The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
Chapter 1556
Sis"tine (?) , a. [It. sistino .] 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.
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Sis"tren (?) , n. pl. Sisters. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
Sistrum <Xpage=1347>
Sis"trum (?) , [L., fr. Gr. <?/<?/<?/, from <?/<?/<?/ to shake.] (Mus.) 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.
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Sis`y*phe"an (?) , a. Relating to Sisyphus; incessantly recurring; as, Sisyphean labors .
Sisyphus <Xpage=1347>
Sis"y*phus (?) , n. [L. Sisyphus , Sisyphus, fr. Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/.] (Class. Myth.) A king of Corinth, son of \'92olus, 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.
Sit <Xpage=1347>
Sit (?) , obs. 3d pers. sing. pres. of Sit , for sitteth .
Sit <Xpage=1347>
Sit , v. i. [ imp. Sat (?) ( Sate (?) , archaic ); p. p. Sat ( Sitten (?) , obs. ); p. pr. & vb. n. Sitting .] [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. <?/<?/<?/, Skr. sad . &root;154. 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 . <-- sit for seems more common now -->
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 ∨ 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.
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Sit (?) , 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 ∨ ill); to become. [Obs. or R.]
Site <Xpage=1347>
Site (?) , n. [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.
Sited <Xpage=1347>
Sit"ed (?) , a. Having a site; situated. [Obs.]
[The garden] sited was in fruitful soil. Chaucer.
Sitfast <Xpage=1347>
Sit"fast` (?) , a. [ Sit + fast .] 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.
Sitfast <Xpage=1347>
Sit"fast` , n. (Far.) A callosity with inflamed edges, on the back of a horse, under the saddle.
Sith <Xpage=1347>
Sith (?) , prep., adv., & conj. [See Since .] Since; afterwards; seeing that. [Obs.]
We need not fear them, sith Christ is with us. Latimer.
Sith thou art rightful judge. Chaucer.
Sith, Sithe <Xpage=1347>
Sith (?) , Sithe (?) , n. [AS. <?/<?/<?/ a path, way, time, occasion.] Time. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
And humbly thanked him a thousand sithes . Spenser.
Sithe <Xpage=1347>
Sithe (?) , v. i. [Cf. Sigh .] To sigh. [A spelling of a corrupt and provincial pronunciation.]
Sithe <Xpage=1347>
Sithe (?) , n. A scythe. [Obs.]
Milton.
Sithe <Xpage=1347>
Sithe , v. t. To cut with a scythe; to scythe. [Obs.]
Sithed <Xpage=1347>
Sithed (?) , a. Scythed. [Obs.]
T. Warton.
Sitheman <Xpage=1347>
Sithe"man (?) , n. A mower. [Obs.]
Marston.
Sithen <Xpage=1347>
Sith"en (?) , adv. & conj. [See Since .] Since; afterwards. See 1st Sith . [Obs.]
Fortune was first friend and sithen foe. Chaucer.
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Sith"ence , Sith"ens (?) , adv. & conj. Since. See Sith , and Sithen . [Obs.]
Piers Plowman.
Siththen <Xpage=1347>
Sith"then (?) , adv. & conj. See Sithen . [Obs.]
Siththen that the world began. Chaucer.
Sitology <Xpage=1347>
Si*tol"o*gy (?) , n. [Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/ food + -logy .] A treatise on the regulation of the diet; dietetics. [Written also sitiology .]
Sitophobia <Xpage=1347>
Si`to*pho"bi*a (?) , n. [NL., fr. Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/ food + <?/<?/<?/<?/ fear.] (Med.) A version to food; refusal to take nourishment. [Written also sitiophobia .]
Sitten <Xpage=1347>
Sit"ten (?) , obs. p. p. of Sit , for sat .
Sitter <Xpage=1347>
Sit"ter (?) , n. 1. One who sits; esp., one who sits for a portrait or a bust.
2. A bird that sits or incubates.
Sittine <Xpage=1347>
Sit"tine (?) , a. [NL. sitta the nuthatch, from Gr. <?/<?/<?/.] (Zo\'94l.) Of or pertaining to the family Sittid\'91 , or nuthatches.
Sitting <Xpage=1347>
Sit"ting (?) , a. Being in the state, or the position, of one who, or that which, sits.
Sitting <Xpage=1347>
Sit"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.
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Sit"u*ate (?; 135) , Sit"u*a`ted (?) , a. [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.
&hand; Situate is now less used than situated , but both are well authorized.
Situate <Xpage=1347>
Sit"u*ate (?) , v. t. To place. [R.]
Landor.
Situation <Xpage=1347>
Sit`u*a"tion (?) , n. [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 .
Situs <Xpage=1347>
Si"tus (?) , n. [L., situation.] (Bot.) The method in which the parts of a plant are arranged; also, the position of the parts.
Henslow.
Sitz bath <Xpage=1347>
Sitz" bath` (?) . [G. sitzbad .] A tub in which one bathes in a sitting posture; also, a bath so taken; a hip bath.
Siva <Xpage=1347>
Si"va (?) , n. [Skr. Civa , properly, kind, gracious.] (Hindoo Myth.) One of the triad of Hindoo gods. He is the avenger or destroyer, and in modern worship symbolizes the reproductive power of nature.
Sivan <Xpage=1347>
Si"van (?) , n. [Heb. s\'c6v\'ben .] The third month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year; -- supposed to correspond nearly with our month of June.
Sivatherium <Xpage=1347>
Siv`a*the"ri*um (?) , n. [NL., from E. Siva + Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/ a beast, an animal.] (Paleon.) A genus of very large extinct ruminants found in the Tertiary formation of India. The snout was prolonged in the form of a proboscis. The male had four horns, the posterior pair being large and branched. It was allied to the antelopes, but very much larger than any exsisting species.
Siver <Xpage=1347>
Siv"er (?) , v. i. To simmer . [Obs.]
Holland.
Sivvens <Xpage=1347>
Siv"vens (<?/) , n. (Med.) See Sibbens .
Siwin <Xpage=1347>
Si"win (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) Same as Sewen .
Six <Xpage=1347>
Six (?) , a. [AS. six , seox , siex ; akin to OFries. sex , D. zes , OS. & OHG. sehs , G. sechs , Icel., Sw., & Dan. sex , Goth. sa\'a1hs , Lith. szeszi , Russ. sheste , Gael. & Ir. se , W. chwech , L. sex , Gr. <?/<?/, Per. shesh , Skr. shash . &root;304. Cf. Hexagon , Hexameter , Samite , Senary , Sextant , Sice .] One more than five; twice three; as, six yards .
Six Nations (Ethnol.) , a confederation of North American Indians formed by the union of the Tuscaroras and the Five Nations. -- Six points circle . (Geom.) See Nine points circle , under Nine .
Six <Xpage=1347>
Six , n. 1. The number greater by a unit than five; the sum of three and three; six units or objects.
2. A symbol representing six units, as 6, vi., or VI.
To be at six and seven ∨ at sixes and sevens , to be in disorder. Bacon. Shak. Swift.
Sixfold <Xpage=1347>
Six"fold` (?) , a. [AS. sixfealand .] Six times repeated; six times as much or as many.
Six-footer <Xpage=1347>
Six"-foot`er (?) , n. One who is six feet tall. [Colloq. U.S.]
Sixpence <Xpage=1347>
Six"pence (?) , n. ; pl. Sixpences (<?/) . An English silver coin of the value of six pennies; half a shilling, or about twelve cents.
Sixpenny <Xpage=1347>
Six"pen`ny (?) , a. Of the value of, or costing, sixpence; as, a sixpenny loaf .
Sixscore <Xpage=1347>
Six"score` (?) , a. & n. [ Six + score , n.] Six times twenty; one hundred and twenty.
Six-shooter <Xpage=1347>
Six"-shoot`er (?) , n. A pistol or other firearm which can be fired six times without reloading especially, a six-chambered revolver. [Colloq. U.S.]
Sixteen <Xpage=1347>
Six"teen` (?) , a. [AS. sixt<?/ne , sixt<?/ne . See Six , and Ten , and cf. Sixty .] Six and ten; consisting of six and ten; fifteen and one more.
Sixteen <Xpage=1347>
Six"teen` , n. 1. The number greater by a unit than fifteen; the sum of ten and six; sixteen units or objects.
2. A symbol representing sixteen units, as 16, or xvi.
Sixteenmo <Xpage=1347>
Six*teen"mo (?) , n. ; pl. Sixteenmos (<?/) . See Sextodecimo .
Sixteenth <Xpage=1347>
Six"teenth` (?) , a. [From Sixteen : cf. AS. sixte\'a2<?/a .] 1. Sixth after the tenth; next in order after the fifteenth.
2. Constituting or being one of sixteen equal parts into which anything is divided.
Sixteenth note (Mus.) , the sixteenth part of a whole note; a semiquaver.
Sixteenth <Xpage=1347>
Six"teenth` , n. 1. The quotient of a unit divided by sixteen; one of sixteen equal parts of one whole.
2. The next in order after the fifteenth; the sixth after the tenth.
3. (Mus.) An interval comprising two octaves and a second.
Moore (Encyc. of Music.)
Sixth <Xpage=1347>
Sixth (?) , a. [From Six: cf. AS. sixta , siexta .] 1. First after the fifth; next in order after the fifth.
2. Constituting or being one of six equal parts into which anything is divided.
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Sixth <Xpage=1348>
Sixth (?) , n. 1. The quotient of a unit divided by six; one of six equal parts which form a whole.
2. The next in order after the fifth.
3. (Mus.) The interval embracing six diatonic degrees of the scale.
Sixthly <Xpage=1348>
Sixth"ly , adv. In the sixth place.
Bacon.
Sixtieth <Xpage=1348>
Six"ti*eth (?) , a. [As. sixtiogo&edh;a , sixtigo&edh;a .] 1. Next in order after the fifty-ninth.
2. Constituting or being one one of sixty equal parts into which anything is divided.
Sixtieth <Xpage=1348>
Six"ti*eth , n. 1. The quotient of a unit divided by sixty; one of sixty equal parts forming a whole.
2. The next in order after the fifty-ninth; the tenth after the fiftieth.
Sixty <Xpage=1348>
Six"ty (?) , a. [AS. siextig ; akin to G. sechzig , Goth. sa\'a1hs tigjus . See Six , Ten , and cf. Sixteen .] Six times ten; fifty-nine and one more; threescore.
Sixty <Xpage=1348>
Six"ty , n. ; pl. Sixties (<?/) . 1. The sum of six times ten; sixty units or objects.
2. A symbol representing sixty units, as 60, lx., or LX.
Sixty-fourth <Xpage=1348>
Six`ty-fourth" (?) , a. Constituting or being one of sixty-four equal parts into which a thing is divided.
Sixty-fourth note (Mus.) , the sixty-fourth part of a whole note; a hemi-demi-semiquaver.
Sizable <Xpage=1348>
Siz"a*ble (?) , a. 1. Of considerable size or bulk. "A sizable volume."
Bp. Hurd.
2. Being of reasonable or suitable size; as, sizable timber; sizable bulk .
Arbuthnot.