. shar\'beb 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, Syruped <Xpage=1346>

Sir"uped (?) , Syr"uped , a. Moistened, covered, or sweetened with sirup, or sweet juice.

Sirupy, Syrupy <Xpage=1346>

Sir"up*y (?) , Syr"up*y , a. Like sirup, or partaking of its qualities.

Mortimer.

Sirvente <Xpage=1346>

Sir`vente" (?) , n. [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 .] 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.

Sis <Xpage=1346>

Sis (?) , n. A colloquial abbreviation of Sister .

Sis <Xpage=1346>

Sis (?) , n. Six. See Sise . [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Sisal grass, Sisal hemp <Xpage=1346>

Si*sal" grass` (?) , Si*sal" hemp` (?) , 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 .

Siscowet <Xpage=1346>

Sis"co*wet (?) , n. [OF American Indian origin.] (Zo\'94l.) A large, fat variety of the namaycusa found in Lake Superior; -- called also siskawet , siskiwit .

Sise <Xpage=1346>

Sise (?) , n. [From Assize .] An assize. [Obs.]

Sise <Xpage=1346>

Sise (?) , n. [See Sice .] Six; the highest number on a die; the cast of six in throwing dice.

In the new casting of a die, when ace is on the top, sise must needs be at the bottom. Fuller.

Sisel <Xpage=1346>

Sis"el (?) , n. [Cf. G. ziesel . Cf. Zizel .] (Zo\'94l.) The suslik.

Siser <Xpage=1346>

Si"ser (?) , n. Cider. See Sicer . [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Siserara, Siserary <Xpage=1346>

Sis"e*ra*ra (?) , Sis"e*ra*ry (?) , n. A hard blow. [Prov. Eng.]

Halliwell.

Siskin <Xpage=1346>

Sis"kin (?) , n. [Dan. sisgen ; cf. Sw. siska , G. zeisig , D. sijsje ; of Slav. origin; cf. Pol. czy<?/ .] (Zo\'94l.) (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 .

&hand; 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.

Siskiwit <Xpage=1346>

Sis"ki*wit (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) The siscowet.

Sismograph <Xpage=1346>

Sis"mo*graph (?) , n. See Seismograph .

Sismometer <Xpage=1346>

Sis*mom"e*ter (?) , n. See Seismometer .

Siss <Xpage=1346>

Siss (?) , v. i. [Of imitative origin; cf. D. sissen , G. zischen .] To make a hissing sound; as, a flatiron hot enough to siss when touched with a wet finger . [Colloq. U. S.; Local, Eng.]

Siss <Xpage=1346>

Siss , n. A hissing noise. [Colloq. U. S.]

Sissoo <Xpage=1346>

Sis*soo" (?) , n. [Hind. s\'c6s<?/ .] (Bot.) 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.

Sist <Xpage=1346>

Sist (?) , v. t. [L. sistere to bring to a stand, to stop.] 1. (Scots Law) 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.

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Sist <Xpage=1347>

Sist (?) , n. (Scots Law) A stay or suspension of proceedings; an order for a stay of proceedings.

Burril.

Sister <Xpage=1347>

Sis"ter (?) , n. [OE. sister , fr. Icel. systir; also suster , from AS. sweostor , sweoster , swuster , akin to OFries. sweester , suster , LG. s\'81ster , suster , D. zuster , OS. & OHG. swestar , G. schwester , Icel. systir , Sw. syster , Dan. s\'94ster , Goth. swistar , Lith. ses<?/ , Russ. sestra , Pol. siostra , L. soror , Skr. svasr . &root;298. 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 .

Sister <Xpage=1347>

Sis"ter , v. t. To be sister to; to resemble closely. [Obs.]

Shak.

Sisterhood <Xpage=1347>

Sis"ter*hood (?) , n. [ 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.

Sistering <Xpage=1347>

Sis"ter*ing , a. Contiguous. [Obs.]

Shak.

Sister-in-law <Xpage=1347>

Sis"ter-in-law` (?) , n ; pl. Sisters-in-law (<?/). 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.

Sisterly <Xpage=1347>

Sis"ter*ly , a. Like a sister; becoming a sister, affectionate; as, sisterly kindness; sisterly remorse.

Shak.

Sistine <Xpage=1347>